1. Open the Slider Control wizard. This displays the available Slider Control templates. If the one you want is not visible, press the Browse button to find the folder containing it.

2. Select the Slider Control template with graphics that you wish to use.
3. Click Extract. A Browse for Folder dialog appears.
4. Select the folder where you wish to save the graphics, or create a new folder and click OK.
5. This displays a message box showing whether extraction was successful. You will see the extracted graphic files.

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The Slider Controls for quantity questions are very similar to those used for single-response questions, but they do not have the associated graphics for each code point. Instead, you need to supply a range of values for the quantity. You can either display a code box so that respondents can type in a numeric value, or display the draggable Slider Control.

Using a template Slider Control

1. In the Questionnaire window, select the quantity question that you wish to turn into a Slider Control.
2. Select Show in the toolbar topics, then select As Slider Control in the drop-down list, and check the Show box. The Questionnaire window changes to display a grey box for the question. If a Slider Control has been previously defined for this question the selected Slider Control is displayed.
3. Double-click the Slider Control area to open the Slider Control wizard. The existing slider bar templates will be displayed. The default templates show five code positions.
4. Select the one with the bar you wish to use. It will appear in preview, allowing you to move the slider to see how it displays at different settings.

The associated code graphics shown in the template window do not appear for quantity questions. They are only available for coded questions. Instead, you have a code box for respondents to enter their value.

If you wish to change the code box visibility and location:

1. Select Advanced.
2. Click Next until you get to the Code labels/ response box page.
3. Change Size to the required size of the code box (the proportion of space the box uses)
4. Change Horizontal space to change the distance from the left edge that the response box appears.

5. Click Finish.

Creating a new Slider Control

1. In the Questionnaire window, select the quantity question that you wish to turn into a Slider Control.
2. Select Show in the toolbar topics, then select As Slider Control in the drop-down list, and check the Show box. The Questionnaire window changes to display a grey box for the question. If a Slider Control has been previously defined for this question the selected Slider Control is displayed.
3. Double click the grey area to open the Slider Control wizard. The existing Slider Control templates will be displayed. The default templates show five code positions, but this will be changed to fit the number of codes that exist in your question.
4. Click Advanced without selecting a template. You are taken to the Bar section.
5. Click Browse to find an image to use as the bar for your Slider Control.

6. If the image is greyscale, you can change the color by using the Colourize button.
7. Click Next to go to the scale marker page. These mark divisions on the bar. You can ignore these for a quantity slider.
8. Click Next to choose an image to use for the slider that respondents drag or stretch across the bar.
9. Click Next to set how the Slider Control behaves. Clear the Use steps box so the respondent can position the slider wherever they like on the bar.

10. Click Next to set the maximum and minimum values respondents can enter. You can also set the position of the code box to type in a response and the direction the slider travels in.

11. When you have made all the changes, click Finish. You have the options to save your Slider Control as a template. Slider Control tempate files have the SLD extension and contain all the images to create the Slider Control.

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Using a Slider Control template

1. In the Questionnaire window, select the single response question that you wish to turn into a Slider Control.
2. Select Show in the toolbar topics, then select As Slider Control in the drop-down list, and check the Show box. The question changes to a grey box for the question. If a Slider Control has been previously defined for this question, that Slider Control is shown.
3. Double-click the Slider Control area to open the Slider Control wizard. This shows the available Slider Control templates. The default templates have five code positions, but change to fit the number of codes in your question.

4. Select the one you wish to use. It will appear in preview, allowing you to move the slider to show how the template looks at different settings.

5. When you have the Slider Control you want, click OK.

Creating a new Slider Control

1. In the questionnaire window, select the single-response question that you wish to turn into a Slider Control.
2. Select Show in the toolbar topics, then select As Slider Control in the drop-down list, and check the Show box. The questionnaire window changes to display a grey area for the question.
3. Double-click the Slider Control area to open the Slider Control wizard. This displays the existing Slider Control templates.

4. Click Advanced without selecting a template. This displays the Points on slider page. This is where you can choose an image to go with each point on your Slider Control.

5. Click the Browse button to browse for an image for that point. If the image is greyscale, you can change its colour by using the colourize button.

6. Repeat this for each point.

7. Click Next to choose an image for the bar. You can specify the position of the bar image.

8. Click Next to choose an image to use as a scale marker between codes.
9. Click Next to choose an image to use for the slider that respondents drag or stretch across the bar.
10. Click Next to set how the slider behaves. Select the Use steps box if you want the slider to jump between points, clear it if you want the respondent to be able to position it anywhere on the slider.

11. Click Next to set how the point graphics behave. This step allows you to change which direction the slider travels in, and where the graphics appear.

12. When you have the slider you want, click Finish. This asks if you wish to save your Slider Control as a style. The file is saved with the .sld extension and contains all the images to create the Slider Control.

Changing the number of points

If you have created a question with a Slider Control and then realise that you need to add more points to it, you must do this.

1. Select the question in the Questionnaire window.
2. Click on the toolbar to change to Style mode.
3. Click the Slider Control button on the toolbar to open the Slider Control wizard.
4. Click the Advanced button on the Slider Control wizard. There will be extra and buttons, allowing you to add and remove codes in the slider style.

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Click the Finish button to create or update the Slider Control.

If you want to change anything, click the Back button until you reach the relevant page.

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2. Click the Browse button to browse for an image for that point. If the image is greyscale, you can change its colour by using the Colourize button.

3. Repeat this for each point.

4. Click Next to choose an image for the bar. You can specify the position of the bar image.

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Click Browse to find an image file to use as the slider bar. Snap XMP comes with a number of bars to choose from.

When you have finished, click Next to add points to the slider.

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4. Select the one you wish to use. It will appear in preview, allowing you to move the slider to show how the template looks at different settings.

5. When you have the Slider Control you want, click OK.
6. Click the Advanced button to customise the slider bar.

Explore how to customise the Slider Control templates.

Explore more about the Slider Control wizard here.

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A preview pane opens with the wizard and shows how the slider will be displayed during the interview.

Click the Advanced button, if you want to customise the slider. This guides you through all the options to edit the slider.

BY clicking Next to go to each page, you can customise:

• the label or image to display at each code point
• the bar image for the slider
• the scale marker image to specify the code positions on the slider
• the image to represent a slider that moves along the bar
• whether the slider moves smoothly or in discrete steps
• the properties of the code labels and response box

At the end of the Slider Control wizard, there is a summary page that gives a brief report on the options you have chosen. Click the Finish button to update the slider.

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Displaying a question as a Slider Control

You must first create a single-response question, such as Single Choice, Grid or Semantic Scale, or an open-ended quantity question, which you can display as a slider control.

1. Select the question in the Questionnaire window.
2. Select Show in the topics drop-down list.

3. Select As Slider Control in the next drop-down.

4. Select the Show checkbox to change the question to a Slider Control. Clear the Show checkbox to return to the original question style. The question changes to a grey box for the question. If a Slider Control has been previously defined for this question, that Slider Control is shown.
5. Double-click the Slider Control area to open the Slider Control wizard. This shows the available Slider Control templates. Click the Advanced button for further options in the Slider Control wizard.

Examples

Slider Control for single-response questions

Slider Control for quantity questions

Customising the Slider Control templates

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