YOu can find the hint at the mac osx hints website. I don't have a link at the moment. 10.6: Create new AppleScript document Service I got tired of copy-pasting AppleScripts I found online into the AppleScript Editor, so I made a simple Automator Service to do it for me. Just launch Automator, choose new service (that receives text), add the Run AppleScript action and replace the script body with this: on run {input, parameters} tell application "AppleScript Editor" activate if contents of document 1 is "" then set contents of document 1 to (input as string) else make new document with properties {contents:(input as string)} end if end tell return input end run Save it as 'New AppleScript Document with selection' or whatever name you prefer. ...