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  Tools > Test Parameters (Start Instructions)


  • You can present instructions to be followed by the reader either at the beginning of the text or at the end of any paragraph of the text to be read. Technically speaking, the two types of instructions differ:

    • The instructions presented at the beginning of the text are obligatory. The default setting is "Click to start!". You can replace this with the instructions of your choice by using the Tools > Test Parameters > Start Instructions command.

    • The instructions dispersed in the text are not obligatory. They can be written such that the reader sees them at the beginning of a new paragraph or a new section (ex. "In this paragraph, pay particular attention to Peter's arguments."), or immediately after the presentation of a questionnaire present in the text (ex. "End of questionnaire. Attention, the text continues.") Instructions of this kind are not added to a text in the same manner as are Start Instructions. Rather, they are attached to a specific textual segment and as such, they can be treated as analogous to images, questionnaires or paragraphs - all those elements falling under Events. Contrary to the three other kinds of events, however, instructions must be attached to the textual segment that they precede (rather than the one they follow).
  • To modify the Start Instructions, you must do the following:
    • Use the Tools > Test Parameters command (or click on the button on the toolbar). A window called Test Parameters will appear. Click on the Start Instructions tab, if necessary. Modify the start instructions and set the alignment. Next, click Close.




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