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Possible to export selected checkboxes from pdf to new file?

by Aug 20, 2013 9:53AM PDT

Hi all, hope I can put this together so that one can actually understand my question... My task is to create a list of possible questions (ttl 200) out of which the user can select a defined number (max 20) that shall then be "exported" to a new file (xls, doc, pdf whichever)... Is there any way to do that via a makro or something or am I just asking too much? Thanks a lot in. Advance for your support and best regards Happy

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If you have MS Office, it's easy
by Aug 20, 2013 10:17AM PDT

In MS Word you can save a document in PDF or DOC as well as DOCX format, which is what I would do. You could also use Excel to save it to an XLS format file. There're free office suites like LibreOffice that're pretty compatible with Office's word processor and spreadsheet, but I haven't used it in a while and can't remember if it would save in PDF format.
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Good luck.

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Thanks...
by Naddesche Aug 20, 2013 10:15PM PDT

...just to clarify - I don't mean that the user shopuld select, copy and paste text passages or that I just save the file in a different format The idea is more that the user can make a selection (via a checkbox) of those line items he wants to see and that only those that have been ticked off will then actually be exported to a new separate document...

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Re: export
by Kees_B Forum moderator Aug 20, 2013 10:26PM PDT

Seems like a database application. Think MS Access or PHP/MySQL. Even MS Excel could work, but that would need some macro's.

Since - from what you write - I doubt if your task is programming, maybe better limit yourself to making the 200 questions (and answers, so that a document with the answers can be made also for the benefit of the people who have to grade the answers) and find a programmer to write the program.

Kees

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Thanks :)
by Naddesche Aug 21, 2013 3:35AM PDT

Thanks, really - I was afraid that this would be the only solution but just didn;t want to give up too easily Happy

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Just a suggestion ...
by Kees_B Forum moderator Aug 21, 2013 4:05AM PDT

Give the application the option that the user only types the number of questions he wants and the program randomly selects that number of questions from the database, then exports both the output for the students and the answers for instructor.

Something like that might have been written already. It seems rather standard as an educational tool. Just google EXAM GENERATOR or TEST GENERATOR or QUIZ GENERATOR to see if there's something you can use.

Kees

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Great idea...
by Naddesche Aug 21, 2013 10:32PM PDT

...tanks a lot!

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