Neal G wrote:
Just did a test of this using OS 10.4.1 and FinMac 2005b...
My first experiment using Automator
Created a Workflow for Finder consisting of
1. Get Specified Finder Items
2. Print Finder Items
In the window for #1, I clicked on the + button, which called up a
dialogue box to allow me to select files (dragging files also worked).
When I clicked on "Run" I got a dialogue box asking to confirm the
printer I wanted to use, then a normal print dialogue box.
Ran it twice, once choosing "Print", which quickly (and batch-ly)
printed the docs I had requested, the other time choosing "PDF",
which quickly (and batch-ly) created .PDFs of the docs I had requested.
Seems to work like a charm.
Neal, you're a genius! :-) Fab!
Note what else you can do:
1) Save the Automator Workflow as an application, then just drag your
files onto the workflow icon. Then you can choose to print or save as
PDF, and it will work for you, as Neal puts it, in a "batch-ly"
manner.
2) Save as a Finder plug-in. Then select files in the Finder and
right-click; the contextual menu will have an "Automator" item,
within which will be your saved workflow.
The Apple web site has a few more ideas, but these seem most apropos
to our work with Finale.
And, by the way, thanks to all for your help on parts with real and
default rests. "You d' men!" (with pardons to our female
contributors).
Andrew Levin
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