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Scripting Primer for Pages Documents

admin — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 23:26:34 +0000

If you have used AppleWorks 6 in the past, this script for Pages should be easy to follow, although the syntax is not exactly the same as AppleWorks.

In fact, the Pages application was derived from AppleWorks 6 ! To see the similarities (and the differences) check out some of my other posts on AppleWorks.

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Creating a Calendar in TextEdit with Shell Script

admin — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:58:41 +0000

This is sort of a fun script which gives you some idea of the power behind the UNIX side of Mac OS X. Impressive as this little bit of shell code is though, it only scratches the surface on what you can do combining the power of AppleScript with the shell.

display dialog [...]

Enhanced – New Doc for AppleWorks 6

admin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:14:19 +0000

It has become abundantly clear to me that there is still a lot of interest in AppleScripts for AppleWorks 6 and questions on implementation of scripts that my previous posts on this topic have not addressed to the satisfaction of those who use AppleWorks 6 and, since it is an application that is still [...]

Choosing a Color from the Color Picker

admin — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:41:47 +0000

The final ‘choose’ command, ‘choose color’ will be covered here. The choose color dialog is somewhat obscure and you aren’t as likely to use it as the others, but it is worth mention. It is not complicated at all. The script below results in the color picker window, with the rainbow effect as in the [...]