Problem using an Applescript found in MacWorld

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Raymond Ford

Hello,

I downloaded an Applescript off of http:scriptbuilders.net. There was an
article in the latest MacWorld about it.

It's called Entourage Many to Word.

You highlight an email (or many emails) and click this script and it opens a
Word doc and put the email into the Word doc.

My problem is that is makes four (4) copies of each email. It happens when I
pick one email (or many)

I want to use this to back up my email. I have a folder with 1192 messages
in it and there's no reason to keep it around, but it would be nice to turn
it into a couple documents...

Thanks - RFord
 
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Diane Ross

Hello,

I downloaded an Applescript off of http:scriptbuilders.net. There was an
article in the latest MacWorld about it.

It's called Entourage Many to Word.
Click to expand...

The author, Allen Watson <[email protected]> posted this recently:

My script, Entourage Many to Word, was mentioned (again) in recent MacWorld
article. Unfortunately, it seems that the version of the script posted on
Macscripter.net, and the most recent version of the script I have, simply no
longer works under Jaguar and the current release of Entourage and Word for
Jaguar.

I have received several reports from people who have recently downloaded and
tried to use the script. I have not succeeded at making it work myself. I
never used the script myself (I wrote it on request), and have not attempted
to run it for probably a couple of years. Apparently the Apple Event codes
or the dictionary for Word has changed so that several lines do not compile
or execute correctly. Even when those lines are removed, the script seems to
be omitting the text of several messages when multiples are selected. I
don't know why yet.

I really don't have much time to devote to fixing this script. I'll try to
do so, since for some reason I have never understood it is used by a lot of
people, and has been widely publicized. But, if you were thinking of
downloading it, don't. Wait until I post again here that a fixed version is
available.

If anyone has encountered a problem with the script and has come up with a
solution, please let me know. I'll shamelessly steal your code if it can
save me time. :)
 
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