Background: I am developing a test for students. Teachers randomly select
questions on a form I designed. I've developed a query for the selected
questions. This produces the report/test for the kids to take. The test has
to be 2 columns per page. I had to use object fields for the answer options
because this is a math test which has a lot of equations and graphics. I
pasted pictures in MSWord and copied and pasted picture and question into
object field.
Question: I've set page to have 2 columns using the page setup on the
report. I added a text box to allow numbers to flow succinct. I've hidden
actual question number because the query generated random test questions but
I still needed to link question ID to report for test purposes .
I would like page 1 to have question 1 and 2 of test. Question 1 answer
selection should be A, B, C, D and Question 2 answer selection should be F,
G, H, J. On page 2, Question 3 answer selection should be A, B, C, D and
Question 4 answer selection should be F, G, H, J and so on.
ex.
Page 1
Name ____________
Date _____________
1. What is 2 +3? 2. What 4 X 5?
A. 5 F. 23
B. 8 G.17
C. 12 H. 20
D. 1 J. 9
Page 2
3. Which of the following shapes 4. Which of the following could
is a triangle? not be the graph
of function x?
A. Picture of circle F.Picture of a graph
B. Picture of triangle G. Picture of a graph
C. Picture of square H. Picture of a graph
D. Picture of rectangle J. Picture of a graph
Page 3 ....
The answers -- A,B,C,D are labels to bound object frames (i.e. Label:
AnswerA_Label is attached to Bound Object Frame A, Label: AnswerB_Label is
attached to Bound Object Frame B, etc.). I need all the even numbered
questions to be labeled F, G, H, J. What you suggested worked great for the
first page. However when I hit print it changed to FGHJ.
I also tried to add a subreport for column 2 with the FGHJ but was unable to
generate the questions to flow on the test correctly and there is no way of
knowing the exact number of questions on the test because teachers will be
randomly selected them.
Thanks for you time,
I anxiously await your help.