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[celestian]

Update 3.4:

This update improves the keyword fields exported into ref-manuals. This makes searches work better. It removes words like "the, or, and, an, it, is" and punctuation/etc. Previously the keyword field was populated by using the story entry's entire name.

Update (bugfix):

So, slight bug. I was using a function I have within AD&D Core that I did not have in the extension. I've added the function to the extension in 3.5 version that is now up.

Apologies and thanks to @rob2e for reporting.

[KILLGORE]

I wanted to ask for us really really NEW people here...Can you write the instructions step by step on how to use this?

[celestian]

I wanted to ask for us really really NEW people here...Can you write the instructions step by step on how to use this?

The first post did that mostly I thought. Did you run into a problem?

[Myrdin Potter]

I wanted to ask for us really really NEW people here...Can you write the instructions step by step on how to use this?

Are you so new that you don’t know how to export a module without this extension? Because, as mentioned, the first post covers it pretty clearly, especially if you know how a regular module export happens.

I used it for the first time last weekend but I know the export function well and it was intuitive to use otherwise.

Essentially, grab the file, save in your extension folder, add the extension to your project in the load screen and then export and choose ref manual in the list. You need at least one group and there is a tick box to indicate chapter heads.

[KILLGORE]

Yeah I have no idea.... Its cool ill just do something else thanks for the help.

[Myrdin Potter]

https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...l-Video-Series

Look at the last video in the list in the first post. It explains how to export into a module.

[KILLGORE]

It's not actually what I was looking for. I wanted to do the opposite, by creating story entries from a PDF. Sorry to bother the thread, its not what I was looking to do.

[Myrdin Potter]

You can extract the text and cut and paste. That is the usual way.

[ShadeRaven]

I just want to say, celestian, that this extension is an absolute home run and a beautiful thing to use once I got used to it! Well done!

PS: If I just export the Reference Manual without the story entries, will it create a clean reference book without all the extra clutter or are those two things tied together?

[Valyar]

If you don't export the Story section along with the Reference Manual in the /export options, no story entries will be created. If you export them at the same time, what you have in the working library will be also in the module. If you have empty pages that are used for the Ref.Man's structure, you will have to manually clean them up in the xml database after the export.