The "Author" extension from the Forge

[Temmpest]

I tried grabbing the "Author" extension from the Forge and it shows I own it. However, even after I run the "check for updates" on FGU, it still does not show up in the extensions list.

[LordEntrails]

Each extension in the Forge is supposed to have a forum thread for it. You can find the link in the top left of the Forge page under the Last Updated tag. That thread is always the best place to ask questions about or report problems with an extension. In this case, the thread is: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?41833-Project-Author

[Temmpest]

Thank you. I'll check there.

[Trenloe]

@Temmpest - you may find that the recently released built-in reference manual builder a good alternative choice.

https://fantasygroundsunity.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/FGCP/pages/2032304129/Reference+Manual+Builder

[Temmpest]

I saw this. It's great except you have to make the entries twice. Once in the builder and once in the story entries. I thought the "Author" extension automatically populated the manual builder.

[Trenloe]

It's great except you have to make the entries twice. Once in the builder and once in the story entries.
With a recent update you can now copy the whole formatted text contents, maintaining formatting, fonts, headers, etc., from one formatted text field (e.g. a story entry) to another (e.g. a text entry in the reference manual). So, it's a quick process if you want to have reference manual and story records containing the same data.

It's up to you what you use. Personally, I'd use the built-in functionality - I don't have to load an extension, just use the new base functionality.

[Temmpest]

Got it. Thank you for the heads up!

[Waldbaer]

With a recent update you can now copy the whole formatted text contents, maintaining formatting, fonts, headers, etc., from one formatted text field (e.g. a story entry) to another (e.g. a text entry in the reference manual).

sorry, but I do not get it...could you please be so kind an exlpain to me how you can easily copy it? To me it looks like you have to drag and drop every single entry...
thx!

[Waldbaer]

sorry, but I do not get it...could you please be so kind an exlpain to me how you can easily copy it? To me it looks like you have to drag and drop every single entry...
thx!

got it myself---stupid me :)

[LordEntrails]

Closing this thread to direct discussion about this extension to the proper thread. See link in post #2.