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# this script converts all PDFs and images selected in Finder
# to the TIFF format and appends .tif to the file name

set t to (time of (current date))
tell application "Finder" to set sel to selection
set errors to {}
tell application "Image Events"
	repeat with img_file in sel
		try
			set img_file to img_file as text

fanaugen

(*
* Example of a simple string-to-date parser.
* Uses AppleScript's text item delimiters to split the input string
*)

set tid to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {"-", "T", ":", "Z"}

set dateString to "2011-12-23T08:00:00Z" -- what's Z for?

fanaugen

(*
* embed this applescript into an Automator workflow to batch-convert
* MS Word documents (.doc, .docx) into PDF using Apple Pages.
*)

on run {input, parameters}
	
	tell application "Pages"
		activate
		repeat with doc in input