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I'm using Ilustrator CS5 and created an action that does the following:
Selects all and copies an object
creates a new layer
pastes in places on the new layer
changes color of the selected object
renames the layer to the name of the color that was used
repeats so I have 21 different layers, all with different colors
Overall, it works very well. But, every time it makes the new layer, I get a New Layer Dialog box and I have to click 'ok.' As the action is creating 20 different layers, I'd love not to click ok for every new layer. Not sure why this dialog is coming up as it doesn't when I record the action. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Christine

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