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My question is specific to the exam-randomizechoices package. It is a great package, but my TeX skills are limited, so I do not know how to remove the large margin to the left of the answer choices. For example

\documentclass{exam}
\usepackage{exam-randomizechoices}
\begin{document}

\begin{questions}


\question What is one plus two?
   \begin{randomizechoices}
       \choice one
       \choice two
       \CorrectChoice three
       \choice four
   \end{randomizechoices}


\end{questions}
\end{document}

gives

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It is a nicely formatted exam question and I LOVE the randomized choices, but there is a lot of space to the left of all of the choices. How do I align the choices to the left and remove those indentations?

Thanks!

P.S. I am not much of a TeX wizard. Maybe someone knows how to use the following resources to help me out?

User Guide: https://ctan.math.illinois.edu/macros/latex/contrib/exam-randomizechoices/exam-randomizechoices-doc.pdf

GitHub: https://github.com/jesseopdenbrouw/exam-randomizechoices

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  • You might find https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/615846/indenting-the-exam-question-for-two-different-formats-correctly useful. – John Kormylo Oct 10 '23 at 15:24
  • Thank you for your feedback!! If the answer meets your requirement, please accept it by checking the green tickmark on left side of the answer. – Simon Dispa Oct 12 '23 at 18:18

1 Answers1

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This code will align the labels of the choices with the question.

a

\documentclass{exam}
\usepackage{exam-randomizechoices}

%*************************************** added  <<<<<<
\usepackage{calc}
\usepackage{enumitem}


\renewcommand{\choiceshook}{% 
    \settowidth{\labelwidth}{A.}%

    \setlength{\labelsep}{1em} % after A., B.
    \setlength{\leftmargin}{\labelindent+\labelwidth+\labelsep-\itemindent}
}

%***************************************


\begin{document}


\begin{questions}

    \question What is one plus two?
    \begin{randomizechoices}
        \choice one
        \choice two
        \CorrectChoice three
        \choice four
    \end{randomizechoices}

\end{questions}



\end{document}

The following code will align everything to the left margin.

b

\documentclass{exam}
\usepackage{exam-randomizechoices}

%*************************************** added  <<<<<<
\usepackage{calc}
\usepackage{enumitem}


\renewcommand{\choiceshook}{%
    \setlength{\leftmargin}{0pt}
    \setlength{\labelwidth}{-\labelsep}%
    \def\makelabel##1{\hskip-\leftmargin##1}%

}


\renewcommand{\questionshook}{% 
    \setlength{\leftmargin}{0pt}%
    \setlength{\labelwidth}{-\labelsep}%
}

%***************************************


\usepackage{showframe} % ONLY to show the margins


\begin{document}


\begin{questions}

    \question What is one plus two?
    \begin{randomizechoices}
        \choice one
        \choice two
        \CorrectChoice three
        \choice four
    \end{randomizechoices}

\end{questions}



\end{document}
Simon Dispa
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