Using the spell checker – Turning Technologies ExamView User Manual

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Use the Clear Selections command to quickly delete all questions or to remove questions
you selected from a particular question bank. To remove an entire question type, select the
desired type and click the Delete button.

How to create a new question...

1

Click New located at the bottom of the test window or press either Ctrl + N (PC) or Cmd + N (Mac).

2

Select the Question Type (e.g., true/false, multiple choice, etc.) and click OK

3

Enter the new question, answer, and information (optional).

4

Click Record.

The new question is added to the current test.

IMPORTANT

New questions added to a test are only available for the current test. To create questions that
will be available for all of your tests you must create a new question in the question bank. For
more information, see

Creating, Editing and Deleting Questions in a Question Bank

on

page 45.

Using the Spell Checker

You may use the spell check function an entire test or a single question. When viewing a question bank, the spell check
function does not check the answer choices for Bimodal questions shown as Short Answer. Spell check does not check
dynamic content.

1

Open Spell Check:

a

To spell check an entire test, click

or click Edit from the menu bar and select Spell Check while a visual test

appears on the screen.

b

To spell check a question, click Spell Check while entering/editing a question.

IMPORTANT

If you are entering a question with an open-ended response (e.g., short answer), you must
separately check the spelling in the question and then in the answer. Position the cursor in
the section you want to spell check.

2

Before you spell check your work, you can set the options to skip the following words: all-cap words, words with
numbers, and mixed-case words. Click Options to change these settings.

3

Click Start to check the spelling.

4

If the spell checker finds a word that is not in its dictionary, the word is highlighted and you are provided with several
choices. Select one of the following:

l

Skip Once - Skip the highlighted word one time without changing the word.

l

Skip Always - Ignore the word every time it appears.

l

Add - Add the word to the custom dictionary.

l

Replace All - Replace all occurrences of the word throughout the entire question bank.

l

Replace - Replace only the current instance of the highlighted word.

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