. NEW. TestGen® For Mac and Windows Due to the evolving needs of our users around generating high quality print test experiences, McGraw-Hill Education is providing a free copy of industry leading test generation software TestGen® to users of this title beginning April 15, 2016. TestGen® TestGen ® QUICK REFERENCE User Guide Note: This document includes instructions for only selected areas of the TestGen Software. For information on an extended list of TestGen’s features, please click on the ‘Help” option from the main menu of the program.

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Although you can export a TestGen assessment as an RTF file, you cannot import this RTF file directly into Mastering. First, you must remove the advanced formatting options that optimize the TestGen file for printing. This can be a time consuming process.

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To import a TestGen file, depending on the complexity of the questions it may be faster to either:

• Save the file as plain text (.txt), make edits, and save it as an RTF file.
• Copy the text into an editor such as WordPad (Windows) or TextEdit (Mac), make edits, and save it as an RTF file.

If plain text removes formulas or other formats you want to keep, or if you'd rather use a different word processor, save the TestGen file as an RTF. Then use the program's 'reveal codes' feature if it has one, to more easily see formats to delete. (For example, in Word, use Format > Reveal Formatting.)

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1. Clear all formatting such as bold and italic.

   In Word, press Ctrl+A to select all text in the document, and select Edit > Clear > Formats.

2. Remove:

   • Nonbreaking spaces
   • Hard carriage returns (manual line breaks)
   • Section breaks
   • Page breaks
   • Tabs
   • Nonbreaking hyphens

   If you're using Word, see To remove breaks and tabs for a quicker way to remove these characters.

3. If the document has multiple columns, format the text into a single column.

   In Word:

   1. Select View > Print Layout.
   2. Select Format > Columns.
   3. For Number of columns, enter 1.
   4. For Apply to, select Whole document, and choose OK.
4. Delete header information, such as Exam Name.
5. Delete any introductory text before question numbers.
6. Delete answer areas (blank lines at right) and include each answer on one line, flush left beneath the question.
7. Format questions and answers as described in Preparing multiple choice questions and Preparing essay questions.

8. Save the file.

   If you edited a plain text file, be sure to save the file as an RTF (file.rtf).
   

1. Select Edit > Find.
2. Choose the Replace tab.
3. Select More at the bottom.
4. Choose Special at the bottom, and select Nonbreaking Space.
5. Select Replace All.

6. With the Find and Replace window still open, individually select a different option for Special (shown below), and choose Replace All after selecting each:

   • Tab Character
   • Section Break
   • Manual Line Break
   • Manual Page Break
   • Nonbreaking Hyphen

See also:

TestGen Test Banks