Re: Microsoft Word
Re: Microsoft Word
- Subject: Re: Microsoft Word
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 18:44:08 -0700
On 4/17/02 2:31 PM, "Simon Forster" <email@hidden> wrote:
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Anyone (cough, Paul Berkowitz) got any editable AppleScript examples for
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Microsoft Word (in OS X). I'm pulling together a quick example of a
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script which takes address data from FileMaker and drops it into a Word
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doc. I found Paul's script which addresses a letter in Word and is meant
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to be editable - unfortunately I cannot open it in OS X. A quick eg of
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how to script Word would be great.
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It is not possible to do via "a quick eg". It needs both AppleScript and
Visual Basic, which you cannot learn in 5 minutes (either of them). It is a
very long script. The reason that Address Word Letter does not work in OS X
is that it requires a scripting addition (Akua Sweets) which does not
function in OS X. But that's mostly used for resetting preferences. I can
replace it with a separate PREFS script, and other commands with certain
pure AppleScript routines. That will be the first or second script I get to
after i finish my Export-Import Entourage scripts. They are actually
finished - I'm working on the ReadMes now. So it wont be too long now.
In the meantime I think you'll find that Word X itself, using the Contacts
toolbar (View--> Toolbars) can do about 80-90% of what the script does. It
may do everything you need. Try it.
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Paul Berkowitz
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