September 5, 2017
by D. P. Story
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The traditional way an math objective question is posed using the exerquiz command \RespBoxMath is to leave a blank text field into which the student enters his or her response to the question. An alternate strategy is to supply an … Continue reading
September 14, 2016
by D. P. Story
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AeB Pro (ctan.org/pkg/aeb-pro), dated 2016/08/03 or later, defines what are called ‘JavaScript Helper commands’ to simplify the use of security restricted JavaScript methods within the docassembly environment. In this article, we discuss the newest JavaScript Help Command, \docSaveAs.
August 28, 2016
by D. P. Story
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This article demonstrates how to make simple modifications to the messages of the DAD Game (Drag and Drop). The game is produced by the aeb_dad package. You play the `game’ by dragging a presidential picture and dropping it into a … Continue reading
August 28, 2016
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This article is a continuation of It is recommended that you read that article first. In the first article, we demonstrated how to modify the messages the player views as he/she drags and drops the stamps to their targets. The … Continue reading
August 28, 2016
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This is the third article in the series of customizing messaging, as needed, review Part 1 and Part 2. In this article, we show some methods of having multiple games in one document, while maintaining control over the messaging.
July 22, 2015
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This lengthy article covers topics that support proof reading PDF document that contain rollovers created by the AeB Pro package. The proofing takes place on paper; techniques, commands, and environments are provided to give a readable version of the rollover … Continue reading
June 28, 2015
by D. P. Story
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In this PDF file, we show how to perform a certify invisible signing of the document programmatically using aeb_pro and JavaScript methods.
April 23, 2015
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.
October 29, 2014
by D. P. Story
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This article continues Checking username and password. In the PDF of that article, the usernames and passwords were not encrypted in the document, which made it necessary to put on document security so prying eyes with Acrobat could not see … Continue reading
October 4, 2014
by D. P. Story
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This article/demo is a continuation of Requiring the student name and ID. The class professor may assign a username and password to each of his/her students in the class. The username/password is then used to identify the student to the … Continue reading
October 4, 2014
by D. P. Story
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For an online quiz — one submitted to a server-side script — there is usually a requirement on the student to enter his/her name and ID. PDF forms can create a field that is required, but the PDF viewer does … Continue reading
August 23, 2014
by D. P. Story
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The MCFI-type question is a combination of two other types of questions, the multiple-choice question and the math fill-in question. If the correct alternative is not listed in the MC part, the student enters the correct answer in the math … Continue reading