Matt’s Anki Cheat Sheet(If you’re reading this as a PDF, be sure to check for updates at: http://bit.ly/1NzXoTQ) Websites: Download Anki: https://ankisrs.net Sync Anki / Download add-ons / Find shared decks / Study using mobile web-app: https://ankiweb.net Essay: 20 Rules for formulating knowledge Keyboard shortcuts: General computer shortcuts: Jump over a whole word: Ctrl + Arrow key Select a whole word: Ctrl + Shift + Arrow key Copy: Ctrl + C Paste: Ctrl + V Quickly change between open windows: Alt + Tab Anki-specific shortcuts: Change note/card type: Ctrl + N Cloze fill-in-the-blank: Ctrl + Shift + C Save card: Ctrl + Enter Undo an accidental review (e.g. pressed "Easy" instead of "Hard"): Ctrl + Z When reviewing, Space bar will show the answer and pressing Space bar again will select the default easiness rating (Good). You can also use the number keys 1, 2, 3 or 4 to rate the easiness of an answer. Card types: Basic & Basic (and reversed card) Fill out “Front” and “Back” fields. Either field can contain pictures. Cloze Type your sentence into the “Text” field Select the words you want to make into fill-in-the-blank prompts and then press or use the keyboard shortcut (Ctrl + Shift + C). To have multiple words all blanked-out at one time, change the number in the curly braces so that they all match. For example: The three major nutrient groups are {{c1::carbs}}, {{c1::proteins}}, and {{c1::fats}}. Will create: | The three major nutrient groups are carbs..]. and [. ● With the image on your clipboard.. click “Info” and then copy the number in the yellow box. open the “Add Card” dialog box in Anki. [. you did not have an image copied to your clipboard. It doesn’t matter what card type is selected. To make an Image Occlusion card: ● First copy your image to the clipboard.]. Go back to Anki and paste this number in the box and click Ok. Search (Ctrl + F) for “Image Occlusion”. Close Anki and then reopen it to finish the installation process.. and fats. Usually you will do this by selecting a region in your PDF reader.]. (If you get an “Open File” dialog box.Card 1: The three major nutrient groups are [... For example: {{c1::Men::Men/women}} have {{c2::higher::higher/lower}} BMRs Will create: Card 1: [Men/women] have higher BMRs | Men have higher BMRs Card 2: Men have [higher/lower] BMRs | Men have higher BMRs Image Occlusion Install the plug-in by going to Tools > Add-ons > Browse & Install… Click Browse and a page will open in your web browser. Close it and try again. add ‘::’ after your answer and then type your hint. proteins.) . To give yourself a hint for cloze cards.. Click the Image Occlusion button: The Image Occlusion dialog box will open and the image on your clipboard will be automatically inserted. You might also select a region in an image editing program like Microsoft Paint or Adobe Photoshop and then clicking Edit > Copy or Ctrl + C. ● With the Image Occlusion editor open. click the rectangle tool. ● Click and drag rectangles over the labels in the image that you want to be quizzed on. . ● Activating “wireframe mode” can make it easier to see which labels you have blocked-out. . you need to click either one of these buttons to create your cards ● “Non-overlapping” .● Once you have drawn rectangles around all of your labels. ● “Overlapping” . ● Close the image occlusion editor and repeat the above steps to make your next card . After completing the registration process on the website. put your credentials into the box that pops up when you click the sync button. Settings: Resist the urge to procrastinate by fiddling with all the settings Anki exposes. Get to the settings panel by clicking the gear icon next to a deck: By default Anki only lets you review 25 new cards per day--you will need to increase this to deal with the volume of . you will be prompted to create an account on AnkiWeb.Sync after every review! The first time you click the sync button. There are only a few important settings that you should change. . Remember. I suggest setting this to about 100-150 new cards per day. I set this to a high number and try to do all the reviews that are due each day to make sure that I don’t forget anything. you can spread out some of your new reviews to the weekend so it is okay if you are reviewing slightly fewer new cards per day than you are creating. it is okay to set the number to something more manageable--Anki will automatically prioritize and show you first the cards that you are most likely to be weak on. Setting the value higher than this will force you to re-review too many cards in the future and you will not be able to stay on-track with reviews. However.information you are required to learn. if you find that you are getting overwhelmed with reviews. You will also need to increase the limit on the number of new cards to review per day.