creation of a sequence of automators not present in the actions, and how to always use it

Hi to all I have a problem with Automator I would like to create the fast button to generate PDF files from a Numbers,Pages or Keynote file without making: file: export PDF:save: ecc ecc I tried to do the registration since in the action already defined there is not , but don't run.

who can help me out of courtesy thanks thanks

MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.15

Posted on Nov 30, 2019 6:14 AM

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Posted on Dec 3, 2019 9:50 AM

You can create three separate application workflows (aka your "sequence") specifically for Pages, Numbers, or Keynote. These workflows would be comprised of asking for the file via a dialog, confirming that the file is of the specific kind, and then passing it into a Run AppleScript action that has the application specific AppleScript dictionary commands to open and export the PDF. Then a final action to copy/move the PDF to a specific filesystem location.


If you do not know AppleScript, and particularly the per-Application AppleScript syntax, then this will not be an easy task.

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Dec 3, 2019 9:50 AM in response to MaxiQuWa

You can create three separate application workflows (aka your "sequence") specifically for Pages, Numbers, or Keynote. These workflows would be comprised of asking for the file via a dialog, confirming that the file is of the specific kind, and then passing it into a Run AppleScript action that has the application specific AppleScript dictionary commands to open and export the PDF. Then a final action to copy/move the PDF to a specific filesystem location.


If you do not know AppleScript, and particularly the per-Application AppleScript syntax, then this will not be an easy task.

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