Microsoft Word Scripts

Okay, I'm trying to write some scripts to ease repetitive headings in word. All I want to do is have a script that types the word "Nonconformities:" in bold font.
This is what I have so far... unfortunately it doesnt work at all. I'm very new to scripting.
tell application "Microsoft Word"
activate
set hdNoncon to "Nonconformities"
insert text hdNoncon at cursor
end tell
Please help. This doesn't work! Thanks in advance.

Excellent!
I know I marked this as solved but I have one more issue.
I need to insert a line break of just simply press enter to start a new line.
I've tried the following
insert break at selection break type line break
but it works to no avail. I'm trying my best to do this on my own but it's much harder then it looks! Thanks again for any help!

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Microsoft Word Script

Hello there!
Whenever I open a Word document, the application window opens on the left side of the screen instead of in the center. This really irritates me. So, I searched the internet and found the following script which centers the window:
+tell application "Microsoft Word"+
activate
+set bounds of active window to {462, 22, 1461, 989}+
+set page fit of zoom of view of active window to page fit best fit+
+end tell+
The script works flawlessly, however I manually have to run it by clicking the scripts menu and selecting the script. I was wondering if there was a way to have the script run automatically in the background each time I open a document. If so, how do I do this?
Thanks for your help!

You could use FastScripts to call the script via a shortcut

Adobe does not recognize footers in Microsoft Word 2007 to PDF

I have copied and pasted the details, below, from a previous message I have sent out to an assistive technology listserv.
I am encountering this problem with various builds and versions of Adobe Acrobat:
Acrobat X on a Windows Vista 64-bit build (note that this is the best Acrobat I can install on Windows Vista, Adobe Reader XI is not even supported)
Acrobat X on a Windows XP build, sorry, do not know the bit count (it is my work computer so I can't upgrade anything)
Acrobat 9 on a Windows 7 64-bit build.
I have also encountered and checked into whether or not the PDF reads (and does what I want it to) in JAWS 14, latest update (Feb 2013). We encounter the same problem with JAWS and this morning found out that there is a conversion error between Word and Adobe. (See this post, where the ---- are).
Summary, I have spoken with JAWS, put out a support ticket with NVDA via e-mail, spoken with Microsoft, and tried to communicate with Adobe about this issue for help and Adobe is refusing to help. The other places tried everything they knew but they could not get it to work. I even tried to strip all the page numbers from Word and number using Adobe's page numbering feature, but that was not successful either because I cannot use Roman numerals.
I would appreciate any feedback the Adobe Forums can give me; please note that I cannot post a sample document at this time as the only document I have is a private work document (cannot share those by policy, so I will have to make up a fake document if I get the time and energy).
Thank you very much for your time and expertise. The pertient info is above and below in "Original Message" and "Activities section" - the other information is there if you'd like to look. And to provide feedback to Adobe about things I think they could improve, since they will not let me email them directly.
----Original Message----
My question concerns the reading of Footers / Headers in Microsoft Word 2007 and Adobe Acrobat (headers/footers designed in Microsoft Word 2007 and then converted to PDF with "Bookmark" checked in Adobe Acrobat conversion settings).
The document is a word document containing 50+ pages. There are 12 pages of "front matter" that are marked with Roman numerals. Subsequently, the body text of the document has an Arabic number (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.) in the bottom right corner. Footers are used properly in the document. All Table of Contents links, which do link to both headings in the "front matter" and to headings in the body text, are picked up properly. Literately, the only thing not reading on the document are page numbers (the Word Status bar is reading its page numbers, but the page numbers in the footer are not reading).
I then need to convert the document to Adobe Acrobat PDF. Granted, I have a full copy of Adobe Acrobat X available to me, and my various assistive technologies have always functioned better when opened directly in Acrobat (rather than Adobe Reader). So, I set the accessibility options (from Word) properly, asking it to bookmark Headers and Footers as appropriate, thinking that this will pick up the page numbers and make them read as the bottom right corner of my PDF.
All links work in Adobe to navigate by section/heading. All figures are alt tagged. Everything is perfect - but the one thing that NVDA won't read are the page numbers. Visually, the page numbers are there on the document, but NVDA won't pick them up. Additionally, I also changed the appropriate page numbers in Adobe (Page Thumbnail Pane, on the Navigation Pane I believe it is called) - to reflect the section where it is Roman numerals and Arabic numerals. This did not help, and for what it is worth, I cannot get NVDA to voice when I am in this pane, so I don't seem to have a chance of getting the page number info from there.
NVDA reads the document just fine except for the above-mentioned snare. However, when it reads, it will go to the next page, and say, "Page 2 of 54, (page text), Page 3 of 54 (page text)," etc. when I will need it to say Page ii of 54 (page text), Page iii of 54 (page text)," and so on, changing to "Page 1" when the Arabic numbers are used.
I know that the Page Label issue is part of Adobe's issue, with them not releasing the PageLabel aspect. (I have looked through some NVDA tickets). I do not know how to put a "changeset" into my copy of NVDA though, or even if it would help (I have no computer scripting skill). The easy answer would be to upgrade to Adobe Reader XI and see if that helps, but I don't have the ability to put it on every computer I use, and *I need this file to read consistently across multiple versions of Adobe* (including Adobe Reader/Acrobat 9, X, and XI). (This file is also going out to people who may not have the latest version of Adobe, but are also running some copy of NVDA, either a portable or a full install).
Is there any way to pick up the Footers with page numbers voicing in NVDA, and/or have it read the user-editable page number box that is on Adobe's Toolbar (next to the 1 of 54 parentheses). This user-editable box, to jump to page numbers, reflects the Roman numerals I have loaded into the pages of Adobe. When I press Ctrl+Shift+N in Adobe, I can also go to the appropriate page (if I type in iii, it will take me to iii, if I type in 34, it will take me to the Arabic number 34 -- NOT the 34 of 54, which would land me on a different page. And I want to land on the page that has the Arabic 34, so that's functioning fine.
I just need the page numbers in the footer to voice, "Page iii," or "Page iv," or "Page 29," etc. If I could get NVDA to do that, I could say to viewers of this document, "If you are using NVDA, remember to Ctrl+Shift+N to get the GoTo Box, then type in the page number you want if you cannot follow a link or a bookmark." This document is *very* accessible in my opinion with lots of ways to navigate...the only aspect of navigation that isn't being picked up are those footer page numbers!
I do have my Document Formatting settings on the NVDA menu set to "Report Headers," but that does not seem to help in either Microsoft Word 2007 or Adobe Acrobat. I have even switched the page numbers from the footer to the header to see if that would help and it didn't.
----Activities I have done today----
I spent over an hour on the phone today with Freedom Scientific (makers of JAWS) trying to troubleshoot this. We discovered that Footers will not read very well in JAWS and Microsoft Word 2007 (only solution is to stop reading document text and read Virtual Viewer text briefly, then go back out to document text, then back into Virtual Viewer which is NOT an acceptable or accessible solution whatsoever -- too much work for someone trying to read the document) -- and then we also discovered that:
Upon conversion from Word 2007 to .txt file (.docx to .txt), there are no alt tags for the figures in the document, or page numbers.
Upon conversion from Word 2007 to Adobe Acrobat X then to .txt file, every insert of a page number and footer is replaced with the same alt numberpad numerical code: the one that generates female. ♀No wonder JAWS and NVDA are skipping this, neither understand how to communicate it.
On the advice of JAWS Technical Support I contacted Microsoft Accessibility Technical Support and spent an hour on the phone with them. They say that unless Adobe can find a solution, it appears that it is impossible for Microsoft products to read the footer if JAWS was unsuccessful doing what I wanted it to do. The document/footer in question includes about 12 pages of front matter (numbered in Roman numerals) and 44 pages of body text (numbered in Arabic numerals).
I kindly explained to the Microsoft Support Agent that I found this issue hard to believe, although I understood. Sighted folks have the ability to make their documents look quite professional and that is the caliber and quality of documents anticipated from everyone, especially college students graduating from school, or job applicants. That a coding issue prevents the footer from being read properly, except in Edit view, is disappointing. The representative was with me 100% of the way. She completely understood where I came from. And yes, when I am designing the document myself, I know what I put there (or I pretty much do, anyway). But if I recieve a document, it is much harder to tell what is really there or not, or how the page numbers really lay. And this is confusing as heck, believe me.
I then called Adobe Technical Support, after having a brief online chat with them. Granted, I had to leave the chat in the middle because I got interuptted by something that was high-priority, but the woman chatting from Adobe says that chat is only for installation issues, and I will have to pay to open a support ticket. Excuse me? I have paid a hefty sum of money for Adobe Acrobat 9 and Adobe Acrobat X (work paid for the other Acrobat X copy). I deserve this problem to be troubleshooted for free. There was even a statement on the Adobe Acrobat X website that said Acrobat X users didn't have to pay for support, but Reader users did.
----Slight bit of rant and constructive criticism----
In speaking with Adobe Technical Support, I had to wait on hold for 30 minutes before my call was answered, and then I had to consent to being on hold countless times and had to answer, "Yes, I am converting from Word 2007 to PDF using Adobe Acrobat X" at least 6 times. The representative would put me on hold, then ask me the question, then put me on hold again, repeated 6 times over 45 minutes. At the end of 45 minutes (1 hour and 20 minutes of wasted time by now, that I must justify to my employer) - I told the representative I wanted to speak with his supervisor immediately, I did not care if he was trying to fill out a support ticket (and putting me on hold at least 4 more times in 10 minutes while he claimed he was filling out the support ticket) - and finally he put me on hold again and gave me to a very helpful supervisor. Within 6 minutes of speaking with the supervisor the supervisor had my support ticket filled out and I should recieve a call from Adobe within the next 30 minutes if his estimation was right (he estimated two hours, but it's been an hour and a half).
I have yet to know what can be done about my document. Freedom Scientific Technical Support is closed now for the day and I need to work tomorrow and Friday away from the phone. As I stated to Microsoft Accessibility Support, I truly feel that Adobe should read the page footers, every document says that Adobe should be able to read the page footers, and I feel slighted that as a person who uses assistive technology, there is some glitch that isn't making this happen. I am not blaming a specific place per se, except I am a little frustrated with Adobe especially since they have not gotten back to me, and I am frustrated with their customer service. JAWS customer service and Microsoft customer service were both exemparly, and I cannot say enough good things about them. My wasted time with Adobe however, that was disrespect in my opinion. And I certainly will not pay to open a support ticket, and my workplace has a site license. They've paid enough already.
If you've read this far, thank you. I look forward to replies, or at least understanding. And if anyone has ideas, I'd appreciate it very much (yes, I have tried taking the page numbers off and using Adobe's page number feature, but that would not allow Roman numerals. Only Arabic.).

Greetings NoNameGiven,
If I understand the problem correctly (I’m not sure I do) you would prefer ‘iii’ to be read as “eye eye eye” rather than “three”? The alt text property is the only way that I know of to make this happen. Hope this helps.
a ‘C’ student

How can I customize Microsoft Word Outline Numbered List Templates with AppleScript?

I wrote an applescript to set up a word document with the appropriate styles to give the document an academic setup, much like what Xelatex produces. This is a work in progress and I have a problem.
I have successfully applied the style changes to each Header and I have applied the desired outline numbered list template "list template 5 of list gallery 3", however I would like to add tab stops to each one in order to make each header look slick like in Latex.
To do what I want manually in Microsoft Word 2011 mac I would click Bullets and Numbering, customize, under text position i would check the tab stop box and put in some value (1 cm, for example)
The following is an approximation of the result of running this script on a document with headings 1-9 applied consequently to each line, respectively. Note how they are not even. I think this is an issue with the template, but I want to be able to run this script on any mac without extra template files.
1    Heading 1
1.1    Heading 2
1.1.1    Heading 3
1.1.1.1    Heading 4
1.1.1.1.1    Heading 5
1.1.1.1.1.1 Heading 6
1.1.1.1.1.1.1        Heading 7
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1Heading 8
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Heading 9
Here is the script so far:
Academic Paper Setup
Copyright © 2012 macmadness86
Just kidding there is no copyright. Open Source rules!
You may use this code however you like. It would be nice
if you made reference to the original code when sharing.
THINGS TO DO:
find a fix for changing font color of headings without hardcoding it.
fix headings 4-9
(*<Properties to be set by the user*)
--number suffix corresponds to heading 1, heading 2, etc.
--NOTE: To change the coloring of headings, it must be hardcoded. must find a fix.
property fontName1 : "CMU Serif Roman"
property fontName2 : "CMU Serif Roman"
property fontName3 : "CMU Serif Roman"
property fontName4 : "CMU Serif Roman"
property fontName5 : "CMU Serif Roman"
property fontName6 : "CMU Serif Roman"
property fontName7 : "CMU Serif Roman"
property fontName8 : "CMU Serif Roman"
property fontName9 : "CMU Serif Roman"
property fontSize1 : 15
property fontSize2 : 14
property fontSize3 : 13
property fontSize4 : 12
property fontSize5 : 12
property fontSize6 : 12
property fontSize7 : 12
property fontSize8 : 12
property fontSize9 : 12
property boldTF : true
property italicTF : false
property highlightTF : false
(*Properties to be set by the user>*)
tell application "Microsoft Word"
    tell active document
        (*<normal code BLOCK*)
        set name of font object of Word style style normal to "CMU Serif Roman"
        set font size of font object of Word style style normal to 12
        set bold of font object of Word style style normal to false
        set italic of font object of Word style style normal to false
        set color index of font object of Word style style normal to black
        (*normal code BLOCK>*)
        (*<heading 1 code BLOCK*)
        set name of font object of Word style style heading1 to fontName1
        set font size of font object of Word style style heading1 to fontSize1
        set bold of font object of Word style style heading1 to boldTF
        set italic of font object of Word style style heading1 to italicTF
        set color index of font object of Word style style heading1 to black
        --set paragraph format left indent of paragraph format of Word style style heading1 to (centimeters to points centimeters 0) --indent sections relative to margin
        --set tab stop position of tab stop of Word style style heading1 to (centimeters to points centimeters 1)
        --set tab hanging indent of paragraph format of Word style style heading1 to count 1
        (*heading 1 code BLOCK>*)
        (*<heading 2 code BLOCK*)
        set name of font object of Word style style heading2 to fontName2
        set font size of font object of Word style style heading2 to fontSize2
        set bold of font object of Word style style heading2 to boldTF
        set italic of font object of Word style style heading2 to italicTF
        set color index of font object of Word style style heading2 to black
        (*heading 2 code BLOCK>*)
        (*<heading 3 code BLOCK*)
        set name of font object of Word style style heading3 to fontName3
        set font size of font object of Word style style heading3 to fontSize3
        set bold of font object of Word style style heading3 to boldTF
        set italic of font object of Word style style heading3 to italicTF
        set color index of font object of Word style style heading3 to black
        (*heading 3 code BLOCK>*)
        (*<heading 4 code BLOCK*)
        set name of font object of Word style style heading4 to fontName4
        set font size of font object of Word style style heading4 to fontSize4
        set bold of font object of Word style style heading4 to boldTF
        set italic of font object of Word style style heading4 to italicTF
        set color index of font object of Word style style heading4 to black
        (*heading 4 code BLOCK>*)
        (*<heading 5 code BLOCK*)
        set name of font object of Word style style heading5 to fontName5
        set font size of font object of Word style style heading5 to fontSize5
        set bold of font object of Word style style heading5 to boldTF
        set italic of font object of Word style style heading5 to italicTF
        set color index of font object of Word style style heading5 to black
        (*heading 5 code BLOCK>*)
        (*<heading 6 code BLOCK*)
        set name of font object of Word style style heading6 to fontName6
        set font size of font object of Word style style heading6 to fontSize6
        set bold of font object of Word style style heading6 to boldTF
        set italic of font object of Word style style heading6 to italicTF
        set color index of font object of Word style style heading6 to black
        (*heading 6 code BLOCK>*)
        (*<heading 7 code BLOCK*)
        set name of font object of Word style style heading7 to fontName7
        set font size of font object of Word style style heading7 to fontSize7
        set bold of font object of Word style style heading7 to boldTF
        set italic of font object of Word style style heading7 to italicTF
        set color index of font object of Word style style heading7 to black
        (*heading 7 code BLOCK>*)
        (*<heading 8 code BLOCK*)
        set name of font object of Word style style heading8 to fontName8
        set font size of font object of Word style style heading8 to fontSize8
        set bold of font object of Word style style heading8 to boldTF
        set italic of font object of Word style style heading8 to italicTF
        set color index of font object of Word style style heading8 to black
        (*heading 8 code BLOCK>*)
        (*<heading 9 code BLOCK*)
        set name of font object of Word style style heading9 to fontName9
        set font size of font object of Word style style heading9 to fontSize9
        set bold of font object of Word style style heading9 to boldTF
        set italic of font object of Word style style heading9 to italicTF
        set color index of font object of Word style style heading9 to black
        (*heading 9 code BLOCK>*)
    end tell
    (*<apply numbering to the sections code BLOCK*)
    set selFind to find object of selection --selects text of execute find command
    clear formatting selFind --reset selFind just to make sure
    set style of selFind to style heading1 --set style we are looking for
    execute find selFind find text "" wrap find find continue with find format and match forward
    if found of selFind is true then
        --display dialog (get content of text object of selection) --for debugging only
        (*<code BLOCK word__set paragraph style*)
        --I apply the formatting to the previously found text
        set myLT to list template 5 of list gallery 3 of active document
        apply list format template (list format of text object of selection) ¬
            list template myLT
    end if
    (*Apply numbering to the sections code BLOCK>*)
end tell

I figured it out . Just in case anyone else wants to know the script is below:
tell application "Microsoft Word"
    set myTable to table 1 of selection
    convert to text myTable separator separate by tabs
end tell

Move Table Column with AppleScript in Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word has a flaw (in my opinion) with tables in that it aligns the left and right text with the margins rather than aligning the table columns with the margins. This results in sloppy tables, because the left and right borderlines lie outside the margins.
I would like to fix the word tables by
calculating the left cell padding and right cell padding in points and setting them to variables {left_pad,right_pad} respectively
move left column by left_pad to the right
move right column by right_pad to the left
The script I was working on does not work, but I will post it to show my thought process as I hone in on my solution.
tell application "Microsoft Word"
    --595 points is width of A4 paper
    -- Set page margin in points to variables
    set {l_margin, r_margin, t_margin, b_margin} to {(get left margin of page setup of active document), get (right margin of page setup of active document), get (top margin of page setup of active document), get (bottom margin of page setup of active document)}
    get {l_margin, r_margin, t_margin, b_margin}
    -- Set specific Paragraph margins
    -- NOTE: If you select a table thinking you wish to drag just the left margin to the right, or the right margin to the left, this code does not accomplish this because each cell has its own paragraph formatting. This code will set the margin for every single cell, because each cell has its own margins! (separate from padding).
    set para_sel to paragraph format of selection
    set paragraph format left indent of para_sel to (centimeters to points centimeters 0.5)
    -- Aligning left and right columns of table with the margins
    -- NOTE: There is a command to set left row indent, but not right row indent (very stupid of Microsoft)
end tell

I have worked up something that seems to work (although I cannot promise it is the best way). Hope it helps anyone else who has this need.
tell application "Microsoft Word"
activate
set findRange to find object of selection
clear formatting findRange -- clear any previous formatting used in a find operation
set forward of findRange to true -- find forward
set style of findRange to "List Bullet" -- the style to look for
tell findRange
set gotIt to execute find find text "" -- do the search w/o matching any text
end tell
if gotIt is true then -- if a match was found
copy object selection -- copy it to the clipboard
set mySelection to (the clipboard) -- then put clipboard into a variable
set myOffset to ¬
(get selection information selection information type ¬
(horizontal position relative to page)) -- now put selection info into a variable
display dialog mySelection & return & (myOffset as text) -- then display it
end if
end tell

I've upgraded to Lion and can no longer access Microsoft Word files. HELP!

What is the easiest or cheapest solution to enable me to access files from Microsoft word now that I've upgraded to Lion?
Thanks for your efforts,
Bill

Kurt Lang wrote:
Quark XPress 8 has a few of those PPC only tools, too. Like they they forgot to update them or something.
They were already at v9 when Lion came out and decided that official support would be for v9 only; see here.
According to this, the only thing PPC in v9 and v8 are video encoding for SWF export -- looks like an XTension according to System Profiler. Given their position of not officially supporting v8.x in Lion, that will probably always remain broken in v8. I use v8.5.1 in Lion; works fine for me -- I don't do any SWF exporting.
I have a few other things on my MBP, recently upgraded to Lion; I upgraded just about every app to the latest versions with exception of Quark. The only other PPC things besied that XTension are some scripts from Adobe Illustrator CS5.1, which got installed with CS 5.5. I guess Adobe forgot to upgrade those. No biggie, I never use them.

Microsoft Word Has Not Been Installed for the Current User

Hi, everybody
I'm just starting our attempt to put together ZfD app packages for MS Office 2007. I've tried 2 different route with poor results for each. I'm looking for guidance and suggestions and, hey really, the simple final solution. :)
Objectives: Each app package will install locally one of the Office apps (e.g., Word) if it is not installed and then launch it, otherwise it will launch it. It gets installed locally to the C: drive using all the MS default choices, but runs from the desktop ZEN/NAL shortcut. All desktops are XP, not Vista or W7.
Routes tried and failed...
1) Simple app, uses distribution and run scripts to figure out if already installed, then installs using network shared drive and config.xml file for just the one app. The result ought to work -- no particular error in the package, those are fixed -- but what happens is something different each time with the MS setup.exe, and it never does complete without its own error (various and different each time). So, this appears to be completely unreliable because launching MS's setup.exe from a simple app is unpredictable and incomplete.
2) Snapshot of a successful setup.exe and config.xml install. This ALMOST works... well it does in fact work but the snapshotted app gives an error once it finishes launching -- "Microsoft Word Has Not Been Installed for the Current User" -- and exits. From the research I've done on this message, the MS program sees the "wrong" Windows profile on the destination environment, compared to that in the snapshot, and figures it's now been installed from a bootleg copy of Office 2007.
At this stage all I can think of is expletives. We've paid for everything, I've followed all the usual and customary steps, played by the rules, been polite (and also used the necessary computer swear words), and now I just want to insult everyone in Microsoft's marketing department for ruining everyone's life yet again. Can't we just do this, is it too much to ask!?!
Please help me. What is really going to work for distributing and maintaining Office 2007 apps using our ZfD environment? ALL USEFUL SUGGESTIONS WELCOME. Thank you. Bless you.
-Kent S.
Be strong as a ship and wise as a whale

These questions are really best in the Microsoft Office Forums.
These are MS Office Questions not ZEN Questions.
Novell did not design Microsoft's Office Install.
I have nothing against snapshots, but it does not work great with the Office
installs, which you yourself know since you are posting here with problems
based on that.
And your other method you are trying with the break out is not working well.
We also know that from experience.
We can tell you that the way most people install it and the way most people
succeed doing it, is by doing it the way recommended and designed by
Microsoft.
ZEN does that just fine.
Craig Wilson - MCNE, MCSE, CCNA
Novell Knowledge Partner
Novell does not officially monitor these forums.
Suggestions/Opinions/Statements made by me are solely my own.
These thoughts may not be shared by either Novell or any rational human.
"KentFSmith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Thank you, Grimlock (-Grimlock?-)
>
> Through a google search I encountered a very close suggestion, and the
> poster said they couldn't remember the name of a MS utility but that
> there was one that would break out the individual MSIs from the Office
> 2007 setup.exe bundle. The dependent app appears to be a simple and
> possibly elegant solution, but without a good way to break out the MSIs
> I don't see how to do anything other than with a config.xml ('Config.xml
> file in the 2007 Office system'
> (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc179195.aspx)).
>
> Do you know of that utility and where I can find it?
>
> There is a lot of history here now of just doing the individual
> applications. Everyone gets Word and Excel, but much fewer get
> PowerPoint and Access. All other reasons aside, a compelling one is the
> reduced number of help calls to the Help Desk here. Occasionally we
> also just run the whole Office install for someone who needs some of the
> odd utilities, but that is easily cost-justifiable for us to break them
> out as exceptions. Otherwise, we focus 90% of our support on just Word
> and Excel and it pays off nicely.
>
> If we switch to putting full Office 2007 on all PCs then there may be a
> better approach that include other tools than ZfD, such as the fact that
> we replace 1/3 of all PCs in the organization each year (so that no
> hardware is more than 3 years "behind"). We could put 1/3 of all Office
> 2007 installs into the new PC image. But we still need to support all
> the use of the apps after the install, so ZfD MUST work well, it simply
> MUST work well or we're screwed, to use the vernacular. Also, just
> switching from what we've been doing for years -- single app orientation
> -- means introducing new-ish issues that have to discover and explain to
> our comrades, and to adjust our orientation with unknown future costs.
>
> But that may end up being the simplest adequate solution. And that's
> what I want.
>
> -K
>
> grimlock;1883526 Wrote:
>> Craig Wilson wrote:
>> > You should really focus on #1.
>> > Snapshot is not the way to go.
>> >
>> > Details about what is Not working or what random behavior may help
>> folks.
>> > Ask in the MS forums may help too. dont' mention zenworks.
>> > Just say you are installing as Administrator from a share and getting
>> these
>> > errors.
>> >
>> > While not 100% accurate, it should be good enough to get some good
>> feedback.
>> >
>>
>> Nor is installing 1 app at a time. Install the whole suite, have an
>> icon for each app that runs the exe for that app with a dependency on
>> the another app that points to the installer msi.
>>
>> If any user runs any app, it will run if the executable is there
>> (meaning it's been installed). If the executable is not there then it
>> calls the dependent application (the installer app) and installs it,
>> and
>> then runs it.
>
>
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Importing Microsoft Word doc to InDesign with embedded EPS art ~ scaling issue

Hi, my workflow calls for creating content in Microsoft Word 2010 with embedded EPS art, in this case MathType 6.7a math objects. When I import these manuscripts (after saving as Word 97/2003 format) into my Adobe InDesign CS5.5 templates, the embedded inline graphics have been resized. Strangely, InDesign is keeping the container frame at the correct dimensions and then upsizing or downsizing the art inside that box.
When I export a sample graphic from the Word file and unembed the same graphic after import it into InDesign, the two graphics are different sizes. InDesign might increase the size of one embedded graphic by 400% and then scale it down to 25% inside the anchored picture box and then in the next anchored picture box it might decrease the size the art to 50% and scale it to 200%.
I did a test and created a graphic in Adobe Illustrator, saved it as EPS, placed the graphic into a Microsoft Word 2010 document, saved it out to 97/2003 format, imported that doc into an empty Adobe InDesign CS5.5 file. Again! InDesign changed the size of the art and re-scaled it to appear the same.
I've been able to duplicate this issue on InDesign CS4 also, on both Windows XP and Windows 7.
Has anyone else run into this issue? Does anyone know why the InDesign import filter doesn't import inline art in a Word document at 100%? Thanks for the help!

My solution for this is:
1. Place *.docx (yes, docx) word document with mathtype equations into indesign. This will set correct baseline for equations which is very important.
2. download this scalegraphics script http://in-tools.com/downloads/indesign/scripts/ScaleGraphics.zip
3. copy script from zip folder to C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CS4\Scripts\Scripts Panel\Samples\JavaScript
4. open palet (window/autoamtion/scripts) scripts, find new sript and run it
Voila, all equations is at 100%...
Script explanation: http://in-tools.com/article/scripts-blog/scale-graphics-script/
In links palete equations have eps extension but this is embeded wmf files so you cant open them in photoshop or distill it with distiller.-((( I use export to pdf option in indesign to make pdf file.
If you want all this eps links to export from indesign use this method:
1. in links palete select all links
2. in palete menu choose "unembed link"
3. on answer window choose "no"
4. select folder where you want indesign save files
5. press "select"
6. now you have all links in new folder unembed from indesign document and you can edit it with mathtype.

Pasting from Microsoft Word into Adobe Illustrator...problem

Hello gang, I'm a professional comic book letterer and I recently decided to upgrade from using TextEdit to using Microsoft Word for all of my script copy pasting that I have to do.
In TextEdit when I copy a page from a comic script it will then paste into Adobe Illustrator beautifully. Retains line breaks and formatting really well (doesn't remember bolds or italics, but oh well). However, when I paste from the Word version of the same script, all the line breaks disapear, leaving me with a big square block of text, making it hard for me to easily find dialogue to use on the page.
Does anyone have a solution for this? Is this a known issue with Word? I can't seem to find anything about it on the net.
I'm using Word 11 for Mac version 14.2.1 I think it is and Adobe Illustrator CS3 for Mac.
Running Snow Leopard on a MacBook Pro for what that's worth. Verion 10.6.8
thanks,
-- J

When I tried to place a 12 pages Word doc in Illustrator CS5, the same way told by John_Danek, I could see a small + sign on the bottom right corner of the text box. If you double click that text box, you can see page 2 of the doc. Similarly, you can view all the pages of your Word doc in Illie.
OR
If save your content in a PDF and then place the PDF in Illustrtaor. This will help you retain formatting as well as will allow you selecting page numbers of your document you want to place.

HT2506 hi i can't seem to copy and paste pdf files from preview to a microsoft word document. it always comes up with nonsense characters in the word document. how do i fix this? thanks in advance

hi i can't seem to copy and paste pdf files from preview to a microsoft word document. it always comes up with nonsense characters in the word document. how do i fix this? thanks in advance

Hi,
The quickest way to do this (tested with OS 10.8.2, MS Word 2011) is in one line:
tell application "Microsoft Word" to close every document whose name begins with "book"
The reason why your script doesn't work is that you aren't specifying to Word which document you want it to close.
So, changing one line ought to do it:
close document incrementvalue -- instead of "close document"
But... when you close a document, you change the document count. Document 2 becomes document 1, document 3 becomes document 2 etc. So eventually you'd get a message saying "The object you are trying to access doesn't exist".
Because of this, if you want to do it in a repeat loop, you have to work backwards:
tell application "Microsoft Word"
set doc_count to count documents
repeat with x from doc_count to 1 by -1
if name of document x begins with "book" then close document x
end repeat
end tell
Hope this helps.

Adobe and Microsoft Word not working with upgrade 10.10 Yosemite

I upgraded from Mountain Lion to Yosemite 10.10. Now my Mac Microsoft Word 2011 and Adobe keep closing and will not work properly. I feel like my computer is slower. It definitely takes way longer to start up. Any suggestions? My computer is still under warranty, but it is hard to find time to take it in. I only upgraded my laptop and not my desktop yet. This laptop is a Macbook Pro (15-Inch, Late 2011), Processor 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7, Memory: 16 BG 1067 MHz DDR3, HD: 119.99 GB free of 498.88 GB. I know I need more HD space. I emptied trash and took off apps I do not use. I'm not sure what to buy for my Mac that is compatible to increase speed and HD space, but it is slower after the upgrade. I use a Lacy External HD for time machine.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks!

Francine, thank you for answering the very simple question I had about whether or not Photoshop Elements 6 was compatible with 10.5.5. I spent hours on the phone today with Adobe, being transferred around and trying to get a straight answer. I never got one from Adobe. The same thing happened when I called Apple. I realize that Apple is not the manufacturer, but hoped they might have an answer because they sell the software and should know if it works with their current OS. Since the system requirements on Adobe's and Apple's websites still say it only works with systems up to 10.5.2, sales and technical support people just read that back. I can read the same specs too, but I realize that 10.5.5 is new and that it is possible that they just may not have updated the info on the web or in their scripts to reflect this. Apparently, actual users like you and several others are saying it works fine with no issues. It's really nice to know how easy it is to find answers here when you can't get the help or answers you need from the manufacturer. It seems like all they do is read a script, and even supervisors just don't want to be bothered. They should realize that 10.5.5 is the current OS since mid-September, and if they don't provide accurate info then people won't know whether or not to purchase the software. I was hesitant because I didn't want to waste the money to find out if it would or would not work. But now that I see others are using PSE 6 without a problem in 10.5.5, I have the answers I need and I feel more confident about buying the software.

Acrobat 8 plug-ins in Microsoft Word?

The options "Print to PDF" or "Save as PDF" work well in Microsoft Word but since my text in Word contains links to the internet, those links turned-up to be inactive in the resulting PDF document.
So I need to have the PDF plug-ins "Convert to PDF" or "PDFmaker" installed in the toolbar of Word. According to the manual of Acrobat 8, those plug-ins must be installed as the same time as Acrobat is installed.
During the installation of Acrobat 8, I activated those plug-ins but they never appeared in the toolbar of Word. What should I do to have those plug-ins active in Word?
Thanks in advance.

Actually when Office2004 out they were available. Office2004 had VBA and could use most all Macros except those that used Active-X.
when 2008 came on the markey those item were rendered useless. Because 2008 did't have VBA engine, and onlt certain Excel Macros would work.
2001 has VBA anD macros but uses the same VBA engine of it PC conter part. Still doesn't use Active-X. (Apple has an absolute Ban on Active-X, the only way it will appear is if MS buys out Apple which between slim and none and slim has left town).
Now once you have Acrobat installed you have access through Print menu Adobe PDF choice.
AS some here once again are spouting Office doesn't provide the hooks to provide creating links. It’s a Fallacy spread by adobe for years. You can take a File created in Mac and bring over to PC and Create PDF through in Acrobat PC and works just fine. The problem is with adobe and Acrobat.
Also for Adobe's edification: 2011 was a direct Port from Office 2010 PC code the only thing left out was what simply doesn't apply to Macintosh. Its so close to 2010 That theyven ported over a piece of code from PC's That bans the use of the characters <>?|\/ *, Sub Scripts and Numbers at the beginning of names for Hard Drives, DVD's, Directories, Folder Names, and File Names. and not use the File, FileServer, or Server in File Server Directories, and Directory Path names.
So go back to drawing board and come up with another excuse for Links not working. You need to get together with MS and get this problem straightened out. 15 years is long enough to avoid fixing a problem.

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

It's a sheet, not a "modal". This script should tell you if it's up or not:
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Safari"
tell window 1
if exists sheet 1 then
display dialog "Sheet is Up"
else
display dialog "No sheet"
end if
end tell
end tell
end tell

Can JAVA read Microsoft word document?

Hi
I am trying to make a program that read a word document, and split the document in to each pages and save each pages with file as it's footer of each pages.
--- example-----
test.doc
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footer - hi |
Page 2 |
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footer - test |
Page 3 |
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footer - still |
Page 4 |
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footer - hahaha |
Page 5 |
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footer - lastpage |
-----------------------> Out put of the program
hi.doc , test.doc, still.doc, hahaha.doc, lastpage.doc
Is there any way to import word document and process like that above?
I have searched about this, and found out 'Jakarta POI' can access to word document but with many restrictions. (I heard it doesn't support word version 2003 and 97)
Can any one please answer this?
Thankx

I'm not really sure that java is the best language to use for this particular project. I haven't looked into writing a standalone application to do this sort of thing, but Microsoft Word has a built in VB editor that allows you to write scripts that will do this very simply, using Word's Document Object Model.
I would imagine the same sort of the thing could be done from a Stand-alone aplication as well, but you might need some libraries for reading the document and obtaining the object with the same model. I would look into Microsoft's .net solutions for this one. You might even be able to work out a solution in C++, C#, or even J# (which I understand is "similar" to java), if you don't know visual basic.
It is possible that there is a library out there that will read a Word Document, and create the appropriate Java object with the same object model, but I don't know where it can be found.
Anyway, if the option is available to you, take a look at Microsoft's .Net. You'll probably have more luck that way. Good Luck!

Spolight does not search old Microsoft Word files

Hi,
I have a large number of Microsoft Word files in in the Word 5 format, which Spotlight fails to find. Is there a way of getting Spotlight to index and find these? Or is there a program that can convert the old Word files to a new format? Doing so one by one would take far too long.
I appreciate your help.
Michel

Most versions of Word® can update the files, and Neo-Office can, but you'd need a script to load then save them.
And MacLinkPlus used to have a Drag and Drop Document converter.
Or you could get EasyFind...
http://www.devon-technologies.com/download/
Near the bottom of the page.

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