Reading Is Good

Many teachers want to provide students with practice in reading, thinking about, and answering test style questions. One problem, however, is formatting those questions in a way that is similar to the appearance of the test. Microsoft Word lacks an easy way to create verisimilitude in teacher written questions. The Question Writer Toolbar solves this problem. The toolbar features buttons that correspond to the various question formats used on standardized reading tests. Simply select the style of question you need, and Word inserts a formatted question. Type your question and answer choices into the gray fields and you’re done.

Download

Set Up File for Microsoft Word 2000 … QWSETUP2000.EXE

Set Up File for Microsoft Word 2003 … QWSETUP2003.EXE

Set Up File for Microsoft Word 2007 on Windows 7 (and Vista?) … QWSETUP2007.EXE

UPDATE:  I’ve added a version of the setup file for Office 2007 above.  My computer runs Windows 7, so I’m not 100% certain it will work on Vista, but I believe the two operating systems should handle it the same.

A note about Word versions:  the Web Organizer buttons work differently in MS Word 2000 and MS Word 2003, thus the different versions above.  I have not had access to other versions for testing.  If you have a different version of MS Word and run into problems, leave a comment below about what went wrong and I will work on fixing it.

Installation

1. Download the self-extracting installer to your computer (see above).
2. Double click the icon to run the setup program. Follow the instructions.
3. Open Microsoft Word. The toolbar should be visible just above the document ruler and ready for use (see Screen Cap below).
4. Visit the Help Page for details on the toolbar buttons and how to use them.

Screenshot

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