Re: quark closing prompt
Re: quark closing prompt
- Subject: Re: quark closing prompt
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 12:43:03 EST
In a message dated 3/19/03 1:29:10 PM, debbie mcnerney wrote
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I am an enthusiastic novice on writing applescripts. Our newspaper is
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transitioning all of our ads to Quark 5. we are looking for a simple
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applescript that would prompt a reminder to each user to check a few
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things...like picture usage, check spelling before they print or close
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the file.
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Has anyone written or know of one that we could borrow and customize. I
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am a >novice in scripting but I do know the copy/paste method of scripting
quite
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well.
Well, there's good news and bad news.
The good news is that, if you want, you can in some cases go beyond
reminders. I haven't looked at Quark 5, but in v4.11 it's too hard to write a
script to detect missing/modified images and even update the modified ones. I
haven't looked at spellcheck.
The bad news is that, as far as I know, there's no way to intercept the close
window or save file events and run your script before that happens.
Essentially, you have to write a script that runs through your pre-closing
routines and then closes the file. And then (this is hard part) teach your
uses to run your script instead of clicking the close button on the window.
If you use QuickKeys or some other macro building, you might be able to map
apple-W and apple-S to your script, but there would still be ways for users
to get around your script, either because they want to or because they are
too set in their ways to learn new techniques.
Speaking from a little applescript knowledge and a lot of newsroom experience,
Robert Kyle
Pagination coordinator
Star Tribune
Minneapolis
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