1. Start the MicroTest Pro program (see Opening MicroTest Pro ).
2. a) From the Welcome to MicroTest - Experienced User dialog, click the New Bank button. The New Question Bank dialog displays.
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   b) From the Welcome to MicroTest - Quick Start dialog, click on Create a Question Bank for a step-by-step guide through the process of Creating a Question Bank.
3. OPTIONAL: Click inside the Question Bank, Author and Publisher text boxes to enter information if the question bank corresponds to a textbook. (Use the mouse or the Tab key to move to each text box and the Enter key within the Publisher text box to enter multiple lines of text.)
4. Click OK to continue.
   The Name the New Question Bank dialog displays.
5. To save your Question Bank to a particular drive in a specific folder or directory, select the appropriate drive and directory, type in a file name for the question bank in the File Name: text box and click OK.

When you create a new question bank, two files will be placed in your MicroTest Pro folder/directory. These files will share the name you give to your question bank and each file will have a special extension (“.1” and “.i”). Both of these files are necessary to work within your question bank and to create tests. Your question bank and any tests you create could become corrupted if the files are separated.

As you create new question banks, you should review and/or modify format features before entering questions (entering questions is discussed in Adding and Editing Questions and Figures). After entering a question bank title, you should define the global editing and layout features. These global attributes include designating default fonts, type sizes and type styles for all questions contained in your question bank. In addition, review defaults for specific question types (true or false, multiple choice, and matching questions) because they will determine how MicroTest Pro formats the templates prior to your test question input or import. After you have defined the global settings, you can begin to enter chapter names and numbers.

IMPORTANT: It is best to save your new question bank in the same folder/directory that also contains the MicroTest Pro program.

For additional information on windows, see MicroTest Pro's Tiled Windows .