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Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 31
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I'm new to the system and really loving it. One issue I seem to be running into regularly is when outputting the character sheet to PDF or printing. I have the choice of printing either the main sheet, the skills/spells, or the journal. How can I print all 3 at once? Currently I have to export all 3, then use an online PDF merger, then I can print the new PDF so that my character sheets print on Front and Back of each page.
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Posts: 2,294
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Did anyone ever figure this out. Prepping for a Con currently and this is really irking me.
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Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 31
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Not that I've seen. As a workaround, I have been printing multiple sheets to PDF, then using one of those online PDF Combine websites like: http://www.pdfmerge.com/
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: Grand Forks ND
Posts: 130
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The 2 minutes it took me to do the exports and the merge is a far cry from the days when i wrote encounters down on note cards....
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Yes you have to hit the print option several times but you combine it very quickly into a single PDF document. Hero Lab Resources: Pathfinder - d20pfsrd and Pathfinder Pack Setup 3.5 D&D (d20) - Community Server Setup 5E D&D - Community Server Setup Hero Lab Help - Hero Lab FAQ, Editor Tutorials and Videos, Editor & Scripting Resources. Created by the community for the community - Realm Works kickstarter backer (Alpha Wolf) and Beta tester.- d20 HL package volunteer editor. |
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Jersey City
Posts: 326
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The problem is that Herolab's default print output options are sucktastic at best. Any descriptive text is cut off after three lines. In Pathfinder, I find that the only good option for print ouput is to use a custom output sheet such as Ancient One's where I can get everything printed to one single document without going through hoops like Primo's work around. What's needed are custom output optiosn for 5e. |
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Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Ballarat
Posts: 59
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If there was a clear path or instructions on how to create an optional output method, I'd so be on that. |
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Jersey City
Posts: 326
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As I understand it, it requires pretty extensive XML knowledge. Shadow Chemosh might be the only poster up to the task, but I think his time is taken up with the original Pathfinder version. |
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 15
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If you have a Mac, then open each of the files (separately, one at a time, otherwise they'll open in the one window together) in Preview (the application).
Have Thumbnails open on the sidebars. Drag the thumbnail of the other sheets (Journal & Abilities & Gear) into the Thumbnail sidebar of the primary character sheet. Position as you please. Save, close, voila! |
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 18
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I agree that it's very frustrating, when a clear solution is right there in the same dialogue box! Printing up sheets for baddies, and sheets for my players without hero lab or printing abilities, can get quite tiresome when I have to repeat the process. This frustration happens EVERY SINGLE TIME I print/export/pdf as a GM. EVERY TIME!
What would it take to get this built into HeroLab? I'd like to be able to click Print or Create one time from one dialogue box (after checking the appropriate parameters), and have it result in a separate pdf for each being with everything already in it. That would be so nice! If that was done, then also adding a parameter to choose to have one pdf for all characters would be nice as well, but that option in particular would only be useful if there were options to add in x number of blank pages between each character for printing purposes. Personally I like to print my baddies on letter, landscape, 2 pages per page, double sided. It minimizes printed paper, and is far easier to handle at the table since there's less paper. Christ is King! |
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