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Copying more than one line description

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#1
Avin
Jul 31, 2009 16:59:20 I started to copy some creatures from a 3pp into Monster Builder and noticed that when copying text from the PDF source it copies only the first line, forcing me to copy and paste line by line.

Any way of making a full paragraph to be copied?
#2
asmodeuslore
Jul 31, 2009 17:26:35 Does this happen only for the monster builder, or can you past into other programs (like open office, WordPad, etc) without issues?
#3
Avin
Jul 31, 2009 17:27:58 No issues on Notepad and MS Word, just tried.
#4
asmodeuslore
Jul 31, 2009 17:31:01 Can you Try copying text from some other multi-line source, not a pdf, and see if you have the same issue?

Does this happen with all blocks of text or just PDFs?
#5
dalzig
Jul 31, 2009 18:02:44 My guess is that the PDF has line/paragraph breaks at the end of each line. This is a common symptom with most RPG PDFs, even Wizards' PDFs.

If the MB starts to support line breaks in the description, this will magically get fixed.
#6
ToeSama
Aug 01, 2009 19:32:19 I write the basics of my work in a notepad document. I had no problems copying from there to the blocks. Try pasting the PDF text into notepad (adjusting as necessary to get it looking right) and copy from the notepad. That should fix the problem.
#7
mudbunny
Aug 03, 2009 19:03:08 I have added this to the list I will be passing up to WotC by email, and posting in the main Monster Builder Beta feature requests and bugs/technical issues thread.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 Avin Jul 31, 2009 16:59:20	I started to copy some creatures from a 3pp into Monster Builder and noticed that when copying text from the PDF source it copies only the first line, forcing me to copy and paste line by line. Any way of making a full paragraph to be copied?
#2 asmodeuslore Jul 31, 2009 17:26:35	Does this happen only for the monster builder, or can you past into other programs (like open office, WordPad, etc) without issues?
#3 Avin Jul 31, 2009 17:27:58	No issues on Notepad and MS Word, just tried.
#4 asmodeuslore Jul 31, 2009 17:31:01	Can you Try copying text from some other multi-line source, not a pdf, and see if you have the same issue? Does this happen with all blocks of text or just PDFs?
#5 dalzig Jul 31, 2009 18:02:44	My guess is that the PDF has line/paragraph breaks at the end of each line. This is a common symptom with most RPG PDFs, even Wizards' PDFs. If the MB starts to support line breaks in the description, this will magically get fixed.
#6 ToeSama Aug 01, 2009 19:32:19	I write the basics of my work in a notepad document. I had no problems copying from there to the blocks. Try pasting the PDF text into notepad (adjusting as necessary to get it looking right) and copy from the notepad. That should fix the problem.
#7 mudbunny Aug 03, 2009 19:03:08	I have added this to the list I will be passing up to WotC by email, and posting in the main Monster Builder Beta feature requests and bugs/technical issues thread.