Re: Random Number in MS - Word

[Ivan Rouse <irouse@LASIERRA.EDU>]

At 05:24 PM 3/10/02 -0500, you wrote:

> I will try it and see.  I have been give a class of freshman
> science and all they want to do is copy the answers from
> someone else.  I thought if I could quickly generate
> several versions or the worksheet it would help to
> discourage the behavior.  I could and have gone back and
> just rwtyped numbers, but it would be nice to press a
> button and have all the numbers automatically print.

We have been using WebAssign for student homework and it gives each student
different numbers to work with and discourages the copying you and many of
us have struggled to avoid.  It works very well and students like using the
system.

> > What is the purpose for the random number?  Does it need to
> > update automatically?
> >
> > One option would be to "Insert"  an Excel worksheet, put
> > "RAND()" in cell A1, and shrink the "spreadsheet" down to
> > only show the one cell.  Once you click elsewhere in the
> > word document, you are left with a boxed random number
> > (0-1).  You can add/multiply to get the range you want,
> > round off, or show however many digits you want.
> >
> > ***You can right click and "format object" to have the
> > number "float over text" and have other text wrap around it,
> > or not float over the text, in which case you could put it
> > in the middle of a paragraph. ***You can double click the
> > number, hit "F9" to get a new random number.
> >
> > Does that do what you need?
> >
> > Tim
> >
>
>
> Tim O'Donnell
> Instructor of Physics and Chemistry
> Celina High School
> 715 East Wayne Street
> Celina, Ohio 45822
> (419) 586-8300 Ext 1200 or 1201
> odonnt@celina.k12.oh.us
>
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Ivan Rouse, Physics Professor
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