Essential Skills—Made Easy!

Learn to program in AppleScript, the versatile scripting language built right into Mac OS X and supported by most major applications. AppleScript: A Beginner's Guide shows you how to write powerful scripts with the AppleScript Editor to automate tasks, save time and effort, and automatically generate documents, spreadsheets, and e-mail messages. Debugging and error handling are also covered in this fast-paced tutorial.

Designed for Easy Learning

Key Skills & Concepts—Chapter-opening lists of specific skills covered in the chapter

Ask the Expert—Q&A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips

Try This—Hands-on exercises that show you how to apply your skills

Notes—Extra information related to the topic being covered

Tips—Helpful reminders or alternative ways of doing things

Cautions—Errors and pitfalls to avoid

Annotated Syntax—Example code with commentary that describes the programming techniques being illustrated

Ready-to-use code at www.mhprofessional.com/computingdownload

Guy Hart-Davis is the author of Mac OS X Leopard QuickSteps, How to Do Everything iPod, iPhone, & iTunes, Fifth Edition, HTML, XHTML & CSS QuickSteps, and several other computer books.