Monster Builder Statblock Formatting for Mac

[jonmichaels]

I made an AppleScript for Microsoft Word for Mac which helps format the statblocks from Monster Builder into something that looks a lot nicer.

Monster Statblock Formatter v2.0

It's good for doing these things:

• Change the font
• Change the size of header text
• Change the size of body text
• Change full justify cells to left justify
• Change the width of the statblocks
• Change the background colors of the statblocks

Enjoy.

 

[Kzach]

Since Pages is a far superior product and since I have vowed never to install anything from Microsoft onto my Mac OS partition, I have no use for this script.

I have to ask, why MS Word? Pages as a part of iWork is very cheap and is way, way, way better.

Anyway, not to be judgemental or anything, this is a good tool and I thank you for offering it.

 

[jonmichaels]

I have vowed never to install anything from Microsoft onto my Mac OS partition, I have no use for this script.

Despite the fact that you have to install a Microsoft OS in order to run Monster Builder.

I will look at making a Pages version.

I made a Word version because I am more familiar with Word. I have to use Excel for all the interchanging of files with Windows users at work. I've tried using spreadsheet alternatives and they just don't work right in translations. I have templates and styles created in Word for my adventures to make it quick to make nice-looking stuff. This was the last step in the process. The statblocks were slow.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Despite the fact that you have to install a Microsoft OS in order to run Monster Builder.

I will look at making a Pages version.

I made a Word version because I am more familiar with Word. I have to use Excel for all the interchanging of files with Windows users at work. I've tried using spreadsheet alternatives and they just don't work right in translations. I have templates and styles created in Word for my adventures to make it quick to make nice-looking stuff. This was the last step in the process. The statblocks were slow.

Do it for OpenOffice (or NeoOffice), too!

That's what I use because I can use it easily both on Windows and Mac. (And if it ever came to that, Linux, too.)

 

[jonmichaels]

The Pages output is UGLY. It really doesn't deal with the RTF tables well.

OpenOffice uses something similar to Visual Basic for its macros.

I'll see what I can do in these two areas. It won't be very soon. I'm a noodler more than a programmer.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

The Pages output is UGLY. It really doesn't deal with the RTF tables well.

OpenOffice uses something similar to Visual Basic for its macros.

I'll see what I can do in these two areas. It won't be very soon. I'm a noodler more than a programmer.

A noodler? Sounds deliciously promising.