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April 29, 2009 2:22 PM

In Word 2008, how can I set up an AppleScript macro to move selected text so that it appears underneath a particular bookmark?

I have no problem cutting the selection or assigning the content of the text object of the selection to a variable. The question is, assuming I know the bookmark name, how can I jump through the document to a specific bookmark, insert a carriage return, and paste the cut object to appear directly below the bookmark?

posted by I EAT TAPAS to computers & internet (3 comments total)

Can you access the Find and Replace functionality, search for the bookmark text, and replace it with the bookmark text plus a carriage return, plus what you selected?
posted by odinsdream at 2:40 PM on April 29

odinsdream, bookmarks in Word 2008 are a named reference to a specific location in a document, rather than a text string that might be found by the Find/Replace functionality. In addition, I wouldn't want this operation to change the position of the bookmark.
posted by I EAT TAPAS at 2:53 PM on April 29

I figured it out.

navigate text object of selection to goto a bookmark item name bookmarkName
type paragraph selection
posted by I EAT TAPAS at 5:30 PM on April 29