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R/O PROPERTY NAME TYPE DESCRIPTION
•
width horizontal Width of the first character
of this text
ZhuYin plain text ZhuYin for this text
(string) (Traditional Chinese only)
TEXT EVENTS AND EXAMPLES
VERB APPLESCRIPT EXAMPLE
count count of every word of text 1
data size data size of height of text of story 1 as integer
delete delete text of paragraph 1
duplicate duplicate text 1 where it is “Body Copy” to after paragraph 1
get get leading of text of story 1
get as get height of text 1 as integer
make make text at end with properties {contents: “Page 1”}
save save text 1 as “TEXT” in “Hard Drive: Test.txt”
select select text 1
set set justification of text 1 to centered
show show text where it is “Sidebar”
TEXT 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 flow • • •
text style • • • •
range
word • • • •
REFERENCE MATERIAL FOR QUARKXPRESS OBJECTS
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A GUIDE TO APPLE EVENTS SCRIPTING