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Mike-- 

In general, object IDs are more useful than referring to an object by its index (which is what most object references do). The only catch is that we can't use IDs in Object.Item(n) references, as we can with named objects (e.g., ParaStyles.Item("body_text")). Shane, being an AppleScript guy, can do that. 

Next, text stream objects (Paragraphs, for example) do not have an ID property. It would be very cool if they did, as we could then freely change text before the object without invalidating the object reference. 

Comparing object IDs will tell you very little, as you can't count on them being assigned in any predictable fashion. 

Apart from that, however, they're very useful. I could swear I used them in a number of examples in the SG, but I don't have time to find them right at the moment. I'll try to add an example to this thread as soon as I can. 

Thanks, 

Ole