using a spreadsheet program to make the .txt files....
Hello lads, good to see the hard work! In case you didn't know already, there is a very easy way of making the three big .txt files for the character names. This was posted over at the Character Names Project forum by Johan217. The interface will be different depending on what spreadsheet program you use, but all of them will have the utility he shows here. Doing it this way, I can put the .txt files together in about 15 minutes. Also, if you guys have any questions about modding the names files, feel free to PM me, or post in the modding guide on my forum. Cheers!
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Using a spreadsheet program for editing names.txt
This tip should save you a lot of typework when editing names.txt. In the example I use OpenOffice Calc, but you can use any other spreadsheet program (like MS Excel).
1) First, type (or copy) your names in the spreadsheet program.
2) Make sure that Autocorrection is turned OFF.
3) Select the column you want to edit by right clicking on the column name.
4) Click on "Cell Properties"
5) Here, you can change the notation of the cells. This means that anything that is written in the cells will be presented in a specific format. In this case, we want the names to be written so that Louis becomes {Louis}Louis. The notation code for this is \{@\}@.
Enter \{@\}@ in the field User Specified Notation Code and click OK.
Note: It is possible that other spreadsheet programs like Excel use a different notation code system. As I don't have Excel you'll have to consult the manual. Sorry.
6) The result is this: all names in the column are now nicely written in the {name}name format, so you don't need to type it all manually. Note that you will still have to remove any spaces or special characters (like ' é ç etc) between the brackets and replace them with an underscore _. Then, just copy and paste the names into your names.txt file.
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