From 4dcb35aa47d2d84f658c3347147fa68aa6941a80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: moodler <moodler>
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 15:54:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Updated help file for shortanswers explaining the wildcards

---
 lang/en/help/quiz/shortanswer.html | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lang/en/help/quiz/shortanswer.html b/lang/en/help/quiz/shortanswer.html
index 39f343310b..f898594272 100644
--- a/lang/en/help/quiz/shortanswer.html
+++ b/lang/en/help/quiz/shortanswer.html
@@ -7,4 +7,9 @@
    grade.  If the "Case sensitive" option is selected, then you can 
    have different scores for "Word" or "word".
 
-<P>Answers are compared exactly, so be careful with your spelling!
+<P>You can use the asterix character (*) as a <b>wildcard</b> to match 
+   any series of characters.  For example, use ran*ing to match any word
+   or phrase starting with "ran" and ending with "ing".  If you really 
+   do want to match an asterisk then use a backslash like this: \*
+
+<P>Without wildcards the answers are compared exactly, so be careful with your spelling!
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2.39.5