On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 14:45:01 -0500, Mark Kuban wrote: > I am a high school teacher having trouble finding an easy way to create > multiple choice tests in OpenOffice 2.0/Star Office 8. I want OpenOffice > to automatically create this format: > > 1. What is the capital of France???? > a. choice 1 > b. choice 2 > etc... > > Mark Kuban > > A+/N+ Technology Teacher/ > Campus Technology Specialist
I haven't seen a satisfactory answer here, so I'll bite. AIUI, use the Style list (F11) to define a Question and an Answer Paragraph Style. Both to be followed by the Answer style. Set the Question style to no indent and spec the numbering style you want it to have. Set indents and numbering style for the Answer style. You might want to set spacing and other things as well. You need to define the numbering style you use for these para styles by clicking the List Style icon in the Style List toolbar, right click the numbering style in question and go Modify. By doing this, all you have to do is apply the Question para style for each new question and the rest should be fairly automatic. Theoretically. Problem is, I can't get the numbering aspect to work. Nothing seems to stick. I have to add the numbers manually each time by applying a numbering list style via Styles List. Unless I'm missing something, this is another aspect of OO that doesn't work. One small commiseration: numbering doesn't work in Word97 either. p. -- Using OOo 1.9.125 on Win XP sp2. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
