I have an activity with 20 essay questions. After the student answers all questions, I put the questions, student responses, and "expert" responses into a scrolling text field, allowing the student to review.
We would like the student to be able to print this text to a PDF, or at least be able to copy the text so that he/she can paste it into into a Word document.
You could use this approach to create a workbook that could be printed. It's not a PDF, but it might be sufficient. Don't worry, you don't need to know JavaScript to set it up... just follow the steps!
Alternatively, you could put a text entry field on the slide and set it up to use the same variable that was used for the original question. Then the text should show up in a way that it is copyable.
P.S. I did try the javascript: window.print(), but that prints the window (and stretches it) and this text scrolls - the majority does not fit on one window. I need something more like textbox.print() - anything like that available?
Thank you Matthew - a couple of months back I tried that workbook, with no luck. Now I'm in a jam (coworker was going to build this for me and now has no time).
As for your second suggestion, that I believe is what I have: text field with some preset text and then a bunch of variables that hold the student responses. Unfortunately, the text is not copyable. I need to find a way to export that text, or make it copyable. Or ... perhaps I can get your workbook going.
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Hi Amy,
You could use this approach to create a workbook that could be printed. It's not a PDF, but it might be sufficient. Don't worry, you don't need to know JavaScript to set it up... just follow the steps!
Alternatively, you could put a text entry field on the slide and set it up to use the same variable that was used for the original question. Then the text should show up in a way that it is copyable.
P.S. I did try the javascript: window.print(), but that prints the window (and stretches it) and this text scrolls - the majority does not fit on one window. I need something more like textbox.print() - anything like that available?
Thank you Matthew - a couple of months back I tried that workbook, with no luck. Now I'm in a jam (coworker was going to build this for me and now has no time).
As for your second suggestion, that I believe is what I have: text field with some preset text and then a bunch of variables that hold the student responses. Unfortunately, the text is not copyable. I need to find a way to export that text, or make it copyable. Or ... perhaps I can get your workbook going.
Give the workbook another try. If you can't get it working feel free to share your file here (or email it to me privately) and I'll take a look.