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Question:
How do I get rid of the tables created around Multiple Choice choices when I copy a test into Word?

Answer:
Highlight the table and then open the Table menu. Point to Convert and select Table to Text. Choose Tabs as the Separate text with option. You must do this for each table individually. If you try to convert the tables all at once, these options will not be available.
 

Question:
Our department publishes tests to our school’s server. We team teach and I was wondering if student results could be sent to multiple instructors?

Answer:
ExamView is designed to send results to one email address; however, you can achieve the results you want with certain email clients such as Outlook or Eudora by setting the program to forward emails from a specific account to multiple users. You could also set up a common email address that all instructors have access to and just make sure that the option to leave mail on the server is selected by each instructor.
 

Question:
My preferences never save permanently. I change everything from the directions to the format of each page. Why don’t my preferences stay in tune with my changes?  Is there any way to do so?

Answer:
ExamView saves a copy of the preferences with each individual test (.tst) and question bank (.bnk) file. When you modify preference settings on the Layout or Style tab and you have a test or question bank open, you are changing the settings for the current file only. If you change these settings while no file is open, you are changing the "global" preferences. The "global" preferences are used when you create a new file (test or question bank).

To make preferences changes that apply to all files you create in the future, first close the current file. Then, choose Preferences from the Edit menu and set the desired options. The Instructions and Headers/Footers options work the same way (i.e., changes you make while a file is open apply to the current file; changes you make while no file is open apply to all files you create in the future). Note that you must edit test instructions while in the Test Builder (Test menu). For additional information regarding preferences, see the Customize the Appearance of a Test Help topic.
 

Question:
I frequently use the ExamView option to create Internet tests.  Occasionally, the test may contain large pictures.  How can I reduce the file size so that the test downloads faster?

Answer:

• Open the test in ExamView. Click the Edit button, select the image, and copy it.
  
  Note: You can double-click on an image to open the Picture dialog box. This will display the picture type and memory size in bytes. 
  
  

• Paste the image into a graphics editing program (e.g., the Windows Paint program or Photoshop).

• Change the attributes to 256 Color or even 16 Color (if appropriate). (In Windows Paint, these options are available on the Save as type list in the Save As dialog box.)

• Consider cutting out unnecessary parts of the image, if possible.

• Resize the graphic to the approximate size in which it will actually appear in ExamView  (i.e., if the original graphic is 12 inches by 12 inches and is reduced by percentage in ExamView to 2 inches by 2 inches, resize the original graphic to 2 inches by 2 inches).

• Insert the image back into your test, replacing the larger image.

• Check the size of the image.