Re: scripting Word top copy text - should be simple, but ain't
Re: scripting Word top copy text - should be simple, but ain't
- Subject: Re: scripting Word top copy text - should be simple, but ain't
- From: Mr Tea <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:36:34 +0100
This from Charles Arthur, UKClimbing Editor - dated 25/4/06 17.37:
> Mr Tea: did you look at what Word Vx produced as the result of the script?
>> set mytext to text of window 1
Indeed. The result was, er, the text that was displayed in window 1
This from Paul Berkowitz - dated 25/4/06 20.26:
>> I'm beginning to regret upgrading from Word v.X.
>
> Don't be absurd. Word X's AppleScript simply didn't work - it would always
> crash, plus anything to do with text (like what you're doing now) would
> usually be wrong - and then it would crash.
Oh dear. Behind the times again. None-the-less, Office vX is still serving
me well. Maybe I'll think about upgrading when the universal binary makes
its debut.
Nick
pp Mr Tea
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