Danny Goodman's Applescript Handbook 2nd edition

This latest edition will help you:

Enhance your productivity by freeing yourself from the drudgery of tasks in the Finder

Automate the Finder and third-party applications, including: FileMaker Pro; QuarkXPress; Microsoft Excel; HyperCard; Microsoft Word; WordPerfect; MacWrite Pro; TouchBase;

Customize your own system and give your scripts professional polish

Rely on OSA (Open Scripting Architecture) infrastructure to provide a consistent scripting foundation for applications and accommodate future scripting systems

Get a head start today learning all the powerful tools of your Macintosh, and be well-positioned to take advantage of the amazing application and system software technologies yet to come.