Sorry guys--I misread the message. Other than avoiding the need to specify a name and location for the newly created Pages document upon first save, I'm not sure I see the advantage in doing a batch conversion given that Pages will read both file formats just fine. Word files tend to be smaller, and of course are compatible with a wider array of apps; so avoiding the conversion until necessary may be best. In any case I know that's not being helpful in answering the question, so my apologies. I wonder if the problem with the script lies in the fact that the newly created documents have never been saved before? I hope a solution is found.
Grant > On Sep 27, 2016, at 6:57 AM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: > > Grant, > > Good thought, but the idea here is that we're trying to open a Word document > and save it to Pages format. So, if one has a Word document, manually opens > it in Pages, then chooses Save, the Save dialog will pop up and will be ready > to save the document as a Pages document. The conversion was done on open so > that Pages could properly display the Word document. This script automates > the open then save process, but does not properly follow through with the > save. I suspect that it does have something to do with it being a Word > document, but running this script on a Pages document doesn't always do > things correct either. I've even forced the save line to use the Pages > format by adding "as Pages Format" to the line, still with no joy. > > Thanks for your ideas. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Sep 26, 2016, at 19:01, Grant <grant.li...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Hi Tim, > > This is just a guess on my part, but Pages of course doesn't "save" to Word > format; it "exports" to Word. Do you think that could be why your app doesn't > function as expected? It actually causes features like auto-save to work > differently, too. > > Grant > >> On Sep 26, 2016, at 1:21 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Jonathan, >> >> Using the below Apple Script compiled as an application: >> >> on open filist >> repeat with lvar in filist >> tell application "Finder" >> set thename to name of lvar >> end tell >> set x to the offset of "." in thename set nuname to >> text 1 thru text item x of thename >> set nuname to text 1 thru text item x of thename >> tell application "Pages" >> activate >> set filname to (path to desktop folder as text) & >> nuname & "pages" >> open lvar >> save document 1 in filname >> close every window saving no >> end tell >> end repeat >> end open >> >> I'm having frustrations. How this normally should work, is that you would >> drag and drop a Word file, or folder full of Word files on to my W2P app >> icon. The app would then open the Word file, get rid of the .docx >> extension, change it to a .pages extension then save the file on the >> Desktop. Doing this manually, everything works as it should. Using the >> app, though, Pages spins its wheels for a bit then returns an error. If I >> do the same action with a Pages document instead, then it works properly. I >> have played with a number of variations of this with no real good results as >> of yet. >> >> You, or anyone else is welcome to mess with it an d see if you can determine >> how to make it work properly. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On Sep 25, 2016, at 10:09, Jonathan Cohn <jon.c.c...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I don't see a automator library for Pages, but certainly I would expect that >> the standard save action in AppleScript should work. The question is how >> would you want your batch processor to work probably the easiest would be to >> create a folder and then create a folder action AppleScript for that folder. >> >> A lot of us use the folder action script that announces when a new file is >> placed in the downloads folder, so I could see modifying this. >> >> How much interest is there in this? >> >> . >> >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Jonathan >> >> >> >>> On Sep 25, 2016, at 6:41 AM, Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> wrote: >>> >>> Pages does not handle RTF, but opening a Word document in Pages and then >>> saving it will convert the document to Pages format. >>> >>> Maybe Automator could be used for batch conversion. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Anne >>> >>> . >>> >>>> On 25 Sep 2016, at 03:51, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> What about using an RTF format document? >>>> >>>> Surely RTF would be picked up by Pages >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kliphton Miller >>>> Sent: Sunday, 25 September 2016 12:28 AM >>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: Word to pages batch converter? >>>> >>>> So, I have searched the App Store, googled, and came up with nothing. 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