1. From the Edit menu, choose Question Layout.
2. From the Question Layout hierarchical menu, choose Multiple Choice.
   The Multiple Choice Question Options dialog displays. The options selected in this dialog will only affect Multiple Choice questions.
3. Click inside the text boxes and radio buttons or use the Tab key to move between fields.
4. After each field has been modified, click OK.

Number of Choices (2-15) -

Click inside this text box to determine the number of answer choices that will appear in all multiple choice formatted templates. For example, if your questions usually have four choices, you may want to enter “4”. If you’re entering a question with just three choices, MicroTest Pro will automatically delete the 4^th choice after the question is saved. Use the Add Choice option from the Question menu on a question-by-question basis to change a question’s format to include additional choice selections.

Margins for Choices -

Click inside the text boxes to set left and right margins, in inches, for the answer choices. Normally, the left margin should be set wider (this will create an indent) than the left margin specified in the General Layout Options dialog and the right margin is usually the same for the question stem, the answer choices, the correct answer and all other parts of the question.

Prefix for Choices -

Click on one of the radio buttons to select an alphabetic or numeric prefix for answer choices.

Extra Space Between Question and First Choice –

Click inside this text box to enter the amount of space to print between each question stem and the first line of the answer choices.

Extra Space Between Choices –

Click inside this text box to enter the amount of space to print between each line of answer choices.

Prefix/Suffix:

Question Number Prefix - Click inside this text box to enter up to 5 characters that will appear before all multiple choice question numbers. For example, enter a series of underscore lines and instruct students to mark answers in this area.

Choice Prefix - Click inside this text box to enter up to 5 characters that will appear before all multiple choice answer choices.

Choice Suffix - Click inside this text box to enter up to 5 characters that will appear after all multiple choice answer choices.

Example - Click this button to view how your prefix/suffix selections will change the appearance of your question layout.