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The program ADWorks - intended to create AD's (active documents) - is not an easy program because of its rich possibilities. This page will help you to enter in the world of AD's with some simple step by step examples. More details can be found in the Tutorials and in the helpfile integrated with the installed programs.

- Look at Basic Notions about ADWorks before starting the examples.
 

Examples 1 to 6 do only use the default messages (what means "Messages"). They do use resources (what means "Resources") ever. Detailed screenshots are given with the examples "Step by Step" 1 to 6 :
- Example 1, Choose Box, Basics
- Example 2, Choose Box, Chain of Definitions, Independent and Dependent
- Example 3, Write Text Box
- Example 4, Referenced Text in Static Text
What's Active List ?
- Example 5, Write Text Box with List, Active List
- Example 6, Multiple Choice, Statistical Elements
Topics explained at "Step by Step" 1 to 6 are no more documented with screenshots up from example 7. Only new topics are illustrated with screenshots.
Fill-in-the-Blank are particular useful for language teaching. Skip examples 7, 8, 9 if you are not interested in Fill-in-the-Blank Text.
- Example 7, Fill-in-the-Blank Text  (Gaps) and Write Text Box
- Example 8, Fill-in-the-Blank Text  (Gaps) and Choose Box
- Example 9, Fill-in-the-Blank Text  (Gaps) and Classify portions of text with colors
See important topics at Guided Visit to the Message Editor and to the Default messages.
Read about Identification Numbers (ID).
The notions explained at the Guided Visit are no more documented in the Exercise 10 to 13.
- Example 10, Take advantage of prepared messages, Cross-References
- Example 11, Create relevant messages for the Evaluation Table
Read about Score, Hints, Solutions, History
- Example 12, Messages for Hints/Solutions
Basic Notions about Resources
The following examples will add resources.
- Example 13, Multiple Choice and Resources
- Example 14, Messages with Resources
- Example 15, Dictation
- Example 16, Static Picture, Multiple Choice and RTF-Resource
- Example 17, Static Pictures and "Hot Spots Animation"
The following examples will use Select Multimedia Portion.
The study of Moving Elements (see below, after Example 21) is easier than the Multimedia Elements.
You are recommended to read about Moving Elements before the Multimedia Portions.
- Example 18,  Multimedia Portion and Pictures
- Example 19,  Multimedia Portion and Text
Interlude: Example 20, Use of Sound/Video controllers
- Example 21,  Multimedia Portion and Sound/Video
Moving elements are active elements, used to number, mark, designate, name etc. The user of ADPlayer is required to drag the moving element to a target. The target can be a Static Picture, a Static Text or an Active List.
- Examples for Moving Elements