Language Guide

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Contents
Figures and Tables xiii
Preface About This Guide
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Audience xv
Organization of This Guide xvi
Sample Applications and Scripts xvii
For More Information xviii
Getting Started xviii
Scripting Additions xviii
Other AppleScript Dialects xviii
Scriptable Applications xviii
Conventions Used in This Guide xix
Part 1 Introducing AppleScript
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Chapter 1 AppleScript, Scripts, and Scriptable Applications
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What Is AppleScript? 3
What Can You Do With Scripts? 5
Automating Activities 5
Integrating Applications 7
Customizing Applications 7
Who Runs Scripts, and Who Writes Them? 9
Special Features of AppleScript 10
What Applications Are Scriptable? 11