dmzza / Numbers

AppleScripts for iWork Numbers

AppleScripts for iWork Numbers

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Script Editor User Guide

Show the Script menu in the menu bar

1. In the Script Editor app on your Mac, choose Script Editor > Preferences, then click General.
2. Select the Show Script menu in menu bar checkbox, then make sure the Show Computer scripts checkbox is selected.
   • The Script menu appears on the right side of the menu bar.
3. Select Show application scripts at top

The next time you need to access a script, just click the Script menu icon in the menu bar, then choose an option.

Add a script to the Script menu

• In the Script Editor app on your Mac, save your script as a file in the Finder.
• Then copy the file into the Script Editor Scripts folder (located in the Script folder in the users Library folder).
• /Users/JohnAppleseed/Library/Scripts/Applications/Numbers

How to access the Library folder

1. Open Finder
2. Click on Go in the top menu bar while holding down Option
3. You'll observe the Library drop down option appear below Home
4. Once in the Library directory, scroll down to the Scripts folder
5. Inside, you'll find the Applications folder which is where you'll create your Numbers folder
6. Any scripts copied inside here, will appear in the Script menu drop down when Numbers is running.

Keyboard shorcuts

How to create an Automator Action from the Format script

1. Open Automator
2. New Document
3. Quick Action
4. Workflow receives current files or folders
5. Drag in a Run Javascript action from the Library of actions
6. Copy the entire run function from the Format script in this repository to the Run Javascript action
7. Change any filepaths to the appropriate folder in your own home folder
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