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Editable(wiki)versionofthispage

Contents
1Editmenuitems
1.1Addanewitem
1.2Addanewarticle
1.3Addanewtask
1.4Openweblinks
1.5Importwebpages
1.6Importmail
1.7Addtocategory
1.8Addtotasklist
1.9Createcategory
1.10Createtasklist
1.11Addcomponents
1.12Edittext
1.13Deleteelement
1.14Deletecomponents
1.15Menus

TheEditsubmenuofthemainmenumakesitpossibletoaddnewelements,enrichthemwithcomponents(e.g.soundsorpictures),deleteelements,editelements,andmore.
TheEditsubmenuisavailableonlyafteryouenterthemiddlelevelortheprofessionallevel(withFile:Level).

Editmenuitems
HerearetheoptionsontheEditsubmenu:

Addanewitem
Addanewitem(Alt+A)addanewitemtothecurrentcollection.Anitemisanelementthattakespartinrepetitionsandoftenhasthequestionanswerform(seealso:
Topicsvs.items).Theitemisaddedtothecurrentcategory(asselectedinthecategorycomboboxontheToolstoolbar)

Addanewarticle
Addanewarticle(Ctrl+N)addanewarticletothecurrentcollection.Thearticleispastedfromtheclipboard

Addanewtask
Addanewtask(Alt+F1)addanewtasktothecurrenttasklist.CurrenttasklistisdeterminedbytheselectionintherightmostcomboontheToolstoolbar.Toseethe
currenttasklist,usethetasklistmanager(e.g.pressF4)

Openweblinks
Openweblinksopenallwebpagestowhichthecurrentelementlinksto

Importwebpages
Importwebpages
All(Shift+Ctrl+A)importlearningmaterialfromInternetExplorer.YoucanimportthecontentorlinkstowebpagescurrentlyopenedinInternetExplorer.Ifyouhavemore
thantabopened,youcanimportfrommanywebpagesatonce.Thisoptionalsomakesitpossibletoclosethetabsyounolongerneeded(e.g.duringorafterpage
import),importpictures,importlivepages,etc.WebimportasLocalpagestakesonlytheselectedportionofthetextinthebrowser(oralltext,itnoneisselected)this
doesnotapplytoWikipediaorYouTubeimports(below)importedselectionsaremarkedasPortionof:inthereferencetitle.Typicalwebimportwithonlyaportionoftext
selectedinthebrowser.Allreferencesareaddedautomatically.
GraysHarborfiledforapreliminarypermittotesttechnologyfora100megawattwaveparktobefloated20to25milesofftheSan
Franciscocoast.Grays'SanFranciscoOceanEnergyProject"mayalsogeneratepowerfromwindturbines"placedonthewaveenergy
converters,accordingtothecompany'sapplication.
Sofartheprojecthasgeneratedheatedoppositionfromacoalitionofenvironmentalgroups,surfersandcommercialfishingorganizations
thathaveintervenedinthecase.Theyarguethatthewavefarm'slocationinfederallyprotectedmarinesanctuariesneartheFarallonIslands
couldharmendangeredwhales,turtlesandseabirdsaswellasinterferewithsurfers,sailorsandposeanavigationhazardforoiltankersand
otherships

#Title:Selectedportionof:SanFrancisco'swavefarmfightGreenWombat
#Date:Mar03,2009,08:41:48
#Source:Webimport:"SanFranciscowavefarm"
#Link:http://greenwombat.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/03/02/sanfranciscoswavefarmfight/

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Typicalwebimportwithonlyaportionoftextselectedinthebrowser.Allreferencesareaddedautomatically.

Wikipedia(Shift+Ctrl+W)importpagesfromWikipedia .ThiswilleitherimportcurrentlyopenedWikipediaarticlesorletyouspecifythenameofthearticletoimport.
ThisoptionsalsoappliesaWikipediaspecificfiltertohelpyouremovegarbagethatwillnottakepartinlearning(margins,options,editlinks,etc.)

YouTube(Shift+Ctrl+Y)importYouTube videosforincrementallearning(incrementalvideo).ThiswilleitherimportcurrentlyopenedYouTubevideosorletyouspecify
keywordsthatshouldbeusedtosearchforthevideo.

Importmail
Importmail(Shift+F4)importmailfromWindows(Live)Mail(oranyemailclientsupportingEML)orMSOutlook2000orlaterintoaseriesoftopicsforincrementalreading
(see:UsingemailwithSuperMemo)

Addtocategory
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Addtocategoryaddnewelementstothecurrentcategory(asselectedinthecategorycomboontheToolstoolbar)
Item(Alt+A)addanewitemtothecurrentcategory(categoryhookbecomestheparentoftheaddeditem).Theitemwillusethedefaultcategorytemplate(originally,two
HTMLtextcomponentsformingaquestionandananswer)
Note(Alt+N)addanewnotetothecurrentcategory.Anoteisatopicthatusesthedefaulttopictemplate(originally,asinglescaleableHTMLtextcomponent).Usethis
optiontotypeinroughnotesintoyourcollection.Youcanthenprocessyournotesintheprocessofincrementalreading
HTMLNote(Ctrl+H)addanewHTMLnotetothecurrentcategory.ThisoptionisthesameasAddtocategory:Note(above),butitalwaysusesthedefaultHTMLtopic
template(sameastheoriginalArticletemplate)
Article(Ctrl+N)pasteanarticletoSuperMemo.Thearticlewillbeaddedtothecurrentcategory.Itwillusethedefaulttopictemplate.Originally,thistemplateisbasedon
asingleHTMLcomponent.Thetextcurrentlystoredintheclipboardwillbepasted.Youcanthenprocessthepastedtextwithincrementalreading.Mostoftenyouwilluse
thisoptiontopasteportionoftextfromyourwebbrowser.Afteryouselectsometext,pressCtrl+C,switchbacktoSuperMemo(e.g.withAlt+Tab)andpressCtrl+N
HTMLfileimportanHTMLfilesavedonyourharddiskandplaceitasareadingtopicinthecurrentcategory.IfyouhavesavedthefilewithInternetExplorer(as
Webpagecomplete),theaccompanyingfileswillbeimportedaswell(pictures,scripts,framepages,etc.)
Emailaddanemailtextforincrementalreading(usethisoptiononlyifyoucannotimportmailautomatically).Itisrecommendedthatyouuseemailheadersfor
easinessofrespondingtoemailfragments.Forexample,inOutlookExpress,youcanclickForwardtogetaccesstotheemailtextwiththeheader.SuperMemowilluse
theaddressthatfollows[mailto:inrespondingtoemailfragments.Hereisanexemplaryheader:
OriginalMessage
From:JohnRuiz[mailto:noname@noname.com]
Sent:Tuesday,October17,20004:10PM
To:none@supermemo.com
Subject:SuperMemointerfacesuggestions

Addtotasklist
AddtotasklistaddnewelementstothecurrenttasklistasselectedinthetasklistcomboboxontheToolstoolbar
Task(Alt+F1)addanewtasktothecurrentlyselectedtasklist
Articleaddanewarticletothecurrenttasklist.Thetaskwillusethedefaulttasktemplate.Thetextcomponentinthetasktemplatewillpastethetextcurrentlystoredin
theclipboard.ThecurrenttasklistisdeterminedbytheselectioninthetasklistcomboontheToolstoolbar.Toviewthecurrenttasklist,chooseTools:Tasklist(F4)
HTMLfileimportanHTMLfilesavedonyourharddiskandplaceitasareadingtaskonthecurrenttasklist
Emailaddanewemailtexttothecurrentlyselectedtasklist(see:UsingemailwithSuperMemo)

Createcategory
CreatecategoryopentheCategoryWizardtocreateanewcategory.Selectthelocationofthecategoryinthecontentswindow,chooseitsnameand,optionally,changeits
templates.Inthosequickthreesteps,youcaneasilyaddnewcategoriestoyourcollection

Createtasklist
Createtasklistcreateanewcategory(aswithCreatecategoryabove)andaddatasklistrootedinthatcategory

Addcomponents
Addcomponentsaddnewcomponentsintheelementwindow.Thisisanalternativewayofbuildingyourelements.MoreoftenyouwillusetheComposetoolbarinthe
learningbar:
Imageimagecomponentfordisplayingpictures(BMP,JPEG,GIF,PNG,etc.).NotethatyoumayprefertosimplypastepicturestoSuperMemo.SuperMemowillcreate
animagecomponentforyou
Soundsoundcomponentforplayingsoundfiles(WAV,MID,MP3,RealAudio,etc.)
Videovideocomponentforplayingmovies(AVI,MPEG,MP4,WMV,etc.)
HTMLHTMLcomponentthatcanbeusedtodisplayHTMLfiles.NotethatyoumayprefertousereadymadeHTMLtemplatesorpasteyourtextstoSuperMemo(e.g.
withCtrl+N)
Textplaintextcomponent
Spellspellpadcomponentforspellingexercises
OtherbringuptheComposetoolbarwithallothercomponentsthatcanbecreatedbydrag&drop

Edittext
Edittext
Edittitle(Alt+T)editthetextcurrentlydisplayedinthetitlebaroftheelementwindow
Editfirstquestion(Q)editthefirsttextcomponentthatisvisibleatthequestiontime
Editfirstanswer(A)editthefirsttextcomponentthatismarkedasananswer
Editall(E)switchalltextcomponentstotheeditingmode
Addpronunciationaddawordtranscriptionpairtothephonetictranscriptionregistry(onlyifthisregistryhasbeencreatedwithTools:Options:Language)
Applyfilterprocessalltextsusedbyallelementsinthecollectionwithafilterfile(e.g.replaceasetofstringswithanothersetofstring,removedelimitedcomments,
movedelimitedcommentstothecommentsregistry,etc.)

Deleteelement
Deleteelement(Shift+Ctrl+Del)deletethecurrentlydisplayedelement

Deletecomponents
Deletecomponentsdeleteselectedcomponentsfromthecurrentlydisplayedelement

Menus
Menusmakeitpossibletoopencurrentlyavailablecontextmenusforindividualwindowsorcomponents:
Element>(Alt+F10)opentheelementmenu
Component>(Alt+F12)openthecomponentmenu(forthecurrentcomponentintheelementwindow)

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Contents>openthecontentsmenu
Browser>openthebrowsermenu
Registry>opentheregistrymenu(forthecurrentlyactiveregistrywindow)

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