How to use applescript to enter a contact in Microsoft Word

I am new to applescript, but I am trying to find a good way to use applescript in Microsoft Word along with Dragon Dictate for Mac to automate writing a letter. Dictate allows me to use applescript upon saying a command. What I would like to do is to be able to say "write a letter to ..." and it open my letter template and enter the persons contact info from the address book. There is a contacts menu item in Word that you can double click on the contact and it will paste it into the document, but it would be nice to be able to have it do it automatically without having to keep clicking.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!
Ethan

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