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CHAPTER 10
O P T I O N S
OPTIONS Quiz Master 5.0
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This chapter gives instructions for each menu topic under
"Options". To choose "Options", select "Print Exams" from the
main menu then choose topic "Options". The following screen will
appear.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Question Banks Select Questions page Heading Print Options Exit│
└──────────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────┤
│> Choose Printer < │
│ Retrieve Page Layout │
│ Display Page Layout │
│ Re-index Question Bank│
└────────────────────────┘
You may never have to use these options as they are used
under special conditions. When the "Print Exam" program is run
from the main menu, the Page Layout QM.PLY is automatically read
in. The QM.PLY includes all your Page Layout settings and the
printer name to use.
From this "Option Menu" you can change the printer in use,
you can retrieve a different Page Layout, display the current
Page Layout, and re-index the Question Bank currently selected.
10.1 CHOOSE PRINTER
If you select "Choose Printer" from the "Options" Menu a
directory window will appear on screen and show the available
printers. Highlight & select your printer's name. If you do not
see the name of your printer you must proceed to "Printer
Installation" in the "Utilities" menu to install your printer.
This topic should only be selected if you want to change
printers from the printer defined in the Page Layout.
If you haven't gone to the "Utilities" menu, and selected
your printer and entered the Page Layout Settings, do so now. If
you have selected questions to print for an exam, be sure to save
the exam before leaving the "Print Exam" menu.
10.2 RETRIEVE PAGE LAYOUT
Selecting this topic will allow you to retrieve a previously
saved Page Layout setting. It will also bring in the printer file
that accompanies the Page Layout. A directory window will appear
showing all the possible Page Layouts available (Page Layouts end
in the extension .PLY).
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10.3 DISPLAY PAGE LAYOUT
If you select "Display Page Layout" from the "Options" Menu
the following window will appear. This would be used to verify
what Page Layout and printer codes are currently in use.
╓───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖
║ Standard Printer ║
║ ║
║ Page Layout Settings Printer Codes ║
║ File : QM.PLY File : STANDARD.PRN ║
║ ║
║ 8 Lines/Inch Mode Off 8 Lines/Inch None ║
║ Elite(12 cpi) Mode Off Elite(12 cpi) None ║
║ Left Margin 5 Reset None ║
║ Top Margin 0 Initialize None ║
║ Bottom Margin 2 ║
║ Lines per Page 60 ║
║ ║
╙───────────────────────── Press Any Key ───────────────────────╜
This screen shows the Page Layout file name currently in
use. It shows the printer long name at the top, the printer file
name, all the Page Layout settings, and the printer codes defined
for the printer.
10.4 RE-INDEX QUESTION BANK
To re-index the currently selected Question Bank, choose
"Re-index Question Bank" from the "Options" menu.
To make the program very fast in retrieving questions from a
Question Bank, we are using an index file to point to where the
question is in the Question Bank. Each .DAT Question Bank must be
accompanied by a .IDX file. The index file is created
automatically when the Check Program is run.
If there is a power fluctuation or disk full condition and
the index file gets corrupted, you will get strange results when
viewing or printing an exam. If you do, then this is a quick way
of fixing the index file instead of running the check program
over again.
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