March 6, 2014
by D. P. Story
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This PDF gives examples of the dimensions of each of the preset screen design options of the web package: designi, designii, designiii,…,designix. Useful for determining the screen size for you! View in browser, or download and view on your computer. … Continue reading
February 25, 2014
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Part I and Part II used the command \prjinput, which is a variant of the LaTeX command \input. In this article, we discuss \prjinclude, a variant of \include. As with \prjinput, \prjinclude works with the optional attachments options and is … Continue reading
February 25, 2014
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The first article in this series covered the basics of optional attachments. Now we demonstrate some special effects with the popupmenu package. When the files are input using prjinput, a marker appears in the margin that gives the reader access … Continue reading
February 25, 2014
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AeB Pro can attach files through the option list of the aeb_pro package. In this first article, the notion of optional attachment is introduced. When optattachments is in effect, any optional attachments are attached to the PDF as it is … Continue reading
January 29, 2014
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This file demonstrates how to place a background color or graphic in a layer (OCG) using AeB Pro. The layer is set to be visible, but does not print. This makes it useful for creating an attractive digital document, so … Continue reading
January 29, 2014
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This article introduces a new option, useGermanNums, for the dljlib package designed to work with numbers in the German format. For Germans and many other countries the comma (,) is used for the decimal mark. Review the demonstration file: german_fmt.pdf
September 21, 2013
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This article is about problems that questions that ask the student to simplify or factor of a mathematical expression. Without the aid of a computer algebra system, this is a tricky problem for exerquiz. Still, this article provides some ideas … Continue reading
August 27, 2013
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In an earlier post (On Requiring minimal time for a Quiz) techniques for requiring the respondent to spend a minimal amount of time on a quiz. In this demonstration file, we add to this be limiting the amount of time … Continue reading
May 14, 2013
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A user recently asked whether there is a way to require the student to review an exerquiz quiz for a minimal amount of time. That is, the student is not allowed to press the ‘End Quiz’ button until a specified … Continue reading
January 20, 2012
by D. P. Story
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Since obtaining my smart phone, a Samsung Focus, Windows OS, I’ve surfed the Internet and have viewed web pages and PDF documents. The experience of viewing PDFs is now as great as with many web pages. The document is normally … Continue reading
September 14, 2011
by D. P. Story
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For AcroTeX users that use the Adobe Distiller as the PDF creator, there are several changes in Acrobat 10.1.1 that affect your workflow.
September 11, 2011
by D. P. Story
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The AcroTeX Presentation Bundle (APB) is entirely compatible with the rmannot package and the cntdwn package. The rmannot package, which requires a Acrobat Distiller PDF creator, is used to insert FLV (and F4V), SWF, and MP3 files into a PDF … Continue reading