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2.4 Editing Cards

Figure 5: Card Buttons
Image CardButtons

A variety of card manipulation functions are available. They can be used by the buttons shown in figure 5.

Image EditButton Edit

To edit a card you must first select the batch containing the card in the statistics view . This will load the batch into the right side of the main window (see fig.3). After a card has been chosen the edit dialog can be opened by pressing the Edit-Button. You can also doubleclick the card in the card list.

Image FontSet Font

By using this button you can set the font for selected cards. The dialog shown in figure 6 opens.

Figure 6: Font Dialog
Image FontDialog

With the upper buttons you can set the font, font size, bold, italic, font color and backgroung color. The textfield contains an example with all letters of the alphabet for verifying your settings. With the lower buttons you can determine if the settings should be applied on the frontside, the backside or both sides.

Image Repeating Set repeating method

By using this button you can set the repeating method for selected cards. The first variant is repeating by remembering, the second variant is repeating by typing the contents of the backside letter by letter.

Image UpDownButtons Moving

Cards can be freely moved around within the piles. The blue arrow buttons will move the selected cards up and down in the pile order.

Image Sorting Sorting

The cards in a batch can be sorted by different properties. By using this button you open a popup menu in which you can set the sorting order and the sorting property as well.

Image RandomizeButton Mixing

The mix button will put the cards into a random order, "shuffling" them.

Image InstantRepeating Instant Repeating

With this button choosen cards can be repeated instantly. The cards will be moved onto the first batch and marked as expired.

Image ForgetButton Unlearn

Pressing the back button will move a card back to the unlearned pile. (If you've cheated and said that you knew the answer to a question that you actually forgot.)

Image RemoveButton Deleting

Cards can be deleted with the delete key.

Image SearchButton Searching

The searchbutton opens a dialog for searching cards in several ways.


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Ronny Standtke 2003-08-10