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+# HelloWorld python script for the scripting framework
+
+#
+# This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+#
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+#
+# This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+#
+#   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+#   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+#   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+#   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+#   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+#   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+#   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+#
+
+def InsertText(text):
+    """Inserts the argument string into the current document.
+       If there is a selection, the selection is replaced by it."""
+
+    # Get the doc from the scripting context which is made available to all scripts
+    desktop = XSCRIPTCONTEXT.getDesktop()
+    model = desktop.getCurrentComponent()
+
+    # Check whether there's already an opened document.
+    if not hasattr(model, "Text"):
+        return
+
+    # The context variable is of type XScriptContext and is available to
+    # all BeanShell scripts executed by the Script Framework
+    xModel = XSCRIPTCONTEXT.getDocument()
+
+    #the writer controller impl supports the css.view.XSelectionSupplier interface
+    xSelectionSupplier = xModel.getCurrentController()
+
+    #see section 7.5.1 of developers' guide
+    xIndexAccess = xSelectionSupplier.getSelection()
+    count = xIndexAccess.getCount();
+    if count >= 1:  #ie we have a selection
+        i = 0
+
+    while i < count:
+            xTextRange = xIndexAccess.getByIndex(i);
+            theString = xTextRange.getString();
+            if not len(theString):
+                # Nothing really selected; just insert.
+                xText = xTextRange.getText();
+                xWordCursor = xText.createTextCursorByRange(xTextRange);
+                xWordCursor.setString(text);
+                xSelectionSupplier.select(xWordCursor);
+            else:
+                # Replace the selection.
+                xTextRange.setString(text);
+                xSelectionSupplier.select(xTextRange);
+
+            i += 1
+