You can transfer the tests you create with TestGen to files that you can open and edit with a word processing program:
plain text (.txt), or
formatted text (.rtf).
Use the formatted text file option to export to an .rtf file that you can open with Microsoft Word®.
Create or open the TestGen test you want to export and select "Export" from the File menu. On the Export dialog, choose to export the exam to a "Plain Text File." Then give the file a name that includes a .txt extension (e.g., chapter1.txt) and choose where you would like to save it.
Note: Whenever you export a file as a plain text file, it loses all formatting such as bold, underlining, italics, variable text or numbers, and graphics.
A test exported to a Formatted Text File produces an rtf, or "rich text," file that preserves TestGen's styles such as bold, italics, underline, superscripts, subscripts, color, indents, and strikeouts, with the exception of overlines, all lowercase, and boxed styles. Use this type of export to produce a test file you can open with Microsoft Word 2000 (or later) or other word processors that support rtf 1.6 or later.
In TestGen, prepare the test so that it displays the information you want to export by selecting "Preferences > Test Options" from the Tools menu and make selections on the Question Display, Answer Display, and Descriptors tabs. For example, you might want to stack answer choices, show question type headers, and set up page headers/footers. Then select "Export" from the File menu and choose to export the test as a "Formatted Text File." Name the file, including an .rtf extension (e.g., chapter1.rtf), and choose where you want to save it.
This type of rtf file is designed to be printed with little or no modication and is formatted with numerous column and sections to make the apges look the same as in TestGen. An answer key follows the test pages. Symbols are replaced using their Unicode values, and in the rare instance a symbol cannot be found in the font, it is converted to a graphic. Graphics and function plots are exported as low-resolution bitmap images. If the test includes algorithmic questions, the current values of the variables are exported to the rtf file. Non-printing characters are not included in the rtf document.
If you need to edit any of the questions, do so carefully, so as not to disturb the many column and section breaks that define the layout of the pages. Typing in the wrong "section" may produce unexpected shifting of the text that you can restore by using Undo.
A test exported to an Easy Edit Text File produces an rtf, or "rich text," file that is similar to the layout of a Formatted Text File, but does not have all the column and section breaks. It is easier to make more extensive changes without causing the rest of the page to shift out of alignment.
Easy Edit Text files can be opened with most Word processors for further editing.