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1.1     ! bowersj2    1: Problem weight is set on the \textbf{Parm} screen. The
        !             2: \textbf{weight} of the problem is a parameter that is attached to the
        !             3: problem that \emph{can} be used by the spreadsheet to calculate the
        !             4: points a student will receive for a problem.
        !             5: 
        !             6: The default spreadsheet uses the ``weight'' parameter as the number of
        !             7: points a student will receive for completing a problem
        !             8: correctly. Custom spreadsheets can use many parameters to compute the
        !             9: points a student will receive, such as \emph{status} (completed, not
        !            10: solved, excused, etc.), \emph{partial credit}, \emph{number of tries},
        !            11: etc., or \textbf{weight} as just another parameter.
        !            12: 
        !            13: Thus, for a given course, the true effect of the \textbf{weight}
        !            14: parameter can only be understood in the context of the spreadsheet the
        !            15: course is using to determine the number of points a student will
        !            16: receive for a given problem. (Using \textbf{weight} as part of the
        !            17: spreadsheet calculation can provide an easy way to manipulate how the
        !            18: problem distributes points without needing to edit the spreadsheet
        !            19: directly.)