help writing a simple microsoft word script? paste special as picture

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#1

hi! i have written a few SIMPLE scripts myself, but i consider myself a complete newbie at this

right now, i am trying to write a quick script for microsoft word that i can bind via quicksilver to a keyboard shortcut. i am trying to write a script to go to the edit menu, paste special, and then select “paste as a picture” in the dialog menu that microsoft word pops up. this will then just paste whatever i had on the clipboard (usually a PDF image) as a picture to wherever my cursor was in the document. unfortunately, i’ve tried this for hours and i could not get the script right…so i gave up/am asking for help…

is it even possible to do this?

thanks!

i figure it should look something like this??

tell application “Microsoft Word”
activate
paste special data type paste metafile picture
end tell

i’ve tried many other variations of this…but to no avail :frowning:

#2

gidday jhscriptnoob, and welcome

I use something like this, with out the clipboard, hope this helps to get you going

set x to choose file with prompt "get picture to insert:"
tell application "Microsoft Word"
	make new document
	activate
	tell active document
		set PicR to create range start 0 end 0
		make new inline picture at PicR with properties ¬
			{file name:x as string}
	end tell
end tell