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RobTrew

Quote:

Originally Posted by whpalmer4

One mouse click-drag + cmd-C or right-Copy to get the selection, cmd-tab to switch to OF, click the Add Action button, a click to select the row handle, cmd-V or right-Paste to paste. Not much effort for potentially hundreds of actions!

True, but one may be picking out a set of specific (and non-contiguous) paragraphs. (Typical of minutes where different actions are assigned to different colleagues).

I place my cursor anywhere in an MS Word para (usually without extending the selection) and hit a shortcut key to run the Applescript below.

It places the whole paragraph text in the OF Quick Entry panel, which pops up.

(If the MS Word selection is extended, it grabs the selected text, rather than the para containing the cursor).

The applescript is saved with a mnemonic name in the Word Script Menu Items folder, and I assign a keystroke (Ctrl O in my case) through:

System Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse > Keyboard Shortcuts > Application Keyboard Shortcuts > Microsoft Word.app

The Applescript text is:

Code:

tell application "Microsoft Word"
	tell selection
		if selection start is not selection end then
			-- OK, selection already extended 
		else -- select para containing cursor
			extend
			extend
			extend
		end if
		
		set strText to content of text object
		set extend mode to false
	end tell
end tell

tell application id "com.omnigroup.OmniFocus"
	tell quick entry of default document
		set oNewTask to make new inbox task with properties {name:strText}
		select {oNewTask}
		open
	end tell
end tell