Find Equal or Find Similar Animation Items
While (exactly) one animation item (sequence, step, or action) is selected, you can click the Find equal or Find similar command on the Edit Animation dialog box menu to extend the selection to all equal or similar animation items of the same type (sequence, step, or action).
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The Find equal and Find similar commands are not available while multiple animation items are selected.
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• Find equal selects all animation items that have exactly the same settings as the animation item you selected.
• Find similar opens the Find Similar dialog box so you can specify which settings to match for the animation item you selected. After you specify the settings to match and click OK, Find similar selects all animation items (of the same type) that have the specified matching settings.
For example, use Find equal and Find similar if you want to concurrently peforrm any of the following tasks on multiple equal or similar animation items:
• Assign one attribute or setting value to multiple equal or similar animation items (sequences, steps, or actions).
• Select multiple equal or similar sequences, steps, or actions to cut, copy, move, or delete.
• Create a collection of equal or similar sequences.
Determining if Animation Items are Equal or Similar
In general, two or more animation items are:
• “Similar” if they are all the same type and all settings selected in the
Find Similar dialog box match. (Settings that are cleared in the
Find Similar dialog box are ignored. See
Find Similar Animation Items.)
