Here is some old help on making stuff for FG 2..

[freckle_smoker]

First I suggest going to google, do a search for pdf to word and download that pdf to word converter , and then convert the pdf file you desire to be converted to text. Open both fg2 and the converted document, find a word on the doc you want pasted like a name or something, then hit Ctrl C to copy then go into fantasy grounds 2 and create a new Fg 2 personality(Click on name field) then hit Ctrl V to paste. It's the way I am converting some old stuff I have and have found it works somewhat well but slow.

[Callum]

I've never managed to find a reliable, free pdf-to-text converter. If you have found one, would you mind pointing me to it? Thanks!

[drahkar]

Out of curiosity, if you are doing it that method, why not just use the select text feature in Acrobat and save the time of conversation? I can understand it if you are trying to run a program to do the conversion automatically, but if you are doing it manually why add the extra step?

[freckle_smoker]

ADMIN: Removed link to adware site.

[freckle_smoker]

Out of curiosity, if you are doing it that method, why not just use the select text feature in Acrobat and save the time of conversation? I can understand it if you are trying to run a program to do the conversion automatically, but if you are doing it manually why add the extra step?
Thanks for the info, I havent used acrobat in a while, I will have to get my hands on it.

[freckle_smoker]

I have found that fox it reader's select text option works better than acrobats, it doesnt overlap all the text together like acrobat does, in short it lets you draw a box over the hightlighted text unlike the select text in acrobat.

[freckle_smoker]

https://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/ is where I got the pdf reader that I use instead of acrobat. It's select text tool is easier to use than acrobats imo.

[Callum]

https://www.downloadbetter.com/%231+Free+PDF+to+Word+Converter/?kw=convert%20pdf&mn=www.convertpdftotext.net&Network=D&adnm=10555644232&expr=&cc=US&cid=84927592&LG=
That appears to be an adware site.

[Leonal]

I use SomePDF and it's various extraction software to make PDF into txt/word/html or extract all the images, and am very happy with it. It's free.^^

For copying text from PDF to FG I just copy and, if need be, use https://www.textfixer.com/tools/remove-line-breaks.php to remove line breaks.

[nazzy]

Under Linux I use "pdftotext". It's also available on Windows but I've not tried it. Here's the link to the Windows version ftp://ftp.foolabs.com/pub/xpdf/xpdf-3.02pl5-win32.zip. I use the -layout option for a cleaner extract of the text.

[Moon Wizard]

There's also a CTRL+J shortcut built into the story formatted text area that will join the current line with the next line.

Cheers,
JPG

[VenomousFiligree]

JPG (or anyone else), what are the current formatting shortcuts?

[damned]

can someone point me towards the best guide/howto for creating my own module. i have 3 plot lines running at the momment - one is from a purchased module, one expands on some leads from that module and the third is my own set in the same area as the module.
i would like some pointers on a good way to make it into a proper module in a redistributable form so that i can share it here if the players give it a yes.
ive got 4 maps together so far (and probably have 5 more to do) and im still fleshing out story line and characters.
i need to know how to add my monsters in and things like that...

[damned]

are these still teh best resources?

https://www.fantasygrounds.com/filelibrary/module.tutorial.v1.pdf
https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1502&d=1281910885

Please feel free to push me towards other resources too :)

[freckle_smoker]

I think you just click and drag the monster into the encounter page of the adventure, I am not to sure but if anyone knows please correct me if I am wrong.

[Griogre]

Both the resources look good though I didn't throughly read through all of them. One comment though - unless you are meaning to make a commercial release you don't need near that much information to run a game. Personally for my own games I just input NPCs, Encounters, maps/images and treasure. If I have time I will also input read-aloud text.

The NPC's are all your really need at the minimum since they typically take a while to input.