User Guide

For details on these commands, refer to the ?DocumentTools/SetProperty
and the ?DocumentTools/GetProperty help pages.
Printing and Exporting a Document with Embed-
ded Components
Printing: When printing a document, embedded components are rendered
as they appear on screen.
Exporting: Exporting a document with embedded components to other
formats produces the following results.
• HTML format - components are exported as .gif files.
• RTF format - components are rendered as bitmap images in the .rtf
document.
• LaTeX - components are exported as .eps files.
6.4 Creating Graded Assignments
You can use Maple to create graded assignments. Question types include
multiple choice, essay, true-or-false, fill-in-the-blanks, and Maple-graded.
Note: This feature can be used to create questions for Maple T.A.—an online
automated testing and assessment system. For details about Maple T.A., see
Input, Output, and Interacting with Other Products (page 363).
Creating a Question
To create a question:
1. Open the Task browser (Tools>Tasks>Browser).
2. From the Maple T.A. folder, select the appropriate question type.
3. Insert the question template into a document.
4. Enter the question content as described in the template.
5. Repeat steps 1 to 4 for each question to add to the document.
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