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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 HelloWorldPython():
+    """Prints the string 'Hello World (in Python)' into the current document.
+    """
+
+    # 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.
+    # Otherwise, create a new one
+    if not hasattr(model, "Text"):
+        model = desktop.loadComponentFromURL(
+            "private:factory/swriter", "_blank", 0, ())
+
+    # get the XText interface
+    text = model.Text
+
+    # create an XTextRange at the end of the document
+    tRange = text.End
+
+    # and set the string
+    tRange.String = "Hello World (in Python)"
+
+    return None
+
+# vim: set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: