Setting Dynamic Styles

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Use the Toolbar or the Edit menu to bring up a dialog box for configuring the dynamic styles used by your exam.

 

This screen is where you determine the style settings used by the Exam Engine. These are generated dynamically at runtime based on the choices you make here. Alternatively, you may choose to link to your own external style sheet and turn off Dynamic Styles. You do both on the General Properties - General Tab. The following styles are defined: AnswersCorrect, AnswersIncorrect, AnswersInitial, AnswersSelected, BODY (text that doesn't have another style), CenterDisplay (title on the Exam scoring page), Error (error message), ExamName (for the label displaying the Exam Name), Feedback, GridFooter (all grid styles are used in the grid displaying the Exam questions and answers on the Exam scoring page), IntroPage (the label displaying text on the introduction page), NumQuestions (the label displaying the current and total number of questions), Question, QuestionTable (the table holding the question and the scoring buttons), ReportAlternatingGrid, ReportItemGrid, ScoreExamTable (the table holding the grid and buttons on the Exam scoring page), Status, and UserName (the label for displaying the user name). Look at the screen below as well as the table of elements to learn more.

 

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Screen Element

Description

Style List

Select the style to edit from the list. Its current settings are shown to the right.

Background Color

The background color of the style. This is normally set to Transparent. Click on the rectangle to display a popup menu that allows you to use a standard Color Dialog, a specialized dialog that accepts both RGB (Red, Green, Blue) and Hex format, or set the color to Transparent.

Color

The color of the style. This is the color of any text. Click on the rectangle to display a popup menu that allows you to use a standard Color Dialog, a Color Editor that accepts both RGB (Red, Green, Blue) and Hex format, or set the color to Transparent.

Font Weight

The weight of the font. This can be bold, normal, etc. or a numeric setting. Choose the desired value from the drop-down list.

Font Style

The style of the font. This can be [Not Set], italic, normal, or oblique. Choose the desired value from the drop-down list.

Font Size (Percentage)

The percentage size of the font. 100 is normal size with lower numbers being smaller and larger numbers being bigger.

Overflow

The Overflow style (whether the control has scroll bars). The choices are [Not Set], auto, hidden, scroll, and visible. Auto is the most common, meaning that the control such as the feedback label will display scroll bars if needed to fit the text.

Text Align

The alignment of text within the control. Be sure that all the answer styles have the same format so that the text doesn't move when the answer is selected or the question is scored. The choices are [Not Set], center, justify, left, and right.