Most important operations on element
browsers are available from the browser pop-up menu. To open this menu press Alt+F10 or right-click over the browser
window.
The browser pop-up menu includes the following options:
- View - show the currently selected element in the element window
- Search
- Find - find the first element in the
browser with a title containing a given string. The search begins starting with the
element that follows the currently selected element
- Find next - repeat the last search
operation with Search : Find (e.g. to search for the next element with
the same string)
- Subset - subset operations (read also: Using
subsets)
- Select element - mark the currently
selected element as part of a subset. Marking is most easily
done with Ins. Marked elements have a plus sign in
the leftmost column. You can later process marked element with other options such as Subset
: Save selection or Child : Selected
- Select all elements - mark all elements in
the browser as a subset
- Save selection - save all marked elements
in a subset file (see Select element above)
- Save all - save the whole contents of the
browser in a subset file
- Select browser range - mark all elements in
the rows numbered in a given range. For example, if you input the range 10-20, the
elements in the rows numbered from 10 to 20 will be marked as part of the subset
- Select element range - mark all elements
with numbers falling in a given range. Element number expresses the elements physical
place in a given collection and is used as a unique element identifier. Element number is
displayed in the column ElNo
- Unselect browser range - unmark all
elements in the rows numbered in a given range
- Unselect element range - mark all elements
with numbers falling in a given range
- Unselect-Subtract - unmark all elements
that belong to a given subset file
- Unselect-Intersect - unmark all elements
that cannot be found in a given subset file
- Add subset file - create a new browser with
the sum of the current browser and a subset file
- Subtract subset file - create a new browser
with the difference of the current browser and a subset file (i.e. containing all elements
that belong to the browser and do not belong to the subset file)
- Intersect subset file - create a new
browser with the intersection of the current browser and a subset file (i.e. containing
all elements that belong to both the browser and the subset file)
- Delete - delete a subset file
- Child - open a child
browser with a subset of elements stored in the currently used browser
- Memorized - open a child browser with all memorized elements contained in the current browser
- Pending - open a child browser with all pending elements contained in the current browser
- Dismissed - open a child browser with all dismissed elements contained in the current browser
- Selected - open a child browser with all
elements that are marked with a plus in the leftmost column (see Subset : Select
element above)
- Sort - sort the browser
by a given column
- By title - sort the browser alphabetically
by the element title
- By element number - sort the browser by the
element number (column ElNo)
- By ordinal number - sort the browser by ordinal numbers
- By repetitions - sort the browser by the
number of repetitions afforded each element (i.e. the number of times each element was
repeated)
- By forgetting - sort the browser by the
number of memory lapses, i.e. the number of times each element
was forgotten
- By last repetition - sort the browser by
the date of the last repetition
- By next repetition - sort the browser by
the date of the next repetition
- Random
- Random review - jump to a randomly picked
element in the browser. This option is useful in quickly reviewing the material contained
in the browser
- Random test - start random test on the
contents of the browser. All elements will be repeated in the standard way but the
repetitions will have no effect on the learning process
- Random learning - start random learning the
elements in the browser. Memorized elements will not
be affected but the pending elements will be memorized
- Process all - process all elements
contained in the browser, e.g. memorized all pending elements, move the elements in the knowledge tree, etc.
- Remember - memorize all elements in the
browser that have not yet been memorized
- Forget - remove all memorized elements from
the learning process and put them at the end of the pending
queue
- Dismiss - dismiss
all elements in the browser
- Add to drill - add all elements in the
browser to the final drill queue
- Move to branch - move the elements in the
browser to a selected branch in the knowledge tree
- Move to category - move the elements in the
browser to a selected contents category
- Export
- Export as text - export all elements in the
browser as a text file. Such a file can later be imported to another collection
- Transfer - transfer all elements in the
browser to another collection
- Tools
- Save pending - save elements from the
browser in the pending queue (this option is only active
if you are using a browser with the contents of the pending queue). You can use this
option to sort the pending queue by ordinal numbers, by title, etc.
For example, to sort the pending queue by the element number: (1) choose View : Pending, (2) click the column ElNo, and (3)
choose Tools : Save pending on the browser menu
- Close - close the browser