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How do you use the Compendium in Pathfinder?

According to the Compendium page ( <a href="https://roll20.net/compendium/" rel="nofollow">https://roll20.net/compendium/</a>), it's fully integrated into Roll20, and that "You can quickly access the Compendium right from inside your game while playing on the Roll20 virtual tabetop." How? I've looked everywhere and I don't see anything in the game that allows me to type in queries to the Compendium. I can easily open the Compendium on a separate tab, but that's not the same thing as being "fully integrated ... from inside your game". I'm already using the Pathfinder character sheet in my game, shouldn't access to the Pathfinder compendium be enabled automatically? It also says, "And if you're using a compatible Character Sheet, you can just drag-and-drop spells, items, or monsters right out of the Compendium and onto your sheet to fill in the details." Again, how? There's nothing to drag-and-drop, as far as I can see entries in the Compendium are just text on a page. Does it mean copy-and-paste? Wouldn't I still have to paste in each attribute for whatever spell/feat/weapon/whatever I'm filling in? How is that different from using the PRD or&nbsp;d20pfsrd? In the announcement for the Compendium (<a href="https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/1693503/introducing-the-compendium/?pagenum=1" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/1693503/introducing-the-compendium/?pagenum=1</a>), there's a preview of a nifty feature where you can click on a "Copy to Roll20 sheet" button in the Compendium and then click on a corresponding "Paste from Compendium" button in the character sheet. Is this just not enabled yet?
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I think in your campaign settings page there is a dropdown for the compendium. Go to the campaign page, then Game Settings under Settings. There you can choose "Pathfinder" instead of "determined by sheet" until the Pathfinder sheet is integrated. The compendium just became available, integration is up to the community. I know Steve K worked on a version of the 5e sheet, but the other two 5e sheets are not integrated which are the ones people use, neither is Pathfinder, and neither is ANY sheet. Because those are all written by players and people in the community that have to develop it. Everything is created by the community, I would not expect any of the sheet authors to be able to get it integrated for awhile, weeks maybe at the earliest. Most sheets have not even integrated the huge November update. Plus Riley said they are pretty much going to redo the Pathfinder compendium content, since they did it before 5e and they've learned a lot and want to use that knowledge to improve the Pathfinder compendium. So i'm not sure it's wise to start integrating Pathfinder yet, in case tags change.
Thanks for the help. The first part, I figured out after submitting my initial post. It was confusing though; the settings page says: " If you wish to access a different Compendium in-game than the default for your selected Character Sheet, or you are using a Custom Sheet and wish to use a Compendium, select one above. The default is to allow your chosen Character Sheet to determine which Compendium you access." I was already using the Pathfinder character sheet. Is the Pathfinder Compendium not the default for the Pathfinder character sheet? Does the Pathfinder character sheet not determine that the Pathfinder Compendium should be accessed? In what sense is the Pathfinder Compendium the "default" for the Pathfinder character sheet if you still have to manually enable it? Regardless, after I selected "Pathfinder" did eventually find the query function enabled in-game, which is what I wanted. Regarding integration, it's a relief that I wasn't just missing something very simple or obvious, and I appreciate your clarification. But as much as I enjoy Roll20, I can't help but feel a bit annoyed though. I don't mind waiting for integration to get implemented, but so long as it's&nbsp; not &nbsp;yet implemented, perhaps they shouldn't advertise it as if it were? There should be some indication on the main Compendium page that these features are still works in progress, rather than misleading readers into thinking that we "can just drag-and-drop spells, items, or monsters right out of the Compendium and onto your sheet to fill in the details" when that factually isn't the case at all. Ah well. I look forward to seeing this all get sorted out in the future. Thanks again for your helpful response.
Is there a listing somewhere of what the attribute names are for the compendium so I dont need to guess..&nbsp; Its a bit tricky trying to fill in the "...accept="xxx" ..." stuff if I dont know what to put in.