Questions tagged [exsheets]
The {exsheets} package provides flexible means to create exercises and corresponding solutions for exercise sheets, exams and problems in text books.
143
questions
0
votes
2answers
43 views
Don't give solutions a name
I am using the exsheet package and want the solutions to appear directly after the question, without a title or a number.
\usepackage{exsheets}
\newcommand{\newquestion}[3]{
\begin{question}[name=...
1
vote
1answer
63 views
Replicaing some exsheets features in xsim
My exsheets templates no longer compile after a recent LaTeX update and so I thought that rather than downgrading TeX, it might be better just upgrade my templates. Unfortunately, I'm struggling to ...
1
vote
1answer
58 views
exsheets mdframed solutions with figure
I'm having an issue with adding a frame around the solutions environment while using the exsheets package. I have a bit of my code below. My problem is that I'm greeted with an error if I choose to ...
0
votes
0answers
36 views
Possibility of “variations of an exam” in xsim like in exsheets
I want to migrate from exsheets to xsim but I couldn't find any possibility of variations - like this answer. Is it any chance to do similar with less hacking?
1
vote
1answer
76 views
Customizing points in `xsim`
The points in exercise environment seem to align right under the line of the exercise name and label as shown here
How do I left it upwards as follows
This alignment is the typical behavior of ...
2
votes
2answers
120 views
Questions: Migrating from exsheets to xsim (2)
I am currently trying to migrate from exsheets to xsim and have some problems.
Since exsheets won't be supported, I am trying to migrate to xsim but I have some problems:
How can I insert the ...
2
votes
1answer
116 views
From exsheets to xsim: runin
I try to convert from exsheets to xsim but I fail to implement runin. I just copied the runin-template from the manual (http://ftp.math.purdue.edu/mirrors/ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/xsim/doc/...
0
votes
1answer
33 views
Exsheets: How can I print solutions with subsections correctly?
I want to number my questions with exsheets with subsection which is possible with the command: counter-within={subsection}. But I wish to have the same numbers in my solutions.
I found this ...
3
votes
1answer
71 views
multiple choice questions with correct choice environment
I am writing some notes in which I need to write some objective type questions. I also need to have one or two options correct in some questions. How can I define a correct choice environment and ...
1
vote
1answer
60 views
Make wrapfigure span over two exsheets questions
How to make a long vertical image (using wrapfig) span over two questions from exsheet package? The following code does not produce a satisfactory result.
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\...
0
votes
0answers
67 views
Using section titles in \printsolution template with xsim
This is the second question related to creating the Dutch State/Central Exam layout using xsim instead of exsheet. It concerns adding the title of the section that group the exercises (here called ...
1
vote
0answers
51 views
How to add rows to gradingtable default* template in xsim
First I want to thank all those users that asked questions and/or supplied answers that have been useful to me in my journey learning LaTeX and using it to replace MS Word in editing my chemistry high ...
1
vote
1answer
70 views
Is there an equivalent to exsheet's \exerciseNumber{} in XSIM?
The exsheets package allowed for referencing a previous exercise through its ID tag with \exerciseNumber{<id>}. Changing to XSIM now, I could not find an equivalent. The \GetExerciseProperty{ID} ...
0
votes
1answer
99 views
Migrating from exsheets to xsim
xsim looks fine.
EDIT, March 28, 2019
I know, the manual has to be read! But just one question: How to mimick in xsim this exsheets setup?
\SetupExSheets{%
counter-format = ch.qu,
counter-...
0
votes
0answers
32 views
Trying to use in command in exsheets package
I keep a database of the problems I like on Overleaf and use the exsheets package. I found myself writing something like this all the time:
\begin{question}[
class=A,
difficulty=M,
source=...
2
votes
1answer
103 views
Pycode code inside exsheet question
I want to create a table inside of a exsheets question (or solution) (using data defined in another pycode environment outside of it). But this doesn't work. What did I do wrong and how can I make it ...
0
votes
1answer
48 views
How to add a title and author to exsheets?
I have a nice exsheets template, however i just cannot manage to add a title and author! (if i add one it still compiles but title is never shown.). Please help me add a tilte & author?
Here is ...
10
votes
2answers
2k views
Issue after TL update 2019-01-10 related exsheets and LaTex3
Before yesterday TL update my file compiled well. Today I got the error:
! LaTeX3 Error: Variant form 'n' deprecated for base form (LaTeX3)
'__exsheets_blank_skip:N'. One should not change an (...
2
votes
1answer
102 views
xsim and questions in columns within tasks
I would do with xsim, successor of exsheets, the same I do with it: lists of questions inside a tasks environment.
Is that possible?
Something like this:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{...
0
votes
1answer
77 views
How to hang the question/exercise header?
I think below pic should be enough to illustrated what I mean:
The number 1,2,... are hang-ed to left, like a margin, how should I do like that in exsheets packages?
2
votes
2answers
73 views
Too much vertical space after displayed math in tasks environment
Tasks package inserts too much vertical space after displayed math:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tasks}
\begin{document}
\begin{tasks}
\task \[ X\rule{10cm}{1pt}X \]
\task \[ Y\rule{10cm}{...
1
vote
0answers
111 views
How to define choices instead of tasks and print answers at the end
I am trying to write some questions which are of objective or multiple choice format. The tasks package does the job except for two things:
Instead of \begin{tasks} and \task I want to write \...
4
votes
3answers
172 views
How to resume enumi in a question of exsheets?
I can resume by adding \setcounter{enumi}{\thetemp} before the first item \setcounter{temp}{\theenumi} after the last item where temp is my new counter. However this approach does not look elegant. I ...
asked Sep 16 '18 at 10:00
Money Oriented Programmer
7,7591 gold badge14 silver badges51 bronze badges
1
vote
1answer
120 views
Textbook with exam questions and solutions all bundled together using exsheet
I would like to thank those who have edited my question, and thoae who had answered the previous post. I am trying to write a book with the following key features
Questions laid out in the exam class ...
1
vote
1answer
77 views
Why does not cross-referencing of exercises work with `exsheets`?
I am trying to use cleveref package to create custom referencing scheme for exercises created using exsheets. I customize cross-referencing of floats and equations very well using codes similar to the ...
2
votes
1answer
93 views
Print Questions with Code by Groups
I'd like to write a document with questions containing pieces of code (in minted environments), separated in two groups (say A and B, and with A∩B ≠ ∅), and their solution.
I'd like to be able to ...
0
votes
1answer
159 views
How can I change all the labels from the exsheets packages?
I am using Exsheets package to do an exam
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{exsheets}
\begin{document}
\begin{question}
Question Here
\end{question}
\begin{solution}
...
3
votes
1answer
231 views
Comma as decimal separator in exsheets package broken
If I want to allow a comma as a decimal separator for points in exams I usually use the solution proposed by @clemens in a comment here as in the example below.
However since I updated to texlive ...
8
votes
2answers
632 views
How to define a new environment with old environment by setting the optional parameter?
\documentclass{ctexbook}
\title{Introduction to Latex}
\author{Me}
\date{}
\usepackage{exsheets}
\SetupExSheets{counter-within={chapter}}
\newenvironment{myquestion}{\begin{question}[name={myExercise}...
4
votes
3answers
737 views
How to (use package exsheets to) make a exercise section at the end of each section or subsection like the following?
PS: exsheets isn't a must, all methods are welcome.
My document structure:
\documentclass{book}
\title{Introduction to Latex}
\author{Me}
\date{}
\begin{document}
\chapter{first}
\...
1
vote
1answer
349 views
Randomly selecting subquestions in exsheets
Here in the MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{exsheets}
\SetupExSheets{counter-format=}
\begin{document}
\begin{question}[name=Answer the following in one sentence]
\begin{enumerate}
\...
0
votes
0answers
88 views
Exam class with variations using exsheets
When I make an exam with 2 variations and add a points table at the end it considers that the exam has twice the number of questions.
How can you stop this from happening automatically?
3
votes
2answers
162 views
Analogue of examspace in xsim
I am looking to recreate what \examspace command does in exsheets with its successor xsim package. The default seems to be to leave blank lines (ouch!!).
Here is what I thought might work (but doesn'...
3
votes
2answers
195 views
Dynamically aligning points of exsheets question on the right/left in a multicol environment
My exercise sheets contains question in two columns. Every question has points which are to be displayed as [***] either on the right or on the left. I am using exsheets package. It provides a default ...
1
vote
2answers
76 views
Margins play spoilsport with figures in exsheets question
I am designing question papers. Several of these question contains graphs and I would like to format the graph in right half space of the question. I am using exsheets package for writing the ...
0
votes
1answer
166 views
Automated numbering of questions and solutions
I'm working on a textbook with sections and subsections, where some subsections are dedicated to exercises.
\documentclass[12pt]{book}
\begin{document}
\section{First!}
\subsection{Some theorems}
...
3
votes
1answer
205 views
How to underline headings with exsheets?
Recently I discovered exsheets for creating my worksheets and exercise booklets. I usually do not use bold fonts, but underline my headings.
I'm sure there is a simple way to underline headings with ...
2
votes
1answer
329 views
How to select number questions in exsheets with some rules?
I have some questions in Database.tex (6 questions).
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fouriernc}
\usepackage[paperwidth=17cm, paperheight=24cm, left=2cm,right=2cm,top=2cm,bottom=2cm]{geometry}
\...
1
vote
1answer
108 views
Exsheets package: use the chapter name in chapter-hook option
I am typesetting a problems book with the exsheets package. I want the structure of solutions to repeat the structure of the problems set. Chapter-hook and section-hook options allow to add custom ...
3
votes
2answers
148 views
Using color in exsheets counter-format causes error
With the exsheets package, I'm defining a new question type that should be distinguished by having a coloured number. The following MWE throws the error message "Use of \SaveCounterPattern doesn't ...
1
vote
1answer
126 views
control of existence or not of paragraph in exsheet header in question and solution environments
I'm new to exsheets (started to use it today), just installed the latest version. After some experiments I think I got the basics to start using it, regularly, except for one esthetics thing I would ...
3
votes
2answers
128 views
Can one use exsheets to produce a marks layout after each question?
I'm trying to get an exam layout of the form:
1. Blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah [ ]
blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahbla
hblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah.
where [ ] should be a fairly large (1 cm ...
2
votes
1answer
81 views
TikZ \pic gives error in a german exsheets enviroment
I am a german math teacher and prepearing my tests with a combination of exsheets and tikz. Since I am at triangles currently i tried to prepare a text but run into an error. I narrowed it down and ...
2
votes
0answers
81 views
Reset total points counter in exsheets
How can I reset the totalpoints counter in exsheets? For example if I create two variants of an exam I usually do this with includequestions and variants using two files. However if I want to include ...
4
votes
1answer
50 views
Print only pointsum since last printed pointsum in exsheets
Is there something like a \nextpointssum command which prints the sum of all points since the last occurrence of \nextpointssum in exsheets?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{exsheets}
\begin{...
5
votes
1answer
314 views
Exsheets: Having two solutions to a question and printing them out separately
I'm using exsheets to write up a document that contains math questions and prints out the numerical solutions to each of the questions at the end. However, I would also like to include the worked ...
1
vote
0answers
114 views
Page break problem with exsheets: How to avoid this automatically?
I have a problem with exheets and page breaks. The document contains a lot of pictures and multiple exsheets environments as in my MWE below. The problem is that I often get bad looking page breaks as ...
4
votes
1answer
144 views
tcolorbox around exsheets heading
I want to style my ExSheets questions with a box around the headings but I can't make it work.
I got this far:
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt,oneside]{memoir}
\usepackage{tcolorbox}
\usepackage{...
4
votes
1answer
389 views
How to change the question number from just '1' to 'Question No. 1.' in the book class?
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{book}
\usepackage{kantlipsum}
\usepackage{exsheets}
\DeclareInstance{exsheets-heading}{exclist}{default}{
runin = true ,
number-post-code = \space ,
attach = { ...
2
votes
2answers
283 views
counter name for NewTasks environment
I'm using tasks (as a subset of exsheets) to create environments exer2 and exer3 which organize exercise sets in a calculus workbook into rows and columnns. I am also using the exsheets environments ...
