Ian A. Thomson Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Hi Folks Preparing the P&BR Director's Cut re-releases has hit upon a technical challenge or two with Word Using the Chaosium template is fantastic. Whoever thought of that and prepared it has my immense gratitude Two issues though 1) I am utterly unable, despite 2-3 hrs of fkng about with it, unable to find a way to hide the page number '0' on the front page 2) I want to shift the margins a little to make it easy to print and bind (basically add 'middle of book gutters') Everytime I try to do that it messes up the awesome background and imposes some irregular whitespace into the edges. There MUST be some settings somewhere to sort that out Hoping somebody can assist Thanks very much Quote ------------------------------------ Former Issaries Inc. 'Pavis Expert' Some of my creations and co-creations: https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/browse?keyword=Ian Thomson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajagappa Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Ian Thomson said: 1) I am utterly unable, despite 2-3 hrs of fkng about with it, unable to find a way to hide the page number '0' on the front page Create a Section Break (under Layout menu - look for Breaks...) between the first and second pages. (Replace existing Page break if there is one with the Section break > Next Page option). Once you've created the two sections, go to the second Section and under Insert menu, go to Headers (or Footers, either one is fine), and then Edit Header (or Footer). There will be a Headers & Footers menu option at this point at the top with the other menu options. Find the "Link to Previous" and click that OFF for whichever has the page number. Once you've removed the "Link to Previous", then go to the first Section and under Insert menu, again go to Headers or Footers, and then Edit Header (or Footer). Now remove the page number (and since it is no longer linked to the next Section, this action will not affect the rest of the document). As for Margins, they are also under the Layout menu. I think you'll want to choose Custom Margins, and that will give you the ability to set a Gutter margin as well as adjusting the Left/Right Margins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, jajagappa said: Create a Section Break (under Layout menu - look for Breaks...) between the first and second pages. (Replace existing Page break if there is one with the Section break > Next Page option). Once you've created the two sections, go to the second Section and under Insert menu, go to Headers (or Footers, either one is fine), and then Edit Header (or Footer). There will be a Headers & Footers menu option at this point at the top with the other menu options. Find the "Link to Previous" and click that OFF for whichever has the page number. Once you've removed the "Link to Previous", then go to the first Section and under Insert menu, again go to Headers or Footers, and then Edit Header (or Footer). Now remove the page number (and since it is no longer linked to the next Section, this action will not affect the rest of the document). As for Margins, they are also under the Layout menu. I think you'll want to choose Custom Margins, and that will give you the ability to set a Gutter margin as well as adjusting the Left/Right Margins. I have tried to adjust the margins to get rid of the white edging showing whenm you have mirrored page margins or wider ones and i have never managed to get rid of it Edited April 13, 2022 by Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian A. Thomson Posted April 13, 2022 Author Share Posted April 13, 2022 Thanks Will try the first one tomorrow Looks like something I tried before and didn't work, but maybe I made a mistake Sadly the gutter options you recommend don't work. They create the margins, but the Chaosium backdrop to the pages becomes riddled with chunks of margin whitespace :( Quote ------------------------------------ Former Issaries Inc. 'Pavis Expert' Some of my creations and co-creations: https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/browse?keyword=Ian Thomson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian A. Thomson Posted April 13, 2022 Author Share Posted April 13, 2022 Just now, Martin said: I have tried to adjust the margins to get rid of the white edging show and i have nevber manag4d to get rid of it Aye I am hoping to find a Word genius who can get under the hood to the settings of the Chaosium background Quote ------------------------------------ Former Issaries Inc. 'Pavis Expert' Some of my creations and co-creations: https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/browse?keyword=Ian Thomson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 4 minutes ago, Ian Thomson said: I am hoping to find a Word genius who can get under the hood to the settings of the Chaosium background I tried it but had the same problem. In the end, I decided that the margins looked OK, anyway, as they are. Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 (edited) I think the background texture needs to be applied using the page background option in the design tab, but to do that we would need the texture as a seperate texture file to use in the page fill option Edited April 13, 2022 by Martin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Brooke Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 4 hours ago, Martin said: I think the background texture needs to be applied using the page background option in the design tab, but to do that we would need the texture as a seperate texture file to use in the page fill option They’re available in the Files area of the Jonstown Compendium Creators’ Circle group on Facebook. You want Right background.psd and Left background.psd 1 Quote Community Ambassador - Jonstown Compendium, Chaosium, Inc. Email: nick.brooke@chaosium.com for community content queries Jonstown Compendium ⧖ Facebook Ф Twitter † old website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Brooke Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Here they are as .PNG files, which might be easier for you to work with. 1 1 Quote Community Ambassador - Jonstown Compendium, Chaosium, Inc. Email: nick.brooke@chaosium.com for community content queries Jonstown Compendium ⧖ Facebook Ф Twitter † old website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 thanks Nick, i see these done have the rune heading across the top? is that a seperate file for headers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hkokko Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Lovely to see Ian working on these treasures. Dare you say anything about timelines 1 Quote My Glorantha/Mythras blog with Glorantha Cult One-pagers and Mythras Encounter Tool updates and Mythras GM Charts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oracle Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 On 4/18/2022 at 6:56 AM, hkokko said: Lovely to see Ian working on these treasures. Dare you say anything about timelines He did already (at least for the first parts): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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