After the latest upgrade to Word for Mac 15.26, an applescript is not working.
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I have the line 'select active document' in a script that's processing some Word documents and that's where it's stopping. The dictionary says that select is no longer a command. What can I use in place of 'select active document'? What's strange is that if I open a blank document and run the script, it works fine. After that, I don't need a blank document open to run the script. Strange!!
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)
Posted on Sep 27, 2016 8:34 AM
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