How do I get my background details printed out?

[Captain Mayhem]

Hi. I'm trying to get my background details (Personal tab->background details) to be printed out on my character sheet. I cant get it to print on my character sheet. Am I doing something wrong?

[Mathias]

On the to-do list for all game systems.

[BeatnikTom]

Same question. New question: When will this be done?

Including a description text for your character's background details seems like a basic fundamental feature.

[Mathias]

It's in the next update.

[Fionavar]

Hi there,

I am not necro-posting, but I thought it would be easier to use an existing thread. I have a player whose character has a lot of Background Detail. Unfortunately, in the PDF printout it seems the field has a limit and not all is printed. Is there a way to adjust this field or request that the field expand into column wrapping so all can actually printed. Does the problem make sense?

[Mathias]

That's a limitation that we have not figured out a way to overcome.

If you have that much background detail, I'd recommend putting just a summary of it on the Personal tab, and putting the rest in a program that's meant to deal with large amounts of text.

[Fionavar]

Okay - thanks Mathias!

[Angela2013]

If there is a lot of background information I just put a summary on the Background tab and an expanded background under the first Journal entry.

[Mathias]

Journal entries are subject to the same problem with page breaks as the rest of the printouts when there's too much information for a single page - they just have more space before they hit it, but other users have complained about their journal entries getting cut off because they wrote more than a page of text.

[Fionavar]

Hmmm ... too bad there is not just a general text area that is unbounded. What is the text maximum?

[Fionavar]

Hi again,

I am not sure if this has been added as a feature, so are you able to let me know the text limit oper entry please?

[Mathias]

There isn't a fixed limit - it depends on the details of your print settings exactly how much space is available and therefore how much can be printed.

[Fionavar]

Hi again,

I am just wondering where this might be at this point? I am trying to make sure that Journal Entries do not get truncated when saving as PDF. As a result - I think knowing a maximum text limit would be helpful to make this does not happen: does this make sense?

[Mathias]

Changing this will require a rework of the way Hero Lab builds its printouts. That is not a simple process.

If you are concerned, I recommend putting your background in a separate file created in a word processor, separate from your Hero Lab saved character. That also has the advantage of giving you a lot more control over the text formatting and layout.

[Fionavar]

Thanks Matthias - good to know! I have been breaking the larger journal entries into smaller pieces. If I could make a future request - such functionality would be great fwiiw :)