In the present version (starting with version 0.156), the maximum number of students per test is limited to 4095, and the maximum number of pages per test is limited to 63.
The maximum number of questions per test is limited to 255. The
\AMCcode command (see section the section called “Code acquisition”) uses a number of questions equal to the number
of digits for the code to be input. On the other hand, LaTeX's own
limitations may make compilation impossible even with less than 255
questions (producing e.g. a « No room for a new
\toks » error). In that case, try again using the package
etex, thanks to the \usepackage{etex}
command.
The maximum number of answers for a given question is limited to 199.
Putting colors other than black and white in the questions (e.g. by using the textcolor command) is not possible, since it may interfere with the layout detection process, which uses color codes in a « layout document » identical to the test sheet.
It is still possible to include colored pictures in the test sheet
thanks to the \includegraphics command from the LaTeX
package graphicx. Indeed,
automultiplechoice loads graphicx
in such a way that pictures are not included in the document used for
the layout detection. Hence, it must not be downloaded explicitly: don't
use \usepackage{graphicx}
in your LaTeX file.
Even though it should not have too many consequences, it is recommended not to change the program version while working with a given project (between the time when the test sheets are printed and the time when tests are corrected and graded). There are a few modifications which may interfere with AMC operating normally if you apply them while working with a given project:
If you have compiled and printed with a version of AMC earlier
than 0.155, and then handle the project with version 0.156 or later,
add the option versionA
in the reference to the
package automultiplechoice in the LaTeX file.
Example:
\usepackage[box,completemulti,versionA]{automultiplechoice}
From version 0.262 on, the drawing of the checkboxes changed to be slightly larger, which may alter the layout of the test sheets.
From version 0.267, if you want to produce A4 format test sheets, you have to state it explicitly in the LaTeX file:
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
With debian, Ubuntu, or a derived operating system, you can use the debian official repository and ubuntu AMC repositories. The installation procedure is described on the AMC web-site.
You can also download the source code archive on the project download space, then use the following commands in a terminal:
tar xvzf auto-multiple-choice_xxxx_precomp.tar.gz cd auto-multiple-choice-xxx make sudo make install