To add a new element
to SuperMemo press Ctrl+A and type in the texts: question and answer (use Esc
to move from the question field to the answer field and to finish editing)
To learn your material choose Ctrl+L or pressLearn at the bottom of the screen
To move from the beginner
level to the basic level, choose File : Level : Basic
The key Esc is used
throughout SuperMemo to close windows, dialog boxes, and set element in the
default display state
To memorize only the currently displayed element press Ctrl+Mor
choose Rememberat the bottom of the screen.
Note that Ctrl+M during repetitions is equivalent to
rememorizing the element and starting repetitions from short intervals again. You should
use this option in case you reedit an item and thus increase the probability it would not
be remembered on the next repetition
If you want to move an element to the end of
the queue of elements awaiting memorization, choose the button Forget(during repetitions, when this button is not visible,
you can choose Ctrl+R to accomplish the same)
If you want to completely remove an element
from the learning process or to ignore it when memorizing new items, choose the button Dismiss. This will make the element invisible in the
learning process, but still available in browsing, search, etc. (during repetitions, when
this button is not visible, you can choose Ctrl+D to accomplish the same). To
completely remove the element, choose Ctrl+Shift+Del. This will permanently erase
it from the system
If you want to change the default font used
by SuperMemo, press Ctrl+O, and choose SuperMemo
: Default font (if you
want to use more fonts in various elements, read about New fontand Edit fontand about templates)
If you want Ctrl+A to add elements
only to a given branch in the contents window, select this branch in the contents window
and press Ctrl+K (this will create a new category in
that branch)
If you want to learn only the material
belonging to a selected branch in the contents window, choose this branch and click Learn(at the bottom of the contents window)
If you want to use all powers of SuperMemo,
you can choose File : Level :
Professional or press Ctrl+Alt+F12. Unless
you use a low-resolution screen, this mode is recommended as it provides you with lots of
tools that will help you understand the learning process
Professional level
Apart from optimum repetitions of the learned material, the best thing
about SuperMemo 2000 is incremental reading. You can start using incremental
reading after reading this text: Incremental reading
If you prefer to use keyboard as opposed to
the mouse, read about keyboard shortcuts
Display the statistics, press F5. You can use layouts to preserve your best window layout setting:
arrange the windows the way you like it and choose Window
: Layout : Save layout : Save as default or simply press Ctrl+Shift+F5
To locate and get rid of the most difficult
or badly-structured material use View : Other
browsers : Leeches or Tools : Options : Leeches : Wizard.This is critical for fast learning! See: Leeches
in SuperMemo
To turn on and off the status bar, check or uncheck Window :
Status bar. The same refers to the toolbar, speedbar and
hints displayed when a mouse stops over a button or a menu item
To perform a random test on a node in the contents
window, select the node and choose Random test
on the contents pop-up menu (available, for example, with right-click). Use Ctrl+R to
memorize entries that seem interesting
If you want to change the look of your
items, read about templates
You should use Ctrl+N and Ctrl+Alt+N
as your primary way of adding notes and articles to SuperMemo in incremental
reading. Use Ctrl+N if you want to type some notes that will
later be converted to clozes, questions-and-answers, etc. Use Ctrl+Alt+N
to paste whole articles from the clipboard (e.g. from your internet browser)
To randomize repetitions and article review on a given day, use Learn
: Random : Randomize repetitions (Ctrl+Shift+F11)
To postpone all outstanding topics (articles) use:
(1) View : Outstanding, (2) Child : Topics (browser
menu), and (3) Learning : Postpone (browser
menu or Ctrl+Alt+P). You can use this
procedure each time you run out of time for repetitions. This way, you will
be able to spend your last minutes on making repetitions of active-recallitems
To postpone all items in your To Do branch
(1) choose this branch in the contents window,
(2) choose View : Selected branch (contents
menu or Ctrl+Shift+Enter), (3) Child : Items (browser
menu),and (3) Learning : Postpone (browser
menu or Ctrl+Alt+P)
To make the presentation of a given topics/article
more dense (i.e. in shorter intervals), reduce topic's A-Factor: (1) choose Edit
: Element parameters (element menu or Ctrl+Shift+P)
and (2) edit A-Factor
To ensure the optimum proportion between reading and
repetitions, you could divide your work with SuperMemo into two parts: (1)
random review of articles and items, and (2) repetitions of outstanding
items. Allocate strict time slots for both activities and postpone topics
before Step 2