RE: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers Jonathan, Okay, now you’ve given me enough rope to seriously hang myself. With the correct script syntax in that OCR rendering, I’ll see if I can actually create that magical single keystroke to accomplish the task. Not sure how soon I’ll get to it today

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

Jonathan, Okay, now you’ve given me enough rope to seriously hang myself. With the correct script syntax in that OCR rendering, I’ll see if I can actually create that magical single keystroke to accomplish the task. Not sure how soon I’ll get to it today, but my appetite is whetted. Dave

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

OK, I like a challenge and I am avoiding auditing a course for accessibility. The apple script in that OCR is: begin script on run {input, parameters} set thedate to (current date) as string tell application "System Events" keystroke thedate end tell end run end script I am fairly

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

Robert, Wow. much better than the OCR I got. Winder if the LI and the on on separate lines should be Lion, the name of the OS being used? Maybe Mojave on that line is one fix? I thought that Apple Scripts had more left and right brackets surrounding instructions? Perhaps these did not get

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

Hi, I got a slightly better OCR, but it still have errors. Is there anyone on this list that uses Aira? Maybe you can get them to read the image and type it for you. Here is what I got. Workflow receives /N. •in any application Input isOutput replaces selected text Image * Action Color Black Run

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

Hi Dave, as someone mentioned in this thread: the easiest way to accomplish this was to write an Apple Script. Unfortunately I’m not familiar with Apple Script to provide you with the necessary steps. All the best Jürgen > Am 07.09.2019 um 15:55 schrieb Dave Carlson : > > Jürgen, > Again

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

Jürgen, Again thanks for that set of single commands to do what I wanted. So now I’m wondering if there is a method in OS to record a sequence of keystrokes as a macro, and then assign to a single command? Point me in the direction, and I’ll see if I can figure it out. Dave Carlson Pioneer,

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

Oh, this is so simple, and yet I didn’t know about the VO-Shift-C command. Thanks very much. Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

Hello, just for people who need time and date inserted for more simple purposes: • Option + t • VO + Shift + c • CMD + v All the best Jürgen > Am 07.09.2019 um 06:55 schrieb Dave Carlson : > > For the benefit of listers who missed it, below you will find the web site > where the instructions

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

For the benefit of listers who missed it, below you will find the web site where the instructions came from. Dave Carlson Pioneer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, and Musician -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

Don’t know where that idea evolved. I have not gotten it even close. The instructions I sent out were copied from the web site that E.T. suggested. I was simply showing him what I was wable to read on the screen, and the mystery text contained in an image file (.PGN) I had to use OCR to render.

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

Hi Dave, Since it's working for you, Can you send us a copy of your WorkFlow file? Here is how to find it. 1. press shift+Command+G 2. paste or type the following in to the edit field. ~/Library/services 3. press enter Now open the Library and copy the Type the date file. Thanks, Rob > On Sep

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

What you saw is what I saw. Dave Woodworker, engineer, musician, Oregonian, and pioneer On Sep 6, 2019, at 6:09 PM, 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hi, Did the email program add or delete some words or punctuation? This did not work for me, the script had errors. And why is the word

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

I did not spend enough time looking at this but got stuck on where or how to add the "Run Applescript" action. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 9/6/2019 6:09 PM, 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

Hi, Did the email program add or delete some words or punctuation? This did not work for me, the script had errors. And why is the word “image” there? Thanks, > On Sep 6, 2019, at 4:07 PM, Dave Carlson wrote: > > E.T., > > I pulled in the PNG file to do OCR, and inserted the result where the

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

Oh ok. Does that thing work? From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 9/6/2019 1:07 PM, Dave Carlson wrote: E.T., I pulled in the PNG file to do OCR, and inserted the result where the “user uploaded

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

E.T., I pulled in the PNG file to do OCR, and inserted the result where the “user uploaded file” was found. Here’s the total answer. Dows that “stuff” in the middle make sense? Hahaha... it works!!! Here it is. All it takes is a single Action, to run a little Applescript. 1) In Automator,

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

E.T., Yes, I was able to find the reply/solution. But part of it was an image user uploaded file that was in PNG format? Here’s the text I copied from the web site, along with the additional note they added later… Hahaha... it works!!! Here it is. All it takes is a single Action, to run a

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

No. Do this. Load the page, interact, turn on QuickNav, press h until you hear "all replies". You don;t need to read the question so can skip to the replies. Now this is what I find works. Turn QN off and vo right arrow to the text area. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

E.T., Thanks for the additional. But I think the essential information is contained in the embedded image upload to that set of instructions? I tried OCR on it, but it was poor resolution and did not render into something that I could understand. It sounded like a set of script instructions to

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

This may be the solution. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 9/6/2019 8:26 AM, David G. Carlson via iPhone wrote: Same result for me Dave

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

Same result for me Dave Woodworker, engineer, musician, Oregonian, and pioneer On Sep 6, 2019, at 8:20 AM, John JD Denning wrote: I followed the link and attempted to complete the instructions. I didn’t know that service was there. Well it isn’t they are on my Mac. I’m wondering if it

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

I did not see those items either under Mojave. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 9/6/2019 8:20 AM, John JD Denning wrote: I followed the link and attempted to complete the instructions. I didn’t

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

I followed the link and attempted to complete the instructions. I didn’t know that service was there. Well it isn’t they are on my Mac. I’m wondering if it depends on the version of macOS one has. I’m using Mojave. Here are the instructions from that site. To enable this service open System

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

Try this: http://www.mactricksandtips.com/2012/04/insert-the-date-and-time-with-a-keyboard-shortcut.html > On Sep 5, 2019, at 10:51 PM, Dave Carlson wrote: > > I was always using the Ctrl+F5 keystroke in Windows Notepad to insert the > date and time quickly and easily. How can this be