I use Excel to make sets of complex cards. The easiest way to get the correct format is to copy and paste into a text file. It just happens to format the text correctly.
Nick (please excuse any errors, this was written on an iPad) On Jan 26, 2011, at 23:52, Peter Bienstman <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thursday, January 27, 2011 03:35:52 am G. wrote: >>> Just create a single text file with the first column the question, and >>> the second column the answer. >> >> No delimiter is required for separating the columns? They are of >> uneven lengths and include spaces . . . > > The columns should be delimited by tab. > >> Can this equally be done in an excel or numbers spreadsheet? Would it >> follow the same syntax (first col: Q, 2nd col: A)? > > Yes, but then you'd need to export the excel file to a txt file first anyway. > > Cheers, > > Peter > >> Thank you for the help, >> >> Rax >> >> On Jan 26, 5:34 am, Peter Bienstman <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Just create a single text file with the first column the question, and >>> the second column the answer. You don't need to do anything special for >>> images, just have the <img src="path/foo.png"> tags in the text. >>> >>> After you import this text file, you can select all these cards in the >>> card browser, right click, and do 'add vice versa'. >>> >>> However, unless you need this text file for some other purpose, I would >>> just recommend adding the info directly to Mnemosyne through 'add >>> cards'. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> On Wednesday, January 26, 2011 03:52:09 am G. wrote: >>>> Howdy! >>>> >>>> I regularly upload around 80 new cards with associated sound files. Up >>>> to date I have done this by a) creating a text file numbering the >>>> questions, one question per line b) creating another text file >>>> numbering the answers, one per line c) naming the audio files in order >>>> so that their number matches the Q/A number and storing them in >>>> Mnemosyne and then d) adding each card one by one (copy paste >>>> question, copy-paste answer, add sound, set initial score). This is >>>> slow! >>>> >>>> I've recently written a script that automatically names my audio >>>> files, which made me think: "there /must/ be a better way to do this!" >>>> so that's my question - is there a better way to add these cards?! >>>> >>>> It would be relatively easy for me to create an excel file with one >>>> column questions and the other column answers, but what exactly do I >>>> have to do to ensure that the audio files are also associated with the >>>> cards and that the reverse card is also added? >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance, >>>> >>>> Rax >>> >>> -- >>> Peter Bienstman >>> Ghent University, Dept. of Information Technology >>> Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, B-9000 Gent, Belgium >>> tel: +32 9 264 34 46, fax: +32 9 264 35 93 >>> WWW:http://photonics.intec.UGent.be >>> email: [email protected] > > -- > Peter Bienstman > Ghent University, Dept. of Information Technology > Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, B-9000 Gent, Belgium > tel: +32 9 264 34 46, fax: +32 9 264 35 93 > WWW: http://photonics.intec.UGent.be > email: [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en.
