![]() I found a similar script that seems to work in fact the value is stored in the variable but later the automator tells me that it cannot set the value read to the cell where I would like it to be compiled. I want to select a value by clicking on it and thought I would run an applescript service to assign the selected value to a global variable and write the value stored in another cell in the sheet. I have a "Numbers" file with some data in the "A" column. Set debug to false-Get the highlighted textset selecTxt to getHighlight(debug)set m圜ount to count (selecTxt)set myWords to count words of (selecTxt)set myParas to count paragraphs of (selecTxt)display dialog "Characters: " & m圜ount & "Words: " & myWords & "Paragraphs: " & myParason getHighlight(debug) -Save the current contents of the clipboard set theSpare to the clipboard as record -Save a text version of the contents of the clipboard if possible set spareTest to "" try set spareTest to the clipboard as text end try -Declare the variable we're going to return set selecTxt to "" tell application "System Events" -Initiate the copy keystroke "c" using -Wait up to 2 seconds for the copy to finish set done to "no" set waitnum to 0 set waitInterval to 0.I state that I am not a programmer and I have no experience with applescript. Just did this for any selected text (without having to copy). ![]() The difference between 3-dot and 4-dot ellipses are important in journalism, because when you quote someone and do the ellipses wrong, you're misquoting them. That shows everyone that the quoted bit came from a sentence, but we aren't seeing the end of that quoted sentence. When you're quoting more than one sentence, and you're cutting out stuff by using the ellipsis "between sentences", you use a 4-dot ellipsis. Thus, you don't capitalize that would make it seem like there was more than one sentence being quoted. the text that follows the 3-dot ellipsis is still part of the same sentence. We also do not capitalize after a 3-dot ellipsis, when we're quoting part of someone else's text, because that's used to show something was taken out of the same sentence, on both sides of the little dots. It's weird, I know, but this is the kind of stuff that gets penalized in scholarly writing, and in publications, especially if you're student working for course credit. We don't capitalize after semi-colons because it's understood already that the semi-colon connects 2 independent sentences. In MLA style, we are not supposed to capitalize after colons unless the text that follows could be a sentence on its own. APA and Chicago Style rules are different. It's probably not important unless you need to strictly follow MLA rules, but if the rules are important, don't use that "Initial Caps Of Sentences" feature. I'm checking out the ReadMe.rft file that comes with it, and I notice that it has one feature that could trip you up, if you're writing in English using the official MLA style [used by literature and language teachers and writers. We need to set the following 4 attributes. The details you can refer the following code. After all, the method I have found so far can only be adjusted by specifying a specific app. Thanks! I haven't logged out/in to try it yet. I think AppleScript can help, but I am still finding a way to automatically adjust the topmost window (activated). That service looks like it'll be useful for word and character counts. I'm sure there are more elegant ways to do this I'm a total AppleScript novice.] A dialog box will appear showing the counts for characters, words, and paragraphs. To use the program, copy some text to the clipboard then launch the program. ![]() APPLESCRIPT WORDSERVICE CODESave the code as a program, and you're set. ![]() Note that there are line breaks entered after the & " at the end of two of the lines those are there to make the dialog box easier to read. Set myParas to count paragraphs of (the clipboard)ĭisplay dialog "Characters: " & m圜ount & " Set myWords to count words of (the clipboard) [ robg adds: I took this one step further, and wrote a simple application that will display a dialog with the results. If you want to check some other text, copy it to the clipboard and simply press the Run button again. The result will be displayed in the lower half of the window. Press the Run button to execute the code you have written. First, copy the text you wish to count to the clipboard, then open Script Editor (in Applications -> AppleScript), and then enter any one of these AppleScript commands (the lines that start with - are comments you don't need to enter those): Here's a quick way to count the number of characters, words or paragraphs in some text, without having to launch a full-blown third party application. ![]()
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