How do I get my background details printed out?

Captain Mayhem · September 19th, 2009, 12:02 PM

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 · September 19th, 2009, 02:21 PM

On the to-do list for all game systems.

BeatnikTom · February 21st, 2010, 10:52 AM

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 · February 22nd, 2010, 08:31 AM

It's in the next update.

Fionavar · February 12th, 2013, 05:22 PM

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 · February 13th, 2013, 07:39 AM

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 · February 13th, 2013, 07:45 AM

Okay - thanks Mathias!

Angela2013 · February 13th, 2013, 09:01 AM

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 · February 13th, 2013, 09:09 AM

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 · February 13th, 2013, 10:58 AM

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

Captain Mayhem Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 8 September 19th, 2009, 12:02 PM	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?
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Mathias Senior Member Lone Wolf Staff Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 13,213 September 19th, 2009, 02:21 PM	On the to-do list for all game systems.
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BeatnikTom Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1 February 21st, 2010, 10:52 AM	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.
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Fionavar Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 41 February 12th, 2013, 05:22 PM	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?
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Angela2013 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 321 February 13th, 2013, 09:01 AM	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. Some days I don't know why I bother to chew through the restraints.
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