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It’s that time again. A new version of OS X is out, and with it come the recurring cries of AppleScript’s demise. But let’s try to remain calm: Recent Internet rumors that the sky is falling may be slightly exaggerated. Nobody knows for sure what the future holds, but personally, I don’t think AppleScript is going anywhere just yet.
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Episode 12
Date: 12.23.2008
Duration: 00:06:50
Creating a Microsoft Entourage 2008 Automator Workflow
In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie demonstrates how to use Automator to perform tasks in Microsoft Entourage 2008, including attaching PDF versions of documents to outgoing messages, and importing attachments into Aperture.
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Episode 11
Date: 12.09.2008
Duration: 00:07:56
Creating a Microsoft PowerPoint 2008 Automator Workflow
In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie demonstrates how to use Automator to perform tasks in Microsoft PowerPoint 2008, including converting a presentation to image files for import into iPhoto, and converting to a QuickTime movie.
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Episode 10
Date: 11.25.2008
Duration: 00:07:17
Creating a Microsoft Excel 2008 Automator Workflow
In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie demonstrates how to use Automator to perform tasks in Microsoft Excel 2008. Ben shows you a workflow to batch convert Excel workbooks to .csv format and one that builds address labels in Excel.
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Episode 9
Date: 11.11.2008
Duration: 00:07:33
Creating a Microsoft Word 2008 Automator Workflow
In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie demonstrates how to create an Automator workflow that converts Microsoft Word 2008 documents to PDF or HTML format, and uploads them to a Web server via FTP.
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05.02.08 - Creating a Microsoft Word 2008 Automator Workflow.
The final Office 2008 example Automator workflow this week is for Microsoft Word. This workflow will retrieve a list of selected contacts in Address Book. It will then extract the name and address for each of those contacts, add it to a new Word document, apply bold formatting, and save the document to the desktop. You’ve now got a list of address labels, ready to be printed. [Read more at Peachpit.com...]
05.01.08 - Creating a Microsoft PowerPoint 2008 Automator Workflow.
Today’s Office 2008 Automator workflow is a PowerPoint workflow. First, you’ll be asked to choose some photos from your Aperture, iPhoto, or Photo Booth library. Next, the workflow will create a slideshow presentation in PowerPoint. Once the presentation has been created, it will be saved to the Desktop as a QuickTime movie. You could then e-mail the slideshow movie to a friend, upload it to your Web site, import it into iTunes and convert it for your iPod or iPhone, and more. [Read more at Peachpit.com...]
04.30.08 - Creating a Microsoft Excel 2008 Automator Workflow.
Today’s Office 2008 Automator workflow is for Excel. This workflow will retrieve a list of selected tracks in iTunes. It will then create a formatted and sorted list of the names of those tracks in a new Excel workbook and save that workbook in HTML format. You could then incorporate the HTML into your Web site to display a list of your favorite iTunes tracks. [Read more at Peachpit.com...]
04.29.08 - Creating a Microsoft Entourage 2008 Automator Workflow.
This week, I’ll be providing some examples of workflows built with Office 2008’s new Automator actions. Today, I’ll focus on Entourage. The following workflow will create a video greeting, using QuickTime Pro (NOTE: this won’t work with the basic QuickTime Player), and attach it to an outgoing Entourage message, which you can then address and send. [Read more at Peachpit.com...]
Listen to Ben Waldie discuss the new Microsoft Office 2008 Automator actions.
