Changing the inheritance properties

With the program’s inheritance capabilities, objects you add directly to a test or survey will appear on every page in that test/survey including pages that are inside of a test/survey section within a test/survey. Objects added directly to a test/survey section will appear on every page in that section and objects added directly to a page will appear only on that page.

See also: Understanding inheritance

The Inheritance settings are available within all test, test section, survey and page properties. If the object is excluded within the properties of a test/survey, it will not appear on any page within that test/survey. If the object is excluded within the properties of a test section or a section contained in a survey, it will not appear on any page within that test/survey section, and if the object is excluded within the properties of a page, then the object will be excluded from that page.

By default, all objects are excluded from a test and survey.

To specify the inheritance properties of a test or survey:

In the Title Explorer, double-click the graphic of the test or survey you want to change. Alternatively, you can right-click the test or survey in the Title Explorer and select Properties. The Properties ribbon is displayed.
Click Inherit in the Inherit Settings group. The Inherit window opens.

Select from one of the following inheritance options:

NO objects from parents	This will place all objects within the Excluded list. These objects will not appear on any pages within your test or survey.
ALL objects from parents	This will place all objects within the Inherited list. These objects will continue to appear throughout your test or survey
Specific objects from parents	Select this to move objects from one list to the other. Select an object in either list and click the arrow buttons to move items from one list to the other in the direction of the buttons.

You can select several objects by holding down the Ctrl key while selecting multiple objects.

Click OK.