Flashcards Read Me

About Flashcard, page 1 ABOUT FLASHCARD_ documentation for the Flashcard program, version 1.1 1) What is Flashcard? Flashcard is a repetitive-enforcement learning aid, designed to be similar in many ways to those decks of flashcards commonly used to teach mathematics and other skills to children. Flashcard provides a means by which any set of pairs of associated words or phrases may be learned, in any of several different formats. 2) How do I use it? To create a new deck of flashcards, run the program and choose Cards_ from the Edit menu. A dialog box will appear. Inside the two long edit boxes type the title card, the two titles for what you wish to study (for example, if you wished to study the Spanish equivalents of English numbers, you might put English Numbers in the top box and Spanish Numbers inside the bottom one). Hit RETURN and your titles will appear above the edit fields. Then click the check box marked Insert New Cards. While this box is checked, the Next and Previous buttons will make new, blank cards whenever pushed. Push the Next button, and fill in the boxes with your first flashcard. Hit RETURN or push the Next button again, and fill in your second. Continue until done. When you are finished with your last card, click the Finished button. About Flashcard, page 2 You can also create a deck of flashcards using MacWrite_ or any other word processor or editor that allows the creation of text files. Write the text of your flashcards, one phrase per line. Every pair of lines will make one flashcard. The first card in the list, called the title card, defines what names will be used for the cards. For example, the following sequence of lines defines a deck of cards that allows the user to study the Spanish numbers up to ten; the title card tells that, out of each pair, the first is the English numeral and the second is the Spanish numeral, and the other cards follow. English Numbers Spanish Numbers one uno two dos three tres four cuatro five cinco six seis seven siete eight ocho nine nueve ten diez Remember to save the file as "text only!" Note that there are ten cards in the file, plus one title card, with two lines per card. To load the file, run the Flashcard program, choose Open_ from the File menu, and choose the name of your file. Once your cards are loaded, you can edit them by choosing Cards_ from the Edit menu. You can move around in the deck with the Next and Previous buttons, or by changing the card number…