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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2008-07-23 22:06:36 +0000
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-This is version 2.2 of the exam documentclass, a major extension of
-version 2.01. Version 2.2 is fully backward compatible with version 2.01.
+This is version 2.3 of the exam document class, dated July 16, 2008.
-The exam documentclass, together with its documentation file
-examdoc.tex, attempts to make it easy for even a LaTeX novice to prepare
-exams. Simple commands are provided to:
+The exam document class, together with its documentation file
+examdoc.tex, attempts to make it easy for even a LaTeX novice to
+prepare exams. Simple commands are provided to:
-1. Create questions, parts of questions, subparts of parts, and subsubparts
-of subparts, all with optional point values.
+1. Create questions, parts of questions, subparts of parts, and
+subsubparts of subparts, all with optional point values.
-2. Create a grading table, indexed either by question number (listing each
-question and the total possible points for that question) or by page number
-(listing each page with points and the total possible points for that page).
+2. Create a grading table, indexed either by question number (listing
+each question and the total possible points for that question) or by
+page number (listing each page with points and the total possible
+points for that page).
-3. Create headers and footers that are each specified in three parts: One
-part to be left justified, one part to be centered, and one part to be right
-justified.
+3. Create headers and footers that are each specified in three parts:
+One part to be left justified, one part to be centered, and one part
+to be right justified.
-4. Headers and/or footers can be different on the first page of the exam,
-can be different on the last page of the exam, and can vary depending on
-whether the page number is odd or even, or on whether the current page
-continues a question from a previous page, or on whether the last question
-on the current page continues onto the following page.
+4. Have headers and/or footers that are different on the first page of
+the exam, different on the last page of the exam, and that vary
+depending on whether the page number is odd or even, or on whether the
+current page continues a question from a previous page, or on whether
+the last question on the current page continues onto the following
+page.
-5. Multiple line headers and/or footers are allowed, and it's easy to
-increase the part of the page devoted to headers and/or footers to allow
-for this.
+5. Have multiple line headers and/or footers, and to increase the part
+of the page devoted to headers and/or footers to allow for this.
+6. Include solutions and have these solutions either printed or
+ignored (or replaced automatically by space in which the students can
+write their answers) depending on a single command.
-The documentation file examdoc.tex attempts to explain all of the
-possibilities in a readable way, with many specific examples.
+7. Change the words that are inserted by the document class (for,
+e.g., point values, or table headings), so that they can be adapted to
+personal taste and/or languages other than English.
+
+The documentation file examdoc.tex attempts to explain all of the
+possibilities in a readable way, with many specific examples.
+
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+
+This work may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of
+the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3 of this license
+or (at your option) any later version.