Here's the thing. There's this exam coming up in a couple of weeks and I've got hundreds of multiple choice questions from past exams that I need to start cramming yesterday. All questions have the same textual structure. I've already created a template to display them correctly on Flashcards Deluxe. I've done the math and, to copy paste them all into the template, one at a time, would take a prohibitively stratospheric amount of time. I figure there has to be some kind of automated tool out there that can streamline this herculean task in a couple of clicks.
Here's concrete example of what a prototype questions would look, both in the "factory" format and on the "Flashcards ready" one:
FACTORY FORMAT
2009-01_N10: What's the best operative system there is?
1. Apple:
2. Linux;
3. Apple is not an operative system;
4. Windows;
5. I don't like fruit, and I hate penguins and my prison cell doesn't have windows.
FLASHCARDS READY FORMAT
<center><b>YEAR</b></center><br>QUESTION<br><br>OPTION1<br>OPTION2<br>OPTION3<br>OPTION4<br>OPTION5 <size 30><color lime>ANSWER</color></size><br><br><i><size 20>REF</size></i><size 20>PAGE</size> PART CHAPTER
filling the variables with the example questions above...
<center><b>2009-01_N10</b></center><br>QUESTION<br><br>1. Apple;<br>2. Linux;<br>3. Apple is not an operative system;<br>4. Windows;<br>5. I don't like fruit, and I hate penguins and my prison cell doesn't have windows. <size 30><color lime>2. Linux;</color></size><br><br><i><size 20>page100</size></i><size 20>PAGE</size> PART CHAPTER
So, what I need is some kind of software that grabs the YEAR, QUESTION and OPTION1-5 from the "factory format", holds it all in separate variables and, for the grand finale, automatically mashes it all up into a "Flashcards ready" string, Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance!