Question Slide Issues

Hiya,
Firstly I have to revisit something that I know has been
asked before:
Is there no way to amend the default Question Slide Format or
do we really have to format each question individually?
Secondly, having gone through the pain of formatting each
question, Backgrounds, text locations & colours etc. Is it
possible to format the question review area? The default black
& white jars horribly with our corporate background.
Finally for now, the Review area itself - it does not seem to
want to behave, it is not constrained by the placeholder that
appears on the question slides? Do we need to give it the whole
width of a slide to display itself without crashing into other
onscreen elements?
Cheers
Mountainboy - sadly, miles away from a decent mountain right
now....

Hi MountainBoy
Yes, each question must be formatted individually. However,
if you would like to make the developers aware that you would like
to see more customizability with these, please
click
here and complete the wish form.
No way I'm aware of to influence the review area. See above.
Cheers... Rick

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It would be nice so see the ability of a student to jump back
and forth between questions or just take the question again. I'll
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