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May 7, 2017 04:49
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Automatically outputs VitalSource books (probably your textbooks) to non-DRM'd PDF.
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set totalPages to 1000 -- put total number of pages here | |
set startPage to 0 | |
set authorName to "YOUR AUTHOR HERE -- put author name here | |
tell application "VitalSource Bookshelf" | |
activate | |
repeat with theIncrementValue from startPage to totalPages - 1 by 5 | |
if (theIncrementValue = 0) then | |
set thisValue to "1" -- if we're just starting, start at 1 | |
else | |
set thisValue to theIncrementValue + 1 -- ex. we've already printed page 5, print from page 6 | |
end if | |
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "p" using command down -- cmd+p brings up print dialog box | |
tell application "System Events" to keystroke thisValue as string -- put in starting page # to print | |
tell application "System Events" to keystroke tab -- to: | |
tell application "System Events" to keystroke theIncrementValue + 5 as string -- 5 | |
tell application "System Events" to keystroke tab | |
tell application "System Events" to keystroke return | |
tell application "System Events" to keystroke return | |
tell application "System Events" to keystroke return | |
delay 2 | |
end repeat | |
end tell |
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