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Importing questions from a Word document

When you import questions from a Microsoft Word document, SMART Response software’s conversion utility uses a variety of techniques to identify which paragraphs are questions, which paragraphs are possible answers and what type of question to create from the given information. Its most basic technique is to interpret the numbering of the paragraphs. The software also searches for key words when parsing the paragraphs. The software then converts the paragraphs into SMART Notebook assessment pages. See Example Word document question formats for more information.

Note 

SMART Response software is unable to provide the correct answers to imported questions.

ClosedTo import questions from a Word document

  1. Click the SMART Response iconSMART Response icon in the Windows notification area, and then select Open Notebook Software.

    A blank SMART Notebook page appears.

  2. Select Response > Import Question From > Microsoft Word.

    The Open dialog box appears.

  3. Browse to and select the Word document, and then click Open.

    A progress bar appears and closes when the conversion is complete.

  4. In the Page Sorter tab, select the thumbnail for the title page.

  5. Optionally, edit and customize the title page and description.

  6. In the Page Sorter tab, select the thumbnail for the first question page and check it carefully to verify that the conversion process was successful.

  7. Repeat step 6 for all questions in the assessment.

After you import the questions, see Setting answers for imported questions.