Invoking Word through Terminal

[ommichaels]

It may be a silly question, but how do I invoke Word from the command
line (in Terminal)?

Reason for my question is that for shell or other scripts to start Word
this is needed. Simply doing a "./Microsoft Word in the Microsoft
Office 2004 folder does not work. I also tried symlinks (like "Word"
directly in the Apllications folder, but to no avail.

I am using ZopeEditManager with Plone. Invoking NeoOfficeJ as editor
for -doc documents works just fine, but Word does not work because the
script cannot start Word.

Olaf

 

[matt neuburg]

It may be a silly question, but how do I invoke Word from the command
line (in Terminal)?

man open

m.

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Word requires the GUI to run.

Invoke it from AppleScript or VBA. You can't invoke it from Terminal.

Cheers

It may be a silly question, but how do I invoke Word from the command
line (in Terminal)?

Reason for my question is that for shell or other scripts to start Word
this is needed. Simply doing a "./Microsoft Word in the Microsoft
Office 2004 folder does not work. I also tried symlinks (like "Word"
directly in the Apllications folder, but to no avail.

I am using ZopeEditManager with Plone. Invoking NeoOfficeJ as editor
for -doc documents works just fine, but Word does not work because the
script cannot start Word.

Olaf

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Sydney, Australia +61 4 1209 1410

 

[Paul Berkowitz]

Word requires the GUI to run.
True.


Invoke it from AppleScript or VBA. You can't invoke it from Terminal.

Of course you can. Take Matt's advice.

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