copy/ paste from pdf to chat format in random

[micael]

Hi Devs,

I have a problem copying text from pdf (in this case "spell jammer academy expanded" text for players) into a story and marking it as chat format for showing the players.
Only the first sentence is put into the chat format- if I copy the next one it will automatically go to block format- I can only put each sentence seperate into chat format- thats really awful, because sometimes it
functions (depending on text from pdf) without problems.
I tried already to use the internally copy function from FGU but it was also no help.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Micael

[superteddy57]

That is per paragraph and would need manual edits in the XML to allow returns within the frame. You would have to CTRL-J to make them one paragraph.

[jharp]

Dominic,

You are incorrect in the "returns within the frame". Just use shift-return.

Jason

[Zacchaeus]

Hi Devs,

I have a problem copying text from pdf (in this case "spell jammer academy expanded" text for players) into a story and marking it as chat format for showing the players.
Only the first sentence is put into the chat format- if I copy the next one it will automatically go to block format- I can only put each sentence seperate into chat format- thats really awful, because sometimes it
functions (depending on text from pdf) without problems.
I tried already to use the internally copy function from FGU but it was also no help.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Micael

Pdfs create a linebreak at the end of every sentence. To get rid of that select the whole paragraph and press CTRL+j to make it one paragraph as Superteddy says. You can make a paragraph inside a speech bubble by using SHIFT+Return at the end of the sentence that you want to split into paragraphs. See video fourteen here https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?75515-New-Video-Series

[jharp]

Hi Devs,

I have a problem copying text from pdf (in this case "spell jammer academy expanded" text for players) into a story and marking it as chat format for showing the players.
Only the first sentence is put into the chat format- if I copy the next one it will automatically go to block format- I can only put each sentence seperate into chat format- thats really awful, because sometimes it
functions (depending on text from pdf) without problems.
I tried already to use the internally copy function from FGU but it was also no help.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Micael

As said by Dominic, ctrl-j to join the lines. Where you want gaps between lines in the quote just use shift-return instead of return.

Jason

[superteddy57]

Thanks for pointing that out to me. I've must have been under a rock when that was introduced.