Hi all, Sorry if I'm really behind here, but I need to get on top of how to create apple scripts. Can someone give me some pointers for how to do this? thanks in advance, Donna On Feb 10, 2011, at 12:37 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote:
> A simple applescript should do the trick... > > tell document 1 of application "TextEdit" > set wordcount to the (count of words) as text > set charactercount to the (count of characters) as text > end tell > say wordcount & " words and " & charactercount & " characters" > > > > On Feb 10, 2011, at 11:46 AM, Brandon Olivares wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Is there a way to get the word or at least character count of text, in >> either textedit and/or pages? It's getting annoying that I can't get this >> yet. >> >> Aum namah Śivāya >> Brandon Olivares >> www.thefulleffect.org - Healing the Whole Person >> I help people to experience healing on all levels, and to choose a path that >> is fulfilling for them. >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.