It seems some lines are incomplete. This is the complete code: use AppleScript version "2.8" use scripting additions use framework "Foundation" use framework "AppKit" -- dimensions of print area: property thePaperSize : {height:479, width:516} property theLeft : 0 property theRight : 0 property theTop : 0 property theBottom : 0 on run argv set course to "course1" set theyear to "2023" set semester to "Spring" set exam to item 1 of argv set session to item 2 of argv set chapters to item 3 of argv if semester="Spring" then set sem_num to "1" else if semester="Summer" then set sem_num to "2" else if semester="Fall" then set sem_num to "3" else return "wrong semester" end if set inpath to "/Users/Dropbox/"& course &" - " & "Current/" & theyear & "-"& sem_num &"-"& semester &"/2." & " " & "Chapter" & " " & "Reviews/" & ¬ "Exam" & " " & exam & " " & "Session" & " " & session & "/"& course &" Exam " & exam & " Session " & session & " (Ch "& chapters &").docx" -- choose Word document file, make URL and build destination path set posixPath to inpath set theURL to current application's |NSURL|'s fileURLWithPath:posixPath set destPath to theURL's |path|()'s stringByDeletingPathExtension()'s stringByAppendingPathExtension:"pdf" -- get doc's contents as styled text set {styledText, theError} to current application's NSAttributedString's alloc()'s initWithURL:theURL options:(missing value) documentAttributes:(missing value) |error|:(reference) if styledText = missing value then error (theError's localizedDescription() as text) -- set up printing specs set printInf to current application's NSPrintInfo's sharedPrintInfo()'s |copy|() printInf's setJobDisposition:(current application's NSPrintSaveJob) printInf's dictionary()'s setObject:destPath forKey:(current application's NSPrintSavePath) -- make text view and add text set theView to current application's NSTextView's alloc()'s initWithFrame:{{0, 0}, {(width of thePaperSize) - theLeft - theRight, (height of thePaperSize) - theTop - theBottom}} theView's textStorage()'s setAttributedString:styledText -- set up and run print operation without showing dialog set theOp to current application's NSPrintOperation's printOperationWithView:theView printInfo:printInf theOp's setShowsPrintPanel:false theOp's setShowsProgressPanel:false theOp's runOperation() end run