Add the Unrecordable

There are some functions that cannot be recorded in an action such as painting tools, tool options, effects, view commands, and preferences. (In action-speak these are called unactionable.) To add these functions into an action, click the Create New Action icon in the Actions palette (Window>Actions), and choose Insert Menu Item from the palette's flyout menu to record non-recordable operations. With the Insert Menu Item dialog open, go to the menu command you'd like to use and it will be added automatically in the dialog.