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I'm needing to save about 100 different JPEG files based on one template with differing text in each JPEG.
I've got my layers set up with a template behind, and all 100 text layers on top of each other. So I turn the text layers on one at a time and save as JPEG's with different names.
I'm finding this to be an incredibly arduous process as I have to select "Save As", then scroll through the file types to select JPEG, then save as the desired name.
Is there a way to speed this up, create an action that opens the "Save As" dialogue box with JPEG ALREADY selected so all I have to do is paste the new file name in? Or any other suggestions?
Skipping that one step of having to scroll through in the "Save As" dialogue box to select JPEG would save me TONS of time. But I can't figure out how to do this... I can only figure out a way to create a "Save As" action that has the same name.
Thanks so much!

Thank you for the response, and I will attach screenshots.
I'm not sure how this will help with the description as you haven't specified which part of my original post you don't understand, but see the attached photos and let me know if you have further questions about the process:
My document is laid out with one template, then dozens and dozens of text layers on top for each flide for my client (Consulting 101_1 etc.)
So I have all of the text layers turned off EXCEPT for the single one that I want to save for the slide I want to create (in this example Consulting 101_1)
So I save this slide with the current text layer viewable (Consulting 101_1), select "Save As", then have to navigate to "JPEG" in the 'Format' section.
Then once I've saved that specific slide, I turn off the previous text layer (in this case Consulting 101_1) and turn on the NEXT text layer (in this case Consulting 101_2) and repeat the same thing.
I realize that there is no fast way to do this, but cutting out the need to select 'Format' and scroll down to 'JPEG' every single time would save a massive amount of trouble.
If I could just hit an action key command and have the "Save As" dialogue box pop with with 'JPEG' ALREADY selected as the format, then I could just name the file and move on to the next, cutting out a massive amount of grunt work.

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