I have created a Word 2007 Playbook template based on Fenarisk’s .SVG version (which is posted on the Something Awful forums). The fonts should be embedded.
For those interested, you can download a copy at this link:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3jBKG-w4xhFSWpRb042a1RZaTg/edit?usp=sharing
Feedback welcome.
Thanks for that!
Excellent! Although the section headers on the second page are in the incorrect font.
I made an update this morning. The 2nd page fonts should be fixed and the headers should all be the same color.
When I get back from vacation (next week), I plan to update it to allow for some of the sections with headers to be resized, e.g. Alignment vs. Race vs. Bonds and Gear vs. Advanced Moves. Also, I think I can also get it to allow you to swap out Alignment and Race with Drives and Background.
*Sigh* I just finished making a set of very similar Word templates from scratch last week. Had all things moveble and resizable though, since I exported all the pieces separately.
Gret job on your part. Can you tell me what is the function that allows all the picrutes sink into the background and become inaccessible?
The backgrounds are images inserted into the header on each page. Use a section break to allow for a different header on each page.
I have now made it so some of the sections (Alignment, Race, Bonds, Gear, Advanced Moves) can be resized via movement of the headers. Also, you can update the titles of the Alignment/Drive and Race/Background headers. If you are having issues, it may be helpful to display all non-printing characters and turn on text boundaries.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3jBKG-w4xhFSWpRb042a1RZaTg/edit?usp=sharing
This is awesome- thanks!
This may be a dumb question, but is there a way to rename/add sections? I’m hoping to add a spells section but I can’t figure out how to change the headers.
You can copy and paste the Race/Background back into the document to create a new section. The text on that header is editable. For a full width header, you can copy and paste the Advanced Moves header back into the document. You would have to put a text box with a black background over the header with your own title. In the next version, I will add a third page with customizable, full page headers.
Joanne Tang I have added a spell page.
Downloading this to .odt screws up. Is there some way we could make copies on google docs? I don’t get the option to save as.
Gil Colgate I am not sure exactly what you are asking. Are you having trouble downloading the DOCX file or are you looking for it in another format?
If you open the file in Open Office, it looks corrupted.
Unfortunately, Word 2007 and Open Office are not 100% compatible. The DOCX I created uses some advanced formatting that doesn’t translate well, like section breaks, different headers and footers, and text boxes.
Gil Colgate – If I have time over the weekend, I’ll see if I can get a working version in Open Office.
Gil Colgate Try this:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3jBKG-w4xhFdmFqQ2xRS3FRdEk/edit?usp=sharing