Automator: approximate mouse moves!

Hi,
I am new with Automator and I encounter problems when I play a previoulsy recorded mouse move process:
the mouse doesn't replicate the moves I recorded!
1° I want to modify the System Preferences, so I record the mouse going to Apple menu, click on it, select System Preferences:
http://cjoint.com/data/fosyejMnKb.htm
I stop the Automator recording.
2° I play the Process. Automator moves the mouse to Apple menu, click on it, BUT selects another item from the menu!
http://cjoint.com/data/fosBAZtm5R.htm
3° But as far as I can see, it seems that the process was correct:
http://cjoint.com/data/fosEc7hbLX.htm
Am I wrong somewhere?
Or is it a bug?
Thanks for your help!
PAul

The last link should be : http://cjoint.com/data/fphVYnfBtR.htm
I still don't understand why the movement are wrongly reproduced...
Anyboby knows?
ジョ
Oui tu as raison (je débute...) et j'ai suivi ton idée : j'ouvre bien les Préférences Système et complète ensuite en enregistrant mes mouvements de souris.
J'ai juste des soucis concernant les clics et valeurs :
Automator enregistre par exemple le nombre de fois que je clique sur une checkbox mais pas la valeur qu'elle doit prendre.
Idem pour les curseurs : Automator modifie leur valeur, mais en fonction de la position au moment où le processus est lu. Et malheureusement pas en leur affectant la valeur que j'avais défini lors de l'enregistrement.
Un moyen d'être plus fin dans les valeurs à affecter ?
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