2016

VERB APPLESCRIPT EXAMPLE
get as get font of paragraph 1 as string
make make paragraph at end
move move paragraph 1 to after paragraph 3
save save paragraph 3 as “TEXT” in “Hard Drive: Test.txt”
select select paragraph 1
set set justification of paragraph 1 to center
show show paragraph 1
PARAGRAPH ELEMENTS AND REFERENCE FORMS
BEFORE/
BY AFTER
ELEMENT NUMERIC BY BY BY SATISFYING ANOTHER
CLASS INDEX ID NAME RANGE A TEST ELEMENT
character • • • •
line • • • •
text • • •
word • • • •
PARAGRAPH PROPERTIES, DATA TYPES, AND DESCRIPTIONS
R/O PROPERTY NAME TYPE DESCRIPTION
•
ascent font units Maximum ascent of any
character in this text
•
baseline vertical Vertical offset (from the top
measurement of the containing text box)
of the baseline of the first
character of this text
base shift base units Baseline shift of the first
character of this text
• best type type class Best descriptor type
character top align/ Alignment for characters
alignment center align/ (East Asian only)
baseline align/
bottom align
character character Character spec applied
style spec to this text
•
character no type/ Type of this character
type one byte/ (East Asian only)
two byte/
many types
REFERENCE MATERIAL FOR QUARKXPRESS OBJECTS
A GUIDE TO APPLE EVENTS SCRIPTING
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