Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
Follow these steps:
1. Open Automator (in
/Applications
).
2. Click New Document.
3. In the dialog that appears, select Workflow (the default) as the document type
and click Choose. Your window should now look something like
Figure 33
.
Figure 33:
An empty Automator workflow window.
4. If you don't see a Library list in a sidebar on the left, click Show Library on the
toolbar.
The Library is the list of available actions. You can click a category or app name
to see its available actions, or type a search term into the Search field to find
matching actions.
5. Type
text
into the Search field to show only text-related actions in the second
column.
6. Locate the Ask for Text action in the second column, and drag it into the
workflow area on the right (
Figure 34
).
As the name suggests, this action will display a dialog that asks you to enter
text.
