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Handouts - Using the Descriptions and Notes

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Edited 1490632891
H2Os
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I've been working on entering some 5e material into Roll20 and using the Descriptions and Notes field has been a somewhat frustrating experience. The biggest issue I have is the formatting.  Presently I am working on a entry and inserted a Table where I thought I was going to end the article.  I realized later I need to add a section below that table. However, I can't click below the table to continue typing. the cursor just ends up in the table.  Is this a known issue or just a limitation of Roll20? Thank you, Steve
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Tetsuo
Forum Champion
Kristin C. said  here : We're aware of this issue. These sorts of problems are due to our current text editor being limited in feature and functionality. We are looking to update it with a completely different built, but it's something that's going to take time to systematically change it across the entire site. The editor is in use where and whenever text entry is used in Roll20 - In-App and the Website, so it's going to require a BIG update. Tables can be very difficult to manage in our current editor. We recommend that if you're using them in a journal, that you try using the editor's table building tool instead of a direct copy and paste.
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H2Os
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Bummer,  doesn't sound like an upgrade coming any time soon.  Guess I'm stuck.  If it matters, I used the editors Table not a copy and paste table.
If avoiding tables is not a possibility, I would recommend inserting and populating tables as the very last step when filling out a Bio/Handout. In your case, I might: Transfer all existing table HTML code from the Handout into external text documents; Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V everything else within the initial Handout into a fresh Handout for safekeeping; Ctrl-A and delete everything in the initial Handout to ensure the table(s) and anything else problematic is out of the way; Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V everything from the fresh Handout back into the initial Handout; Finish writing up all of the non-table stuff in the Handout, making sure to leave room for the table(s); Paste the table HTML back into the initial Handout and build any new tables.
Sometimes you can get past the end of an uncooperative table by going to the last cell and pressing the down arrow key. The cursor may appear to the side  of the table, or it may be invisible, but as soon as you type something it all jumps to the line below the table. This doesn't always work.
I make and maintain my tables in a google sheet which copy and paste over into Roll20 very well.