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AppleScript Reference

  VBA to AppleScript 2004 Migration Guide
  Getting Started
  Word 2004 AppleScript
  Excel 2004 AppleScript
  PowerPoint 2004 AppleScript
  Entourage 2004 AppleScript
  Microsoft Office 2008 AppleScript
  Microsoft Word 2008 AppleScript
  Microsoft Excel 2008 AppleScript
  Microsoft PowerPoint 2008 AppleScript

Office 2004 AppleScript Resources

Reference Documents

Microsoft Word 2004 AppleScript Reference   You are leaving Microsoft Mactopia

Microsoft Excel 2004 AppleScript Reference   You are leaving Microsoft Mactopia

Microsoft PowerPoint 2004 AppleScript Reference   You are leaving Microsoft Mactopia

Sample Scripts

iTunes List Creator   You are leaving Microsoft Mactopia

Entourage Contact Import   You are leaving Microsoft Mactopia

Print

Acknowledgments

All of the content in these topics was adapted from "Moving from Microsoft Office VBA to AppleScript: MacTech's Guide to Making the Transition," written by Paul Berkowitz, and originally published in MacTech Magazine, April 2007, on pages 73–215. You can find many of Mr. Berkowitz's scripts on the search results page for Paul BerkowitzClick this link to open a browser window. (http://scriptbuilders.net/search.php?search_str=Paul%20Berkowitz) on the MacScripter Web site.

About the author

Paul Berkowitz is an expert on both AppleScript and Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac. He wrote the chapter on AppleScript in Office 2004 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual, written by Mark Holt Walker, Franklin Tessler, and Paul Berkowitz, and published by Pogue Press. He was the technical editor for several books on AppleScript, including AppleScript: The Definitive Guide, 1st Edition, written by Matt Neuburg, and published by O'Reilly Media, Inc.; and AppleScript: The Missing Manual, written by Adam Goldstein, and published by O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Mr. Berkowitz is well known for writing and publishing more than 100 AppleScripts for Microsoft Entourage, especially those that export and import almost all Entourage data, and sync Entourage to the Apple Address Book and iCal. He is one of the Microsoft  Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs)Click this link to open a browser window. (www.microsoft.com/mac) for Office for Mac, helping out users in Microsoft newsgroups, and writing the article on using the do Visual Basic command.

He also has a completely separate life as a classical concert pianist and Professor of Piano.

Contributors

Mr. Berkowitz credits the "punch list" team in the table below for providing all the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros and some descriptive text as well. This project could not have been created without them.

Contributor

Web site

Jonathan West, Technical Director, The Intelligent Document Company; Word MVP

The Intelligent Document CompanyClick this link to open a browser window. (http://www.intelligentdocuments.co.uk/)

Bill Coan, Word MVP

WordsiteClick this link to open a browser window. (http://www.wordsite.com)

Ibrahim (Ibby) Elnazak, Word MVP

The Ibrahim (Ibby) Elnazak pageClick this link to open a browser window. (http://word.mvps.org/AboutMVPs/ibrahim_elnazak.htm) on The Word MVP Site

Dave Rado, Word MVP

The Dave Rado pageClick this link to open a browser window. (http://word.mvps.org/aboutmvps/dave_rado.htm) on The Word MVP Site

John McGimpsey, McGimpsey & Associates; Mac Word (Excel) MVP

J.E. McGimpsey's XL PagesClick this link to open a browser window. (http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/index.html)

Steve Rindsberg, PPTTools; PowerPoint MVP

Barry Wainwright, Entourage MVP

Barry Wainwright's My Applescripts pageClick this link to open a browser window. (http://www.barryw.net/scripts/index.htmll)

Erik Schwiebert, Microsoft Office for Mac Development Lead

Erik Schwiebert's blogClick this link to open a browser window. (http://www.schwieb.com/blog)

Web sites

Mr. Berkowitz used Word macros from the Microsoft Word MVP FAQ SiteClick this link to open a browser window. (http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/) in his article.

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