Applying a style template to a questionnaire

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You can apply different presentation styles to a questionnaire to change the way that the questionnaire is displayed in a web page. For example, you can specify fonts, add colors and images, and define the types of control displayed to the respondent. The presentation style is in the form of a style template (.htm) file.

A default style template is provided with UNICOM Intelligence Author. This is the style that applies to all questionnaires unless you specify a different template. The name and location of the default style template is set in the Options dialog box: View tab.

You can attach a template to a questionnaire to override the default template, and you can also attach a different template to individual questions, overriding the questionnaire template.

To apply a style template to a questionnaire

1 Select a routing in the Routings pane.

2 If it is not visible, display the Properties pane.

The Routing options are displayed in the Properties pane.

3 Click the ... button next to Layout Template, and browse to the location of the template file you want to use. By default, when the questionnaire file is opened from a local directory, templates are under the Documents and Settings\All Users folder, for example:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\IBM\SPSS\DataCollection\7\Author\Library\Templates

or under ProgramData, for example:

C:\ProgramData\IBM\SPSS\DataCollection\7\Author\Library\Templates

4 When the questionnaire file is opened from an UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer - Server Admin, you can select templates that are stored in the user project folder, the role presentation style folder, for example:

[INSTALL_FOLDER]\IBM\SPSS\DataCollection\7\Interviewer Server\FMRoot\Roles\DPMAdmins\Templates\DataCollection\

or the shared presentation styles folder, for example:

[INSTALL_FOLDER]\IBM\SPSS\DataCollection\7\Interviewer Server\FMRoot\Shared\Templates\DataCollection\

If you select a file from a role folder or the shared folder, the file is automatically copied to the user project folder.

5 Choose OK.

The template is applied to the questionnaire. To see the results, see Previewing questionnaires.

Applying a style template to a questionnaire from the Library

Alternatively, you can apply templates using the Library pane.

1 If it is not visible, display the Library pane.

2 Expand the Templates folder and select the template you want to use.

3 Click Apply.