We’re working on a project for a client who gathers and formats data in a FileMaker database. The goal was to create a complexly formatted PDF file where the main content needed to be two columns. So, we tried a few things and found that Microsoft Word could format data in two columns very easily.
We then started to create the Word file by hand noticing that just about everything could be done using keyboard shortcuts, typing, and choosing menus. After a bit of Googling, we found AppleScript steps to type, perform keystrokes, and choose menu items.
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Nice Idea but don´t work for me.
Word crashes and a lot of error messages.
greetings from austria
Guenter
Nice example!
In one place in the applescript you are repeating the same instruction 26 times.
Note that applescript has a simple command for repeat loops. Like this:
Repeat 26
– do something
End repeat
Great idea. I should have thought to use a loop, but I was in a rush to get the page building working…
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