Jane works for a school district, and part of her responsibilities includes putting together some quizzes and tests for teachers. She is looking for a quick way to put together true/false questions, using the following format:
_____ 1. This is the question
There are several different ways you can accomplish this task. Some folks suggest that you use a three-column table. The first column can contain the underline (done either using the underscore character or by applying a bottom border to the appropriate cell), the second can contain the question number and period, and the third can contain the question itself. The advantage of this approach is that it is very easy to format each component of the questions easily. The drawback, of course, is that setting up the table and putting things in the proper cells can take a little extra time.
Another approach suggested is to change the way that Word does its automatic numbering. Follow these steps:
- Type all your questions without any numbers or underlines at the beginning of them.
- Select all the questions.
- Choose Bullets and Numbering from the Formats menu. Word displays the Bullets and Numbering dialog box.
- Make sure the Numbered tab is selected. (see figure 1)
Figure 1
- From the gallery of available numbering formats, click on one that you don't use that often.
Figure 2
- In the Number Format box, put the insertion point before the number.
- Type four or five underscores, followed by a space. (You should end up with the underscores, a space, the number 1, and a period.)
- Click OK.
The customized numbering, with the leading underlines, is applied to the questions you selected in step 2. Further, if you add any questions in the middle, the question numbering is automatically adjusted. The drawback to this approach is that you cannot have the underline left-justified and the number right-justified at the same time. (For most uses this won't be a big drawback.)
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