Contents window |
The contents window in SuperMemo displays the knowledge tree (for the current collection).
These are the most prominent components of the contents window:
All branches in the tree are marked with small icons that indicate the status and type of a given element in the learning process:
yellow icons indicate dismissed elements or (i.e. elements that do not participate in learning)
blue icons indicate memorized items (e.g. question-answer items that take part in repetitions)
sky blue icons indicate pending elements or (i.e. elements awaiting memorization or review)
green icons indicate topics in the review process (e.g. articles that take part in incremental reading)
red arrows indicate tasks
L-plate icons indicate items or or
folded-sheet icons indicate topics or or
Note that:
The plus sign to the left of the element indicates that the element has children. You can see the children when you click the plus sign. The minus sign to the left of the element indicates that the element with children can be collapsed. When you click the minus sign, all children will disappear from view and the minus sign will be replaced with a plus sign
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The contents window provides also a number of advanced options on its contents menu. To open the contents menu right-click over the contents window or press Alt+F10.
FAQ
You can use View to see the current element in the element window
To have a template applied with Add
new, you must select the appropriate category
You can make repetitions in a single branch
You can move elements with drag&drop
You can use View to see the current element in the element
window
(Noel
Clary, USA, Sep 18, 1998)
Question:
When I double click an element without children, I
get to view it in the element window. However, when it
has children, its branch opens or closes. How
can I easily view contents elements with children in the element window?
Answer:
Click View at the bottom of the contents window
To have a template applied with Add
new, you must select the appropriate category
(Vidar
Garlie, Norway,
Mar 18, 1999)
Question:
When I go to the contents window, select a
category branch and press Alt+A, the template
of this category is not used! Can you help?
Answer:
To use a category template, you have to first choose the category in
the category combo box on the Tools
toolbar. Selecting branches in the contents
window does not affect the current category selection
You can move elements with drag&drop
(facep2b, Mon, Jun 11, 2001 23:03)
Question:
How can I move the presenting order of items within a branch? Say, I want to move an item from the 95th place in the category to the 3rd place
Answer:
You can use
drag&drop operations in Contents in Replace target mode. If the branch contains lots of elements, you can open a second
Contents window and drag&drop between the
two. See: Building the knowledge tree
You can make repetitions in a single branch
(Patrik Nilsson, Tue, Aug 21, 2001 11:24)
Question:
Is it possible to have different priorities of items in the pending queue? E.g. if I first want
to memorize what about school and then all kinds of hobbies?
Answer:
Pending queue is linear but can be sorted by various criteria. However, the recommended solution in your case is to keep school and hobby material in different
branches or different categories. Then you will be able to use branch learning. For example, select
School branch in the contents window and click
Learn (or choose Ctrl+Alt+L)