Saturday, January 22, 2011

Download: Fillable Henchman Card PDFs

I spent an exciting Friday evening learning the mysteries of making fillable PDF forms! Feel free to download and use these fillable Henchman Card PDF files.

File 1 seems to work best in Apple Preview: CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

File 2 seems to work best in Adobe Acrobat: CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

Please let me know which version works best for you with your software and operating system. For some reason I get slightly different application-dependent formatting results with some of the multi-line text boxes. I simply optimized two versions of the form for the two applications I use most frequently.

I did not include Alignment or Morale on the cards because I keep this information secret from players. I also did not make AC fillable because it can change frequently during play and should be recorded in pencil.

Any ideas for improvement welcomed!

16 comments:

  1. You want to export the earliest version of PDF (1.3?) that you can for maximum cross compatibility, if I remember correctly. Scribus?

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  2. This is awesome, thanks very much!

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  3. You want to export the earliest version of PDF (1.3?) that you can for maximum cross compatibility, if I remember correctly.

    Good idea - thanks! Unfortunately I couldn't do this easily with Adobe Acrobat, so it may take a while for me to figure out (assuming it's even possible with these fillable forms).

    Did you have problems with the files I posted, or is this just a general recommendation?

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  4. Thanks, Cyclo.

    Thirded on the Awesomeness!

    I lost about 0.5cm off the Apple Preview version when I printed them out. All good on the Adobe.

    The only thing I could add would perhaps be a box to include encumbered/unencumbered movement rates?

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  5. Very nice. These will come in handy.

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  6. I haven't tried printing any out but there's a minor formatting issue on the Acro version in preview.app (as you probably are aware). You might not need two versions if you can save in an earlier format. Very handy btw!

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  7. If you have the right software, you can make fillable image boxes. Can you do that?

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  8. If you have the right software, you can make fillable image boxes. Can you do that?

    I'm not sure what you mean by this exactly. Do you want to be able to paste in a small image like a portrait?

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  9. Cool indeed thanks. I didn't realize apple preview supported fill-able boxes until just now.

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  10. Perfect, love it!
    Seemed to work fine in Preview.
    Thanks for putting this together. I'll be using it this Monday.

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  11. @ Cyclo

    Yes, exactly. I can make a little box, designate it a fillable image, and when you open the form you can click on the box, place your own image in the box, and thus have customizable portraits.

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  12. small typo in the title

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