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Designing a character sheet in Open Office

Started by Narf the Mouse, March 04, 2010, 12:07:32 AM

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Narf the Mouse

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March 12, 2010, 08:12:06 PM
Is it possible to turn it into an editable .pdf with formulas intact and, if so, how?
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March 13, 2010, 02:01:41 AM
Quote from: Narf the Mouse;366840Is it possible to turn it into an editable .pdf with formulas intact and, if so, how?
That is quite a bit harder.  Scribus can do some PDF editing, including forms if I recall, but it isn't exactly simple.  Then again, neither is Acrobat.  I think there is a version of Scribus for Windows, but I haven't dug into that too much.  As far as I know, the trickier stuff like that is well beyond Open Office.  It will turn a properly formatted document into a properly formatted pdf, but that is about it.  There are a bunch of Windows pseudo-print drivers that do essentially the same thing, which is what Open Office does, as I recall.  Nothing fancy, but it doesn't cost $1000 or whatever Acrobat is going for these days.
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March 18, 2010, 12:33:38 PM
I like working with OpenOffice for my gaming design needs. As for character sheets, I'm more on the visual than the practical side. I hate sheets that look like tables upon tables of bland content. Giving my background, I would advise you to design your sheet with Draw rather than Calc. You'd have more creative freedom, but it would be impossible to use the formulas.

Anyway, here the sheet I did for a Dark Heresy game I'm playing.

Also, for those more on the visual side of sheet design, try Inkscape. It's my tool of choice.
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