February 27, 2021
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With a little effort, a problem* environment can be exploited to create a matching-type problem. The eqe_matching.pdf is an exam created from the exam environment of the eqexam package; the exam has one matching-type question. A second demonstration file named … Continue reading
February 16, 2021
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This article is a continuation of qz-matching.pdf, in which the questions and choices have a “hard-wired” order. In this article, the same quiz is used as in qz-matching.pdf, but the questions and choices are randomized. Continue reading qz-matching-rt.pdf in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC outside … Continue reading
February 16, 2021
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A variation on a text fill-in question is a type of question based on matching the question to the answer. The author poses a series of questions with a fill-in text field (perhaps created by \RespBoxTxt). As a companion to this series … Continue reading
December 28, 2020
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This is a technical article on the defineJS environment, which is defined in the insdljs package of the AcroTeX distribution. The article covers change in the package dated 2020/12/20.
November 13, 2020
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A text fill-in type question, which has been a part of exerquiz for many years, is implemented through the \RespBoxTxt and \RespBoxTxtPC commands. In this article, familiarity with these two commands is assumed. In response to a question, a students … Continue reading
April 18, 2020
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Some PDF previewer applications, notably PDF-XChange and evince, do not handle radio buttons in the same way as do AA/AR. A PDF viewer may not support PDF forms at all (such as SumatraPDF), while others, such as TeXworks may supply the … Continue reading
April 4, 2020
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In this article, we survey various methods of incorporating a figure into a problem. There are two placement locations for the figure: (1) in the work area, and (2) in the questions area. Traditionally (for eqexam documents), the figure is … Continue reading
May 18, 2018
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The traditional way of handling a multi-line text field is to allow the field to scroll, in this way an unlimited amount of text may be entered. But some text may not be visible, and as a result, not all … Continue reading
April 18, 2018
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With the publication of aeb_mlink dated 2018/04/17 or later comes the ability to create multi-line links that can break across page boundaries. Multi-line links (and single line links for that matter) that break across page boundaries are not supported by … Continue reading
March 24, 2018
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The version of the aeb_mlink package dated 2018/03/22 or later now fixes the rectangles created by a multi-line link command by combining all rectangles on the same line. The result is a link that looks as if was created by … Continue reading
March 3, 2018
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The second in the series on creating a rollover animation. In this demo, we use \texHelp* to create the same animation as in ro-autoanime.pdf, but the animation is not dismissed when the user exits the rollover-word. This enables the user … Continue reading
March 3, 2018
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In this demo file, which needs to be downloaded to your own computer and opened with Adobe Reader (or Acrobat), shows how to create a rollover animation. When the user rolls over the rollover-word, an animation is made visible and … Continue reading