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<block myblock>
/ preinstructions = (mypage)
^^^^^^^ Test de Asociación Implícita (TAI)
............the paragraph.............
</block>

The bold text does *not* belong in a <block> element. It's really not hard. Run this simple script:

<expt>
/ preinstructions = (exptintro)
/ postinstructions = (exptoutro)
/ blocks = [1=myblock]
</expt>

<block myblock>
/ preinstructions = (blockintro)
/ postinstructions = (blockoutro)
/ trials = [1-10=mytrial]
</block>

<trial mytrial>
/ stimulusframes = [1=mytext]
/ validresponse = (57)
</trial>

<text mytext>
/ items = ("This is trial #<%block.myblock.trialcount+1%>")
</text>

<page exptintro>
Start of the experiment
</page>

<page exptoutro>
End of the experiment
</page>

<page blockintro>
Start of the block
</page>

<page blockoutro>
End of the block
</page>

I tried it but still I cant figure it out. The commands I gave are:
<page mypage>
 ^^^^^^^ Test de Asociación Implícita (TAI)
............the paragraph.............
</page>

<block myblock>
/ preinstructions = (mypage)
^^^^^^^ Test de Asociación Implícita (TAI)
............the paragraph.............
</block>

Maybe I am wrong again :(

To display a given instruction <page>, you need to use either the <expt>'s or <block>'s /pre- and /postinstructions attributes:

<page mypage>
bla
</page>

<block myblock>
/ preinstructions = (mypage)
...
</block>

Thnx for your response. I finally made it to include a welcome page but even though the program doesnt recognize it as an error still it is not displayed when I run the experiment. The command I gave is:
<page intro>
 ^^^^^^^ Test de Asociación Implícita (TAI)
 ^^Hola! Gracias por aver aceptado de ser parte de la nuestra encuesta. Usted completara un Test de Asociación Implícita (TAI) y una corta encuesta acerca los productos de consume diario y ocasional tambien HC and NC. El test dura aproximadamente 10 minutos. Si todavía está dispuesto a participar por favor pinche “Continuar”.
 ^^Usted utilizará los tastos E y I de la tecla para agrupar los siguientes elementos.
Las categorías y los elementos están descritos en el parágrafo siguiente.  
Productos de consume diario:
Productos de consume ocasional:
Palabras buenas: Salud, Gloria, Romántico, Familia, Madre, Virtud, Florecer, Amor, Belleza, Victoria
Palabras malas: Grasa, Muerte, Destruir, Funeral, Agonía, Daño, Bomba, Penumbra, Estrés, Tragedia
El test consiste en 7 partes. Para cada parte las instructions cambian. Preste atención!
</page>

> 1. I want to implement a welcome message and in each section explain something about the next step
> 2. On the welcome message I would like to enter the groups with the words and pictures I have selected (how to enter the
> pictures?)

As you want to display both text and pictures you can either

(a) create properly formatted HTML files (containing your text and pictures), set up <htmlpage> elements in your script for those files and display them via a given <block>'s /preinstructions, or

(b) use regular <text>, <picture> etc. elements and display them via a <trial> at the beginning of the <block> just like any other trial.

> 3. Is it possible to include a questionnaire before or after the IAT and how?

Yes. See the "How to Combine Multiple Scripts" topic in the documentation. If you have your questionnaires in separate files, use <batch> elements. If not, a <survey> element is a special kind of <block>. You run it via the <expt> element's /blocks attribute at the desired point in time just like any other block.

> 4. The program recognizes the pictures only when they appear on desktop. Is it possible to put them in another folder?

Unless you explicitly specify otherwise, the script expects all files it needs to be *in the same location as the script itself*. That must not be your desktop. If you want to pull files from some other location, you must include the (absolute or relative) path information:

<picture mypicture>
/ items = ("D:\MyFolder\MyPicture.jpg")
...
</picture>

IMPORTANT: If you plan to run your experiment on the web, all files MUST be in the same location as the script, not in some other (sub-)folder.