KB125580 - WD: AppleScript Example: Close Command

Article ID: 125580

Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006

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SUMMARY

The information in this article discusses the following AppleScript event:

   Close

This event is found in the Core Suite of Word's Event Dictionary.

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The Core Suite contains events that a program should support to facilitate easy, intuitive communications between the program and the system software. System 7.0 was the first operating system to support these events.

The Close command is used to Close documents within Microsoft Word. The syntax for this command is listed below. The words enclosed by the [] symbols specifies an optional argument for the Close command.

   Close 'something' [Saving ] [Saving In]

The Saving argument can have three values Yes - Will save the document before closing it. No - Will not save the document before closing it. Ask - Will prompt the user to either save or not save before closing the document.

The Saving In argument is the path you want the document to be saved to. If you change the file name in this path, the document will be saved under a different name.

Example

The following AppleScript script sample demonstrates the Close event.

tell application "Microsoft Word"

   open "MyWordFile"
   set selection to first word
   delete selection
   close "MyWordFile" Saving ask saving in "WordCopy"

end tell

This script does the following:

Opens the document named "MyWordFile".
Selects the first word in the document.
Deletes the word.
Closes the document and asks whether you want to save or discard the changes before you close the document. It also saves the document using the file name, "WordCopy."

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