Detailed Question About Highlighting During Test

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69schemer: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 4; Joined: Thu Feb 03, 2011 6:52 am

by 69schemer » Thu Feb 10, 2011 4:55 pm

Sorry for asking such a detailed question, but I was wondering, is it possible to highlight lines or paragraphs with your mouse on the GMAT test? For example, if there was an RC passage and you were asked to answer a detail question, does the test allow you to highlight the sentence in question as if it were a word document? This would be a huge relief because I have a tendency to stray from the sentence and look at other lines without even realizing it. If I were able to highlight the line I know where to keep my eyes focused and it would help me save precious time on the actual test. Thanks.

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by David@VeritasPrep » Thu Feb 10, 2011 7:30 pm

No. You cannot do anything to the screen. I personally advocate a move to touch screens that would allow you to mark, highlight, draw etc. but the GMAT software is from circa 1999.

Now you will find that on particular questions on reading comp something is highlighted to draw your attention to it, but rest assured that you will not be the one highlighting it!

I recommend that you practice not being to highlight anything and do not write in your books but use scratch paper. Also, if you have a cookbook stand and you can stand your passages up vertically this will be more like test day.

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69schemer: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 4; Joined: Thu Feb 03, 2011 6:52 am

by 69schemer » Thu Feb 10, 2011 7:58 pm

I appreciate it. I've been doing problems and questions without touching the actual test itself. I even re write out the whole problem if I had gotten it wrong. Definitely going to try the upright positioning so I can see it eye level. I think it makes the test much harder when you can't physically cross out answers or make adjustments to the questions and information. It can't hurt to make everything as close as possible to how it's going to be on test day.

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