Mac Automation Made Simple Video Podcast > Extending Automator Workflows with Third-Party Actions

Episode 16
Date: 02.17.2009
Duration: 00:08:48
Extending Automator Workflows with Third-Party Actions
In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie demonstrates how to extend the power of Automator with third-party actions, allowing you to build Web photo galleries, a birthday calendar in iCal, a photo contacts sheet in InDesign, and more..
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Mac Automation Made Simple Video Podcast > Advanced Use of Automator Workflow Variables

Episode 14
Date: 01.21.2009
Duration: 00:06:04
Advanced Use of Automator Workflow Variables
In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie demonstrates advanced usage of workflow variables in Automator, for the purpose of storing action results, and referencing them later. Variables are a powerful feature of Automator in Leopard.
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Mac Automation Made Simple Video Podcast > Getting Started with Variables in Automator

Episode 13
Date: 01.06.2009
Duration: 00:08:44
Getting Started with Variables in Automator
In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie demonstrates how to get started using variables to incorporate dynamic content into Automator workflows. Variables are a powerful feature of Automator in Leopard.
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Mac Automation Made Simple Video Podcast > Creating a Looping Automator Workflow

Episode 15
Date: 02.03.2009
Duration: 00:08:39
Creating a Looping Automator Workflow
In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie demonstrates how to create a simple looping Automator workflow, using the 'Loop' action, to download current weather satellite images and use them as your Desktop wallpaper..
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Mac Automation Made Simple Video Podcast > Creating a Microsoft Entourage 2008 Automator Workflow

Episode 12
Date: 12.23.2008
Duration: 00:06:50
Creating a Microsoft Entourage 2008 Automator Workflow
In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie demonstrates how to use Automator to perform tasks in Microsoft Entourage 2008, including attaching PDF versions of documents to outgoing messages, and importing attachments into Aperture.
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Mac Automation Made Simple Video Podcast > Creating a Microsoft PowerPoint 2008 Automator Workflow

Episode 11
Date: 12.09.2008
Duration: 00:07:56
Creating a Microsoft PowerPoint 2008 Automator Workflow
In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie demonstrates how to use Automator to perform tasks in Microsoft PowerPoint 2008, including converting a presentation to image files for import into iPhoto, and converting to a QuickTime movie.
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Mac Automation Made Simple Video Podcast > Creating a Microsoft Excel 2008 Automator Workflow

Episode 10
Date: 11.25.2008
Duration: 00:07:17
Creating a Microsoft Excel 2008 Automator Workflow
In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie demonstrates how to use Automator to perform tasks in Microsoft Excel 2008. Ben shows you a workflow to batch convert Excel workbooks to .csv format and one that builds address labels in Excel.
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Mac Automation Made Simple Video Podcast > Creating a Microsoft Word 2008 Automator Workflow

Episode 9
Date: 11.11.2008
Duration: 00:07:33
Creating a Microsoft Word 2008 Automator Workflow
In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie demonstrates how to create an Automator workflow that converts Microsoft Word 2008 documents to PDF or HTML format, and uploads them to a Web server via FTP.
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Mac Automation Made Simple Video Podcast > Creating an Automator PDF Workflow

Episode 7
Date: 10.14.2008
Duration: 00:07:25
Creating an Automator PDF Workflow
In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie demonstrates how to save Automator workflows as print workflow plug-ins. Once saved, these workflows appear in Mac OS X's print dialog, and can be triggered to process printed PDF documents..
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