Formatting multiple choice questions

Question

How can I format multiple choice questions so option A from the second question will be under option A from the first question (B, C, D etc. as well)?

Update: I just use MS Word in order to write multiple choice questions for exams my students take.

Solution

Normally when you type a) or i) or i. or 1) or similar at the beginning of the line, Word will recognise it and start a bullet list automatically. Press Enter at the end of the line and Word will auto-insert the next list element. That will take care of the indenting for you:

The red box in the image above highlights the unordered list, ordered/numbered list, multi-level list, decrease indent and increase indent buttons. Use those while creating your MCQ form.

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If you want to align in a columnar fashion, either use tables (you can make the borders invisible if you like), or insert Left Tabs to align the options (click the Ruler once to insert a Left Tab, then while typing text press Tab to jump to the next Left Tab position):

Comments

[Bort]

You gave no context. Are you programming in Javascript? Are you making a test for 4th graders? Is this just a logic question?

[Majed]

Thanks but I mean when the choices are in one line and the other choices are beneath them. How can A be exactly under A, and B exactly under B, and C, etc.

[ChrisW]

If you use the un/ordered list styles, as highlighted by Karan, Word will do the formatting for you so that the same number of tabs are used for each style

[Karan]

@Tabor: Checked the edit above - do you mean something like that?

[Majed]

Yes Karan that's it, I tried the tables as well but the problems with table is that when you write inside the cell it expands as you writing, it is not fixed.

[Karan]

@Tabor: Yeah, normally text in a table cell wraps automatically, but in case of long unbroken text it will expand the cell (although it might well be possible to fix the cell's width).