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Using the Word Dictionary
About the Word AppleScript Dictionary ... 15
Referring to the active element... 16
Working with document objects ... 16
Working with the selection object ... 18
Working with text range objects... 18
Assigning text ranges... 20
Returning text from a document ... 21
Applying formatting to text ... 22
Editing text ... 24
Finding and replacing text or formatting... 25
Selecting text in a document ... 26
Inserting text in a document ... 26
Working with tables... 27
Microsoft Office Suite Classes
assistant ... 29balloon ... 32
balloon checkbox ... 36
balloon label ... 36
command bar ... 37
command bar button... 41
command bar combobox ... 42
command bar control... 43
command bar popup... 46
custom document property... 46
document property ... 46
web page font... 48
Microsoft Office Suite Commands
add item to combobox ... 49clear combobox ... 49
execute ... 50
get combobox item ... 50
get count of combobox items ... 51
remove an item from combobox... 51
reset ... 52
Microsoft Word Suite Classes
add in ... 56
application... 58
auto text entry... 64
bookmark... 65 border... 67 border options... 71 browser ... 75 caption label ... 76 check box ... 78 custom label ... 79 data merge... 82
data merge data field ... 84
data merge data source... 84
data merge field... 86
data merge field name ... 87
default web options... 88
dialog ... 91 document... 92 document version... 100 drop cap... 100 drop down... 101 endnote ... 102 endnote options ... 103 envelope... 104 field ... 107 file converter ... 109 find ... 111 font ... 114 footnote... 119 footnote options... 119 form field ... 121 frame ... 123 header footer ... 125 heading style ... 127 hyperlink object ... 128 index... 129 key binding ... 131 letter content ... 133 line numbering ... 136 link format... 137 list entry ... 139 list format ... 139 list gallery ... 142 list level... 142 list template... 144 mailing label... 145 page number ... 146
page number options ... 147
page setup ... 148 pane... 153 recent file ... 155 replacement... 156 revision ... 158 selection object ... 159
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subdocument... 166 system object ... 167 tab stop ... 168 table of authorities... 169 table of contents... 171 table of figures ... 173 template ... 175 text column... 177 text input ... 178text retrieval mode ... 179
variable ... 180 view... 181 web options ... 185 window... 188 Word comment ... 191 Word list ... 193 Word options ... 193
work menu item ... 210
zoom... 210
Microsoft Word Suite Commands
accept ... 216accept all revisions ... 216
activate object... 217
append to spike ... 217
apply bullet default ... 218
apply list format template ... 218
apply list template... 219
apply number default ... 220
apply page borders to all sections ... 220
apply theme... 221
auto format... 221
auto summarize ... 222
automatic change... 222
break link... 223
build key code... 223
calculate selection... 224
can continue previous list... 224
centimeters to points... 225
change file open directory... 225
check... 226 check consistency ... 226 check grammar ... 226 check spelling... 227 clean string ... 227 clear ... 228
clear all fuzzy options ... 229
clear formatting ... 230
click object ... 231
close print preview... 231
collapse outline ... 232
compare ... 232
compute statistics ... 233
convert ... 233
copy bookmark ... 234
copy format ... 235
copy object... 235
copy styles from template ... 235
count numbered items ... 236
create data source ... 237
create header source... 238
create letter content ... 239
create new document for hyperlink... 240
create new mailing label document ... 241
create range ... 242
create textbox ... 243
cut object... 243
data form ... 244
disable ... 244
display Word dialog ... 245
do Word repeat... 246
edit data source... 246
edit header source ... 247
edit main document ... 247
edit type ... 248
enable ... 249
end key... 249
endnote convert ... 250
escape key... 250
execute data merge... 250
execute dialog ... 251
execute find ... 251
execute key binding ... 253
expand ... 253 expand outline ... 253 extend... 254 find key ... 254 find record ... 255 fit to pages ... 256 follow ... 256 follow hyperlink ... 257 footnote convert... 258
get active writing style... 258
get border ... 259
get cross reference items... 259
get default file path ... 260
get default theme for... 260
get dialog ... 260
get document compatibility ... 261
get international information... 264
get keys bound to ... 264
get list gallery... 265
get next field... 265
get previous field... 266
get private profile string... 266
get profile string ... 267
get selection information ... 267
get spelling suggestions... 270
get story range ... 271
get synonym info object... 272
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get webpage font ... 273
get zoom ... 274
grow font ... 274
home key ... 275
inches to points ... 275
insert... 276
insert auto text ... 276
insert auto text entry ... 277
insert break... 277
insert caption... 278
insert cells ... 278
insert columns... 279
insert cross reference... 279
insert database ... 280
insert date time ... 282
insert envelope data ... 283
insert file ... 284 insert formula... 285 insert paragraph ... 286 insert rows... 286 insert symbol... 287 key string ... 288 large scroll ... 288 lines to points... 289 list commands ... 289 list indent... 289 list outdent ... 290
make compatibility default ... 290
make new data merge ask field ... 291
make new data merge fill in field... 292
make new data merge if field ... 292
make new data merge next field ... 293
make new data merge next if field... 294
make new data merge rec field... 294
make new data merge sequence field... 295
make new data merge set field ... 295
make new data merge skip if field ... 296
manual hyphenation ... 296
mark entry for table of contents ... 297
mark entry for table of figures... 297
mark for index ... 298
merge ... 299
merge subdocuments... 299
millimeters to points ... 299
modified ... 300
next for browser... 300
next header footer... 301
next revision... 301
on time ... 301
open as document ... 302
open data source... 303
open document from workmenu ... 304
open header source ... 304
open recent file... 305
open subdocument... 305
open version... 306
organizer delete ... 307 organizer rename... 307 page scroll... 308 paste format ... 308 paste object ... 309 picas to points ... 310 points to centimeters... 310 points to inches ... 310 points to lines... 311 points to millimeters ... 311 points to picas ... 311 present it ... 311
previous for browser... 312
previous header footer... 312
previous revision... 312
print out ... 313
print out envelope ... 314
print out mailing label ... 315
print preview ... 316
protect ... 316
rebind ... 317
redo ... 318
reject ... 318
reject all revisions ... 318
reload ... 319
remove numbers... 319
remove theme ... 320
repaginate... 320
reset ... 320
reset continuation notice ... 320
reset continuation separator... 321
reset ignore all... 321
reset list gallery... 322
reset separator... 322
retrieve language ... 323
run auto macro ... 323
run letter wizard... 324
run VB macro ... 324 save as ... 325 save version... 326 screen refresh ... 326 select cell... 326 select column... 327
select current alignment ... 327
select current color ... 328
select current font ... 328
select current indent... 328
select current spacing... 329
select current tabs ... 329
select row... 330
send mail ... 330
set active writing style ... 331
set all fuzzy options ... 332
set as font template default ... 332
set as page setup template default ... 333
set default file path... 333
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set document compatibility... 335
set number to text columns ... 338
set private profile string ... 338
set profile string... 338
show ... 339
show all headings... 339
show heading... 340
show me... 340
shrink discontiguous selection ... 340
shrink font ... 341
shrink selection ... 341
small scroll... 341
speak text... 342
split subdocument... 342
split table in selection... 343
substitute font ... 343
swap with endnotes ... 343
swap with footnotes... 344
toggle portrait ... 344 type backspace... 344 type paragraph ... 344 type text ... 345 undo ... 345 undo clear... 346 unlink ... 346 unprotect ... 346 update ... 347 update document ... 348 update field ... 349
update page numbers ... 349
update source... 349
update styles ... 350
update summary properties ... 350
use address book ... 351
use default folder suffix... 351
view property browser ... 351
web page preview ... 352
Word help... 352
Drawing Suite Classes
callout... 353callout format... 354
fill format... 357
horizontal line format ... 362
inline horizontal line ... 363
inline picture ... 363
inline picture bullet ... 364
inline shape ... 365 line format ... 367 line shape... 372 picture ... 373 picture format ... 373 shadow format... 375 shape ... 376
text box... 382
text frame... 383
threeD format... 385
word art ... 389
word art format ... 390
wrap format ... 393
Drawing Suite Commands
activate object... 395apply ... 396
automatic length... 396
break forward link... 397
convert to frame... 398
convert to inline shape... 398
convert to shape... 398
custom drop ... 399
custom length... 399
flip ... 400
get border ... 400
one color gradient... 401
patterned ... 401 pick up ... 402 preset drop ... 402 preset gradient ... 403 preset textured ... 404 reroute connections ... 404 reset ... 405 reset rotation ... 405 scale height... 406 scale width... 406
set extrusion direction... 407
set shapes default properties ... 407
set threeD format... 408
solid... 409
toggle vertical text ... 409
two color gradient ... 410
user picture... 411
user textured ... 411
valid link target... 412
z order... 412