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how to locate item "instructions"

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By Vilma86 - 12/4/2014

Hello,

I am using Inquisit 4 to design my own experiment but its my first time and I am facing a problem at text.instructions, it doesnt recognize the item instruction.

I would kindly ask for your help.

Thank you in advance 

By Dave - 12/4/2014

An <item> element merely stores items. It is, by itself, not sufficient to display anything. You need a <text> element that references the <item> element and a <trial> to display the <text> element.

You will find those basics covered in the tutorials in the documentation.

There are also syntax elements specifically intended for presenting instructions. See the documentation for <page> elements, the <instruct> element as well as the /preinstructions and /postinstructions attributes.
By Vilma86 - 12/4/2014

thank you