# Photoshop Actions question :New:

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-actions-question-new/183350>\
**Category:** design\
**Created:** [March 26, 2006, 3:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-actions-question-new/183350 "2006-03-26T03:46:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Soig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Soig](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Soig)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 3:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-actions-question-new/183350/1 "2006-03-26T03:46:16Z")

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I need to make a few similar actions. For example, 10 images must have one caption and 10 other images have to have a similar (but not identical) caption.

However the positioning of the text has to be in the same exact place. Is there a way to duplicate or copy actions?

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**Author:** ![iLikePie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85f322/32.png) [@iLikePie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iLikePie)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 4:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-actions-question-new/183350/2 "2006-03-26T04:04:00Z")

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sure.

just go to the action you want, right click and select duplicate action 🙂  
then you can always go in and modify the parts that need to be different.

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**Author:** ![Soig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Soig](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Soig)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 6:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-actions-question-new/183350/3 "2006-03-26T06:24:18Z")

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Thanks for the tip, but it does not work on mine. I have Windows XP installed with Adobe Photoshop 7.0. Is there another way to do the same thing?

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**Author:** ![iLikePie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85f322/32.png) [@iLikePie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iLikePie)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 11:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-actions-question-new/183350/4 "2006-03-26T11:04:31Z")

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umm i’m not sure why it’s not working, it should work even in PS7.

check this site for example : [http://www.arraich.com/ref/aapalette\_actions6.htm](http://www.arraich.com/ref/aapalette_actions6.htm)

if you look near the bottom where you see the “actions palette menu” you’ll notice “duplicate” right under “new set”…

oh, but you have to press the little palette menu icon (the triangle), not right-click.

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**Author:** ![soulty](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/soulty/32/105_2.png) [@soulty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/soulty)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 11:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-actions-question-new/183350/5 "2006-03-26T11:50:39Z")

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you could use conditional actions with image ready and set two conditional steps in your actions, therefore you can have all the similar actions after those condition and not have to do two diff actions.

// Watch/read the tutorials i linked you in your other thread.