Inserting a Non-Recordable Command into an Action
When you create an action, you cannot record mouse movements, such as a brush stroke, or any of the view, and window commands. However, you can insert many non-recordable commands into an action using an Insert Menu Item command. The Insert Menu Item command can be used when recording an action or after it has been recorded. Inserted commands do not execute until the action is played, so the file remains unchanged when the command is inserted. This gives you the ability to experiment with different non-recordable commands without the possibility of damaging a valuable image.

Insert a Non-Recordable Command into an Action
Select the Actions palette.
Click an action, and click the expand triangle .
Click the name of the action to insert the item at the end of the action, or click an action step to insert the item after the selected step.
Click the Actions Options button, and then click Insert Menu Item .
Select a command from the available options (the command is selected by clicking and selecting an item from Photoshop's drop-down menu system).
Click OK .The non-recordable command is added to the action steps.IMPORTANT
When you use the Insert Menu Item command for a command that opens a dialog box, you cannot disable the modal control in the Actions palette.[View full size image]