AppleScript Text Insertion at Cursor

Send the string to the Clipboard and then use the keystroke method to paste. Here's an example using JXA (Javascript) to insert a timeStamp in any application:

function run() {

const appSE = Application('System Events');

appSE.includeStandardAdditions = true;

// Create a date object with the current time

const now = new Date();

// takes a number and returns a minimum two-digit string

function leadingZero(num) {

return num < 10 ? "0" + num : num.toString();

}

// Get full Year, month and day of the month

const Ymd = [

now.getFullYear(),

leadingZero(now.getMonth() + 1),

leadingZero(now.getDate())

];

// convert array to string and concat with 24 hour time and local time-zone

const timeStamp = Ymd.join("-") + " " + now.toLocaleTimeString();

// copy to clipboard

appSE.setTheClipboardTo(timeStamp);

// paste at cursor prompt with "Cmd-V"

appSE.keystroke('v', { using: 'command down' });

}

Can I assume that this is, in some way, more complex than a paste from the clipboard?

Try this:

set theComment to "Some text"

tell application "Microsoft Word"

set content of selection to theComment

end tell

If I could find out how to "paste" from an AppleScript, I can handle the rest.

Then try this:

tell application "Microsoft Word"

set content of selection to the clipboard

end tell