Microsoft KB Archive/125584

= WD: AppleScript Core Event Suites (Not) Supported by Word =

Article ID: 125584

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q125584



SUMMARY
Microsoft Word for the Macintosh does not support the following Core Suite Events:

Class Info

Event Info

Suite Info

This is by design. These Core events do not appear in the Core Suite list when you use the script editor to view the dictionary for Word.



MORE INFORMATION
Below is a brief list of the Microsoft Word AppleScript dictionary entries supported by Word. For a complete list of the suites and classes and their parameters, follow these steps:


 * 1) Open the AppleScript Script editor.
 * 2) On the File Menu, click Open Dictionary.
 * 3) Locate the Microsoft Word program and click Open.

Required Suite: Events That Every Program Should Support
  open:      Open the specified object(s) print:    Print the specified object(s) quit:     Quit application run:      Sent to an application when it is double-clicked

Core Suite: Suite That Applies to All Programs
  close:         Close an object count:        Return the number of elements of a particular class within an object data size:    Return the size in bytes of an object delete:       Delete an element from an object duplicate:    Duplicate object(s) exists:       Verify if an object exists get:          Get the data for an object make:         Make a new element move:         Move object(s) to a new location open:         Open the specified object(s) print:        Print the specified object(s) quit:         Quit an application program save:         Save an object set:          Set an object's data

Class application:         An application program Class document:            A document Class selection-object:    the selection visible to the user Class window:              A window

Miscellaneous Standards: Miscellaneous Classes
  begin transaction:     Begin a transaction end transaction:      End a transaction cut:                  Cut an object to the clipboard copy:                 Copy an object to the clipboard paste:                Paste an object from the clipboard show:                 Bring an object into view activate:             Bring an object into view redo:                 Reverse the action of the immediately preceding undo revert:               Restore the object to its last saved state undo:                 Undo the action of the previous event or user interaction select:               Select object(s) do script:            Execute a script do Visual Basic:      Execute a Visual Basic script (Word 98 Macintosh                          Edition Only)

Text Suite: A Set of Basic Classes for Text Processing
  Class character:           A character Class insertion point:    An insertion location between two text objects Class line:               A line of text Class paragraph:          A paragraph Class paragraph style:    A named style of paragraph properties Class section:            A Section Class sentence:           A Sentence Class text:               Text Class text flow:          A contiguous block of text or table cells Class text style info:    On and Off styles of text run Class word:               A word

Table Suite: Classes for manipulating tables
  Class table:     A table Class range:    A range of table cells Class cell:     A table cell Class row:      A table row Class column:   A table column

Additional query words: AppleScript Apple script

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