2017

STORY EVENTS AND EXAMPLES
VERB APPLESCRIPT EXAMPLE
count count of every paragraph of story 1
data size data size of name of story 4 as integer
deletet delete story 10
get get contents of story1
get as get color of story 1 as string
save save story 1 as “TEXT” in “Hard Drive: Test.txt”
select select story 1
set set font of story 1 to “Times”
show show story 1
STORY ELEMENTS AND REFERENCE FORMS
BEFORE/
BY AFTER
ELEMENT NUMERIC BY BY BY SATISFYING ANOTHER
CLASS INDEX ID NAME RANGE A TEST ELEMENT
character • • • •
line • • • •
paragraph • • • •
text • • •
text style • • • •
range
word • • • •
STORY PROPERTIES, DATA TYPES, AND DESCRIPTIONS
R/O PROPERTY NAME TYPE DESCRIPTION
•
ascent font units Maximum ascent of any
character in this text
base shift base units Baseline shift of the first
character of 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
• best type type class Best descriptor type
character style character spec Character spec applied to
this text
REFERENCE MATERIAL FOR QUARKXPRESS OBJECTS
A GUIDE TO APPLE EVENTS SCRIPTING
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