macOS Applescript to insert sound in Microsoft Word

[akiev]

I've spent hours on figuring out how to do this. There is an "API" for inserting images (like make inline picture), but I did not find anything about how to insert a sound into the Word document (2011 Office). Any help will be appreciated. Thanks

 

[kryten2]

Looked in the dictionary and could not find anything usable. You can always use UI scripting.

Example from Dutch version of Word 2011 :

GUIScripting_status()

activate application "Microsoft Word"
tell application "System Events"
	tell process "Microsoft Word"
		-- insert GUI Scripting statements here
		click menu item "Geluid uit bestand..." of menu 1 of menu item "Audio" of menu 1 of menu bar item "Invoegen" of menu bar 1
	end tell
end tell

on GUIScripting_status()
	-- check to see if assistive devices is enabled
	tell application "System Events"
		set UI_enabled to UI elements enabled
	end tell
	if UI_enabled is false then
		tell application "System Preferences"
			activate
			set current pane to pane id "com.apple.preference.universalaccess"
			display dialog "This script utilizes the built-in Graphic User Interface Scripting architecture of Mac OS x which is currently disabled." & return & return & "You can activate GUI Scripting by selecting the checkbox \"Enable access for assistive devices\" in the Universal Access preference pane." with icon 1 buttons {"Cancel"} default button 1
		end tell
	end if
end GUIScripting_status

Invoegen = Insert
Audio = Audio
Geluid uit bestand... = Sound from file...(not sure about this)

 

[akiev]

Yes, this is exactly what I'm doing now. But when the sound inserted using UI scripting - it appears in the top left corner, but I need to make it inline with text.
Thanks