Dillon Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 It would be great to be able to do text bullets in VW. I use them all the time in other programs. The are a fundamental part of communication. Does anyone have a workaround for creating bulleted lists? Quote Link to comment
mjm Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 (edited) I just use bullets with tabs or spaces from the keyboard. Edited November 15, 2013 by mjm Quote Link to comment
BiztroBill Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Not sure if this is helpful, but for larger bodies of text, like cover sheet, sheet specs, etc., I use a word processor, print to a pdf, put it in my Xref folder, and reference it into my sheet layer. MS Word has a sheet size limitation, but Pages (I see you are on a Mac) will let you create large sheet-size pages with columns, tables, etc. Quote Link to comment
ray isaacs Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 this video by michael k. shows how to write bulleted text using a worksheet: http://download2cf.nemetschek.net/www_mo...13_Software.mov it's worth watching if you haven't used worksheets. Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 this video by michael k. shows how to write bulleted text using a worksheet: It works - but it's really a hack. For really highly formatted text, I like to use Bill's method. In Pages (and certainly Word, also) it's possible to make the page 22" tall by whatever you need wide and use and manage columns of formatted text MUCH easier than in Vectorworks. You have to remember to keep saving to the same referenced pdf every time you edit the text, but it's a pretty simple workflow. Better text layout features are definitely worth putting on the wish list?. hth mk Quote Link to comment
BiztroBill Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Of course, a simpler option would be to use the Option-8 keyboard shortcut for a bullet. Quote Link to comment
RickR Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 I've also used the PDF route for long worksheets. It's common for me to have lists of theatrical fixtures that run several pages. I set up duplicate objects to be the headers for each page. (something else VW worksheets don't do) It's a pain to set up but it updates almost flawlessly. Yes it's a hack, but I think VW shouldn't duplicate major "office" tools such as word processors and spreadsheets. They should make interacting with those tools as easy as possible. Right now PDF is the only truly universal complex file format. Quote Link to comment
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