September 5, 2017
by D. P. Story
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The traditional way an math objective question is posed using the exerquiz command \RespBoxMath is to leave a blank text field into which the student enters his or her response to the question. An alternate strategy is to supply an incorrect answer (that looks correct) and to ask the student to edit the answer to obtain a correct answer. Continue Reading →
August 26, 2017
by D. P. Story
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Version 8.0 of exerquiz introduces the features in the title of this article. The \RespBoxMath command allows for multi-letter variables (‘theta’, for example, to represent an angle). Alternate appearances refers to the feature where the variables are replaced by other symbols, when the user leaves the field; for example, ‘theta’ may be replaced with \u03B8, unicode for the Greek letter theta. Interval repetition refer to a new notation [0,1]*3 as a short-hand notation for [0,1]x[0,1]x[0,1].
See the demonstration file ml-vars.pdf
With the latest browser technology, to see the effects of interactive form fields, you must download the file onto your own computer and open it with Adobe Reader.
September 14, 2016
by D. P. Story
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AeB Pro (ctan.org/pkg/aeb-pro), dated 2016/08/03 or later, defines what are called ‘JavaScript Helper commands’ to simplify the use of security restricted JavaScript methods within the docassembly environment. In this article, we discuss the newest JavaScript Help Command, \docSaveAs. Continue Reading →
August 28, 2016
by D. P. Story
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This article demonstrates how to make simple modifications to the messages of the DAD Game (Drag and Drop). The game is produced by the aeb_dad package.
You play the `game’ by dragging a presidential picture and dropping it into a rectangle corresponding to that president’s name. As you do so, alert boxes appear with a message indicating your are right or wrong. The messages in the alert boxes are the default ones, and are the same for each of the presidential choices. Continue Reading →
August 28, 2016
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This article is a continuation of It is recommended that you read that article first. In the first article, we demonstrated how to modify the messages the player views as he/she drags and drops the stamps to their targets. The messages were all the same (static), except for a dynamic part of the message that presented some statistics. In this article, we show how to offer a different message for each of the stamps. Continue Reading →
August 28, 2016
by D. P. Story
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This is the third article in the series of customizing messaging, as needed, review Part 1 and Part 2. In this article, we show some methods of having multiple games in one document, while maintaining control over the messaging. Continue Reading →
January 10, 2016
by D. P. Story
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This is a demonstration file for users of Acrobat Distiller as the PDF creator. We show not only how to create standard form fields, but how to create icon appearances on push buttons, radio buttons, and check boxes using various techniques.
Continue on to the demo file eqforms_pro.pdf
July 22, 2015
by D. P. Story
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This lengthy article covers topics that support proof reading PDF document that contain rollovers created by the AeB Pro package. The proofing takes place on paper; techniques, commands, and environments are provided to give a readable version of the rollover help messages. AeB Pro dated 2015/07/22 or later is required.
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June 28, 2015
by D. P. Story
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In this PDF file, we show how to perform a certify invisible signing of the document programmatically using aeb_pro and JavaScript methods. Continue Reading →
June 6, 2015
by D. P. Story
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This demonstration file illustrates document and page open and page close actions, as well as fullscreen support of AeB Pro.
June 6, 2015
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Demonstrates the features of the pro option of the web package, including enhanced control over the layout of section headings and the title page.
June 6, 2015
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Highlights the various attachment options and the doc assembly methods. Doc assembly are tasks that are performed immediately after the document is distilled and brought into Acrobat for the first time. Typically, they use JavaScript to perform the task.