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Macro for Handout Quick Links

Hello everyone.  I'm not sure if this is possible, but I really hope someone who is more into the technical language can help me! I have a bunch of reference documents for my players in my games (Armor, Conditions, etc. to name a few) via handouts and would like find a way to quickly link myself to them in game so I don't have to search through the Journal each time.  Is there a way to create a macro where I can click on it and then select which handout I want to open?  I've tried searching online to no avail...  TIA!
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keithcurtis
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Absolutely. Check out this section and the one immediately following from the wiki page on journals. These can also be worked into a chat menu .
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Kraynic
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This isn't a macro, but I would recommend creating an index handout that just has links to the other handouts.  If specific characters need certain ones more often than others, you could put direct links to different handouts on their Bio & Info tab.  Maybe someone else will come along with something more along the lines of what you want to do. Edit:  Like keithcurtis already did while I was typing...
Thank you for the replies!  Sorry for the really dumb question, but in the first link what does Macro Code mean in #3?  " Add in your macro code after the ` character."  I currently don't have a macro set up for this but would like to.
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keithcurtis
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Not a dumb question at all. Those sections are fairly broad and can be used for a lot of things. It's probably the second section that is easier to set up for what you are trying to accomplish. Here are more direct instructions for a couple of ways to handle this. Using a Handout as a directory to handouts. Let's say you have handouts named Weapons, History, and Orcs. You can create a fourth handout called "Directory". The contents of "Directory" consist of: [Weapons] [History] [Orcs] Once you are out of edit mode, these become links to the other handouts. You can even keep this directory handout popped out to use as a kind of palette for calling up the handout of your choice. Using a Chat Menu as a directory to handouts This assumes you are using the 5e DnD by Roll20 sheet. This is more complicated to set up, but results in a menu of options that appears in chat. Set up the Directory sheet as before. Create the following macro: /w gm &{template:npcaction} {{rname=Game Menu}} {{description=[Weapons](URL1) [History](URL2) [Orcs](URL3)}} Open your directory handout in read mode. Right click on each link and copy the url. Place them in the URL1, URL2, and URL3 spots above. Save the macro and click "in bar". You will now have a permanent button in your macro bar that when you click it will give you a whispered menu of handouts. They will open automatically. If you wish to share them with the players, click the share button at the top of the handout and it will open on all screens.
Thank you for the reply!  I believe this is exactly what I'm looking for.  However, I do not see the Read Mode for my handouts.  Can you describe where this is located?
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Kraynic
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I think all that is meant by that was the normal handout (not in edit mode), because I don't think you can interact with links (other than setting one up) in edit mode. Edit: I make extensive use of linked handouts since I am not running a supported game system.&nbsp; If I go to my table of contents handout, right click on the first link, and select 'copy link location', it will give me the url of the "Character Building" handout.&nbsp; So, if I was making an entry for that in keithcurtis's macro, it would be something like: [Character Building](<a href="http://journal.roll20.net/handout/-LFU7te0jqUIlqLQ07Rm" rel="nofollow">http://journal.roll20.net/handout/-LFU7te0jqUIlqLQ07Rm</a>)
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keithcurtis
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Exactly, by "read mode" I meant "not in edit mode". Note that those URLs in the links can also be compendium pages (assuming you use them), so you can include commonly referenced rules in the reference document or chat macro.
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