alterqcm

Release 5.00c 2026/10/27

Purpose Description

The 'alterqcm' package is a LaTeX2ε package, for making Multiple Choices Questionnaires in a table with two columns. The aim is to provide some useful macros to build QCM in tables. These macros may be used by only LaTeX TeX users.

License

This work may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, version 1.3c or (at your option) any later version. See the files LICENSE and lppl-1-3c.txt.

This work has the LPPL maintenance status "maintained". The Current Maintainer of this work is Alain Matthes.

Installation

You can experiment with the alterqcm package by placing all of the distribution files in the directory containing your current tex file.

You can also place all of the distribution files in the directory : /texmf/tex/latex/tkz.

How to use it

usepackageyour-language{alterqcm} if "your-language" is french, english, german, greek, russian, italian or chinese, It's possible to use the option "unknown" is "your-language" is not in the last list.

Features

• A special environment allows you to define questions and possible answers;
• You can specify which answers are correct and which are not.
• works with pdflatex and lualatex (lualatex recommended for Greek, Russian and Chinese);
• allows to use 'longtable';
• makes automatically adjustment;
• generates a 'grid' that the students will have to fill in;
• generates a 'mask' with correct answers to print a slide.
• articlepost.pdf is a file for Greek users.

Documentation

Documentation for alterqcm (doc/alterqcm-doc.pdf) is available on CTAN and in your TeX distribution. The documentation is in English.

Changes

See CHANGELOG.md.