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Using PC FlashCard

PC-FlashCard is a Windows program that works very much like Z-FLASH. It allows you to create, edit and review stacks, then transfer them to and from your Zaurus.

Opening PC-FlashCard

To run the program, double-click the PC-FlashCard icon on your PC screen.

Creating a new stack

1. Click on the NEW button, found on the toolbar at the top of the screen.

2. Type in the information for Side A of the first card.

3. Press the Tab key to move to the text box for Side B of the card. Type in the appropriate information.

4. Click on the Add button to the right of the editing window.

5. Repeat steps 2-4 for all the cards in the stack.

6. When you have added the last card, click on Close. A window will appear asking of you would like to save the stack. Click OK. The Save window will appear. Give the stack nay name up to eight characters. (Do not change the .fcl suffix -- PC-FlashCard uses this to identify a file as a stack.)

Converting a text file into a card stack

If the information you want to review already exists in a word processing file, you can save typing time by converting that file into a stack of cards.

1. Using your word processing program, format the information this way:

[Text for Side A],[Text for Side B]<RETURN>

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(Do not place a <RETURN> after the last card.)

2. Save the file as an ASCII (text) file and give it the suffix .CSV.(PC-FlashCard uses this suffix to identify a text file that can be converted to a stack.)

3. In the FlashCard-PC program, from the File menu select Drill List. Open the text file you created.

4. The information will now appear in flash card format.

5. From the File menu, select Save As. Save the information as an .FCL file.

Note: PC-FlashCard comes with four sample ASCII .CSV text files formatted for conversion to flash cards. They are located in the ruppsoft\pcflash\card subdirectory of your PC.

Editing a stack

1. To add or change cards in a stack, click on the EDIT tool button, then choose a stack to edit from the Open window.

2. To edit the top card, move the cursor to the proper point in the text and type in the new information.

3. To edit other cards, use the arrows at the bottom of the screen to move to the first, the prior, the next or the last card in the stack.

4. To add a new card, click on the New button.

5. To make it easy to add information from other card stacks, you can open more than one stack at a time. For easy access to all open stacks, click on the Window menu and select Tile. To hide the other stacks, select Cascade.

6. When you are done editing the stack, click on Close. You can either save the changes or cancel and revert to the previously saved version of the stack.

How to study your flash cards

1. Click on the DRILL tool button, then choose a stack from the Open window. Side A of the top card in the stack will be displayed.

2. To see Side B of the card, click on the Side B button.

3. To view other cards, use the arrows at the bottom of the screen to move to the first, the prior, the next or the last card in the stack.

4. To aid your study, you can open more than one window at a time. For easy access to all your stacks, click on the Window menu and select Tile. To hide the other stacks, select Cascade.

5. When you are done reviewing the stack, click on Close.

How to print

1. Open the stack you would like to print by clicking on the EDIT or DRILL tool buttons, or by clicking on the File menu and select Open.

2. Click on the Print tool button.

3. Fill in the requested print criteria and click OK. (Click Cancel to exit without printing.)

Configuring the FlashCard Toolbar

The functions represented by the buttons on the toolbar can also be found on the menus at the top of the screen. If you don’t need the toolbar — or if you want to see the toolbar and it is not displayed — click on the View menu and select the Toolbar toggle to remove or display the toolbar.

Getting Help

If you need on-screen instructions to use the program, click on the Help tool button.