CS3: Having problems creating an Action to "Save for Web"

Hello All,
  I'm trying to create an Action to convert my psd. files to JPEG's suitable for the web.  I'm using a Mac Pro running CS3.  My workspace is Adobe RGB (1998), all files begin as Canon CR2 RAW, are edited at 16 bits, and then saved as psd.  I created an Action the following way from an open psd. image in Photoshop:
1) Windows>Actions
2) Create New Action
3) Re-named "Save For Web" then clicked Record
4) Image>Duplicate>OK
5) Edit>Convert to Profile
6) Changed Destination Space to sRGB IEC61966-2.1>OK
7) File>Save As
8) Format> No JPEG option ??????????  What?
  Everything seemed fine until I reached the Format stage.  I had many choices, but JPEG was not one of them.  Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong?  Thank you!
Mike

Ramón G Castañeda wrote:
MJCarnegie wrote:
It never occured to me that I should convert back to 8-bit before saving, and truthfully I had no idea how to do that anyhow.  I know, what a Newbie, huh?
Go to the Image menu in Photoshop:
Image > Mode > 8 bits.   Pretty straight forward and fast.
MJCarnegie wrote:
  …strange, in Matt's article…
I'll pass on that.  Generally speaking, I'm not a fan of the Scott Kelby crowd, so I don't follow them regularly.
  Thanks again Ramon, I can't believe I've overlooked the Image>Mode>8 bit path for this long. 
Cheers,
Mike

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