Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 (and 2008) includes several Automator workflows, but Microsoft is no longer providing Automator actions for Office 2016. So, you must run an AppleScript from the Automator workflow Here is the script (edited). Looks like MS Office didn't install the Automator Actions for 2011 since you kept `04 and `11 on your system. 2016 10:12 AM in response to. You should have. Alfred Remote is $5.00. Other Solutions. There a few other solutions out there that may warrant another article on this subject. The apps include Entangler (pointed out to me by Matthias Miller, who raised the Ask Mac Automator question for this article), that allows allows for remotely triggering Automator workflows, AppleScript and Unix shell scripts. Automator Actions for Mac OS X 10.7 thru 10.13. Actions discontinued. This Automator action pack includes 21 actions for interacting with files and folders in the Finder in OS X. Sal Soghoian: In Appreciation 2016.11.24; Automating Adobe Illustrator with AppleScript 2015.04.29.
Let your Mac do repetitive tasks for you
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If you need to make the same changes to multiple files—such as changing filenames or resizing images—or archive or back up important files, you can create a custom workflow and have your Mac do the work for you.
Script your own actions
If the task you need to automate isn’t in the list of built-in actions, you can add your own scripts, such as AppleScript and JavaScript scripts, and shell commands to your workflow. Simply add the appropriate run script action to your workflow and enter your script code or shell commands.
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Each action in the Automator app has its own description that tells you what it does.
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In the Automator app on your Mac, click the action in the Library. A description of the selected action appears in the bottom-left corner of the Automator window.
If the description doesn’t appear, click the Show Description View button in the bottom-left corner of the window.
The description may contain the action’s required input, output, and result. Although some actions require no input or output, others have very specific input requirements, such as a specific type of file from a previous action. For example, an action that requires a graphic file for input can only follow an action in the workflow that has a graphic file as output.