Comments on: Organizing receipts http://striderweb.com/nerdaphernalia/2006/10/organizing-receipts/ "It's All Geek To Me" Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:53:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Strider http://striderweb.com/nerdaphernalia/2006/10/organizing-receipts/#comment-91 Strider Tue, 09 Jan 2007 15:39:22 +0000 http://www.striderweb.com/nerdaphernalia/2006/10/organizing-receipts/#comment-91 I see what you're saying S -- you meant within the workflow itself. Doing that allows us to give a different name for the <strong>folder</strong>, which is not what we want here. We want to rename the receipt document we're saving. I see what you’re saying S — you meant within the workflow itself. Doing that allows us to give a different name for the folder, which is not what we want here. We want to rename the receipt document we’re saving.

]]> By: Strider http://striderweb.com/nerdaphernalia/2006/10/organizing-receipts/#comment-82 Strider Mon, 01 Jan 2007 17:21:55 +0000 http://www.striderweb.com/nerdaphernalia/2006/10/organizing-receipts/#comment-82 Where is this options button? Running Apple's workflow, hter are no options at any time. Running "Print to PDF" gives you the options button, but the only two choices therein are "Create" and "Cancel" Where is this options button? Running Apple’s workflow, hter are no options at any time. Running “Print to PDF” gives you the options button, but the only two choices therein are “Create” and “Cancel”

]]> By: S http://striderweb.com/nerdaphernalia/2006/10/organizing-receipts/#comment-81 S Mon, 01 Jan 2007 15:11:57 +0000 http://www.striderweb.com/nerdaphernalia/2006/10/organizing-receipts/#comment-81 Have you tried clicking "Options" in the "New Folder" step? If you do, and select "Show selected items" and then "Names" a dialog box will open before the PDF is saved, and it will prompt for a file name. Have you tried clicking “Options” in the “New Folder” step? If you do, and select “Show selected items” and then “Names” a dialog box will open before the PDF is saved, and it will prompt for a file name.

]]> By: Strider http://striderweb.com/nerdaphernalia/2006/10/organizing-receipts/#comment-13 Strider Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:49:25 +0000 http://www.striderweb.com/nerdaphernalia/2006/10/organizing-receipts/#comment-13 If I've learned anything messing with Automator, it's that the "Show Action When Run" checkbox is your friend any time you want the end user to be able to make choices. If I’ve learned anything messing with Automator, it’s that the “Show Action When Run” checkbox is your friend any time you want the end user to be able to make choices.

]]> By: Mark Scrimshire http://striderweb.com/nerdaphernalia/2006/10/organizing-receipts/#comment-11 Mark Scrimshire Thu, 26 Oct 2006 05:51:55 +0000 http://www.striderweb.com/nerdaphernalia/2006/10/organizing-receipts/#comment-11 I have found Automator tough to get to grips with. More power to you! I attempted to create an automator workflow that would merge multiple PDF files and allow the resulting file to be given a user selected name and save location. I managed the tough work of merging multiple files in to a single document but stumbled on generating a dialog box to prompt for a name and save location. Hopefully Automator will see some usability improvements in the next release of OS X. On a different note, if you use Address Book and Google Calendar then check out the Google Calendar Add Utility documented in my blog (http://ekive.com/blog/2006/10/19/google-calendar-add-utilities-updated/). This is an Applescript implemented as an Address Book Plug-in. I have found Automator tough to get to grips with. More power to you! I attempted to create an automator workflow that would merge multiple PDF files and allow the resulting file to be given a user selected name and save location.

I managed the tough work of merging multiple files in to a single document but stumbled on generating a dialog box to prompt for a name and save location. Hopefully Automator will see some usability improvements in the next release of OS X.

On a different note, if you use Address Book and Google Calendar then check out the Google Calendar Add Utility documented in my blog (http://ekive.com/blog/2006/10/19/google-calendar-add-utilities-updated/). This is an Applescript implemented as an Address Book Plug-in.

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