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Press Release > Peachpit Press Article Announced

Peachpit Press Article Announced
Fixing Automator Workflow Folder Action Plug-Ins in Leopard

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - May 27th, 2008 - Automated Workflows, LLC is pleased to announce the release of a new Automator article, which has been published on the Peachpit Press website. In this article, Ben Waldie, president of Automated Workflows, LLC, shares tips and recommendations to help you resolve Automator Folder Action plug-in workflow issues in Mac OS X Leopard. Read the article here.
Automator, developed by Apple Inc., is designed for all levels of users, from novice to expert. Automator makes performing time consuming and repetitive tasks in Mac OS X a snap! The basic unit for automation in Automator is called an action, and each action is responsible for performing a single specific task. Using Automator's interface, users can link actions together in infinite ways to form a complete workflow that matches their unique needs. Hundreds of actions are included with Automator for performing tasks in Apple applications and the operating system itself. This list can be expanded with actions made available by developers.
Ben Waldie is president of Automated Workflows, LLC, a company offering AppleScript and workflow automation consulting services to Mac-based businesses. For years, Ben has developed professional automated solutions for companies such as Abercrombie and Fitch, Adobe Systems, Apple Computer, CNN, Microsoft Corporation, NASA, PC World, and Time Magazine. Ben is the author of Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide (Peachpit Press) and AppleScripting the Finder (SpiderWorks, LLC). He has also written numerous Automator and AppleScript columns for Apple.com, Macworld Magazine, MacScripter.net, MacTech magazine, and X-ray Magazine, and is the author of an AppleScript training CD (Virtual Training Company). Ben is a frequent presenter at Macworld Conference & Expo and other events, and is president of The Philadelphia Area AppleScript Users Group.

Press Contact:

Ben Waldie
President
Automated Workflows, LLC
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

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Peachpit Article > Fixing Automator Workflow Folder Action Plug-Ins in Leopard

05.23.08 - Fixing Automator Workflow Folder Action Plug-Ins in Leopard.

Automator offers a variety of options when saving workflows in Mac OS X, one of which is a Folder Action plug-in workflow. Although a workflow will run whenever items are added to an attached folder, it doesn't always work as expected. Ben Waldie shares tips and recommendations to help you resolve Automator Folder Action plug-in workflow issues in Mac OS X Leopard. [Read more at Peachpit.com...]

Peachpit Blog Post > Creating a Microsoft Word 2008 Automator Workflow

05.02.08 - Creating a Microsoft Word 2008 Automator Workflow.

The final Office 2008 example Automator workflow this week is for Microsoft Word. This workflow will retrieve a list of selected contacts in Address Book. It will then extract the name and address for each of those contacts, add it to a new Word document, apply bold formatting, and save the document to the desktop. You’ve now got a list of address labels, ready to be printed. [Read more at Peachpit.com...]

Peachpit Blog Post > Creating a Microsoft PowerPoint 2008 Automator Workflow

05.01.08 - Creating a Microsoft PowerPoint 2008 Automator Workflow.

Today’s Office 2008 Automator workflow is a PowerPoint workflow. First, you’ll be asked to choose some photos from your Aperture, iPhoto, or Photo Booth library. Next, the workflow will create a slideshow presentation in PowerPoint. Once the presentation has been created, it will be saved to the Desktop as a QuickTime movie. You could then e-mail the slideshow movie to a friend, upload it to your Web site, import it into iTunes and convert it for your iPod or iPhone, and more. [Read more at Peachpit.com...]