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Working with Files........................................................................................623
Paths ....................................................................................................623
Copying, moving, renaming, and deleting files...............................625
Opening documents and launching applications...........................627
Useful Commands ........................................................................................627
Calendar...............................................................................................627
Processes.............................................................................................628
UNIX Cadillac Commands ...........................................................................630
Finding files .........................................................................................630
Using pipes..........................................................................................630
UNIX Programs That Come in Handy ........................................................631
Text editors .........................................................................................631
Creating a new document..................................................................631
Networking with the Terminal ..........................................................632
Chapter 2: AppleScript Just Plain Rocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .635
What’s So Great about AppleScript?..........................................................635
Automate common tasks in the Finder ...........................................635
Automate tasks in other applications..............................................636
Running a Script...........................................................................................637
Identifying scripts in the field...........................................................637
The Script Editor application ...........................................................638
Executing a script...............................................................................639
Writing Your Own Simple Scripts...............................................................640
Create a script without touching a key ...........................................640
Building your own scripts .................................................................641
One Step Beyond: AppleScript Programming...........................................642
Grab the Dictionary............................................................................643
Anatomy of a simple script ...............................................................644
I Summon Automator — the Silicon Programmer!...................................646
Help Is at Your Fingertips............................................................................648
Built-in AppleScript Help...................................................................648
AppleScript on the Web.....................................................................649
Chapter 3: Talking and Writing to Your Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .651
Using Ink with a Tablet ................................................................................652
Computer, Can You Hear Me? .....................................................................653
The Speech Recognition tab .............................................................653
The Feedback window .......................................................................657
The Speech Command window ........................................................657
Your Mac Talks Back!...................................................................................658
The Text to Speech panel..................................................................659
The Date & Time panel ......................................................................661
Configuring VoiceOver within the Universal Access panel...........662
Speaking text through applications .................................................663
Speaking text through services ........................................................664
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