Selecting multiple words via AppleScript in PowerPoint I'm trying to come up with an AppleScript that selects multiple adjacent words in a Microsoft PowerPoint slide. 

I figured out how to select single words, and how to select the entire range of a text shape, but I cannot figure out how to select a custom range of multiple adjacent words. 

Apple Script for selecting a single word:

tell application "Microsoft PowerPoint"
tell active presentation
    tell slide 1
        repeat with j from 1 to count of shapes
            set aShape to shape j
            if (name of aShape is "Title 1") then
                select word 2 of text range of text frame of aShape
            end if
        end repeat
    end tell
end tell
end tell


Apple Script for selecting the complete text shape:

tell application "Microsoft PowerPoint"
tell active presentation
    tell slide 1
        repeat with j from 1 to count of shapes
            set aShape to shape j
            if (name of aShape is "Title 1") then
                set myTextFrame to text frame of aShape
                set myRange to text range of myTextFrame
                select text range of myTextFrame
            end if
        end repeat
    end tell
end tell
end tell
You are very close. Let's say you want to select words 2 through 4 of your text frame of aShape:

Where you have this:

select word 2 of text range of text frame of aShape


change it to this:

select words 2 thru 4 of text range of text frame of aShape


You could put in any number you want in there, not just 4, of course. If you might need to specify a different ending word every time you run the script you could extend this script by displaying a dialog box and asking for input.