Layout

• The top area displays the search bar, tag selector and sort order.
• The middle area displays matching cards
• The bottom left area displays the fact corresponding to the last selected card
• The bottom right area displays card statistics corresponding to the last selected card

If you are missing the list of cards, or the editing section, you have probably accidentally hidden them. There is a divider between the list and the editing area that you can click and drag. If you have dragged it all the way down or all the way up, the other area won't be shown. You can get it back by moving the mouse just underneath the button bar, or just above the bottom window border. The cursor will change, and then you can click and drag.

Searching

Type words in the search bar to find them in your cards. The following syntax is supported:

dog

search for 'dog' in the fields of your cards. 'dog', 'doggy' and 'underdog' will all match.

dog cat

search for cards with the word 'dog' and the word 'cat'

-cat

search for cards without the word 'cat'

"the dog ran"

search for the exact phrase 'the dog ran'

"-the dog ran"

search for everything but the exact phrase 'the dog ran'

tag:animal

search for cards with the tag 'animal'

-tag:animal

search for cards without the tag 'animal'

tag:none

search for cards with no fact tags

tag:ani*

search for cards with tags starting with 'ani', like 'animation', 'animal', etc.

tag:*2*

search for cards with '2' somewhere in them

is:due

search for cards that are due now

is:delayed

search for cards that would be due but are delayed because you saw another similar card

is:new

search for new cards

is:failed

search for failed cards

is:rev

search for normal review cards (not new, not failed)

is:suspended

search for cards that have been manually suspended

is:inactive

search for cards that have been automatically suspended with Settings>Active Tags.

The above can be combined for complicated searches. "OR" searching is not supported, as you can just conduct two searches and apply a new tag.

Wildcards are supported. Use '*' to mean any character, and '?' to mean one.

Browsing Tags

This displays a drop down box of all your fact tags, card template names and model tags. Selecting an item will insert the search string into the search bar above.

Sorting

This controls the order Anki sorts matching cards.

The Card List

Drag the mouse or hold down the control key while clicking to select multiple cards at once. The background colour will change depending on the card.

White

A normal card

Red

See InactiveCards

Yellow

See SuspendedCards

Blue

See MarkedCards

The Current Fact

This area allows you to make updates to the information in your facts. See KeyTermsAndConcepts to understand how cards and facts are related.

Card Statistics

See CardStatistics.

Actions Menu

Add Tags

This option will add the specified tags to each fact you have selected. For example, you can select some cards, give them a tag of your choice, and then mark that tag as high priority in CardDisplayOrderAndPriorities. If you want to add more than one tag, separate it with a space.

Delete Tags

As above, but remove tags instead of adding them.

Suspend Cards

Suspend the selected cards. This will prevent them being shown for review until unsuspended.

Unsuspend Cards

Unsuspend the selected cards. It will not activate cards that have been automatically deactivated with Settings>Active Tags - to do that, use Settings->Active tags again.

Generate Cards

As described in KeyTermsAndConcepts, Anki allows you to generate more than one card for a given fact - for example, a card to study front to back, and another to study back to front. It uses card templates to do this.

Normally, you'd choose which cards you want in the AddItems screen. However, if you later decide you want to add other cards, you can do so by using this option.

Select the cards you want generated and click OK. The cards which are selected by default are the cards which are currently enabled in the model properties.

If a card already exists, it will be ignored. If a selected card would be missing a question or answer, it is not generated.

Change Model

This allows you to assign a card a different model and/or a different card template. For example, imagine you have a model "Russian", and another model "Computers", and you accidentally add some computer-related cards into your Russian model. You can use this option to move the cards back to the correct place. The progress of the cards is not reset.

Cram

See CramMode.

Reschedule

This option allows you to reschedule the progress of your cards.

There are two options:

Reschedule as new

This will reset the progress of the selected cards, and they go back into the new card queue.

Reschedule with initial interval

This will reset the progress of the cards, then treat them if they have been reviewed exactly once. You can choose a minimum and maximum interval, and cards will be distributed within that range.

The first option is useful if you have completely forgotten some material, and want to move it back to the new card queue while you work on other things. Note that for distributing decks to other people, this is not the best method. Instead, use FileExport and make sure 'include scheduling information' is not selected. This will wipe the review history as well as the card progress.

The second option is useful if you have imported already-learnt material, and you want to start it off with higher initial intervals. For example, choosing 60 and 90 will give all the imported cards an initial interval of 2 to 3 months.

Delete

This deletes the selected cards.

Edit Menu

Select All

Select all displayed cards

Select Facts

Select all cards of currently selected facts. For example, if you have selected a front to back card, a back to front card will be selected too. You can thus use this option followed by Actions>Delete in order to delete all cards of a fact.

Invert Selection

Select all unselected cards, and deselect all selected cards.

Find and Replace

This option allows you to replace text in the cards you have selected.

Reverse Order

Reverse the order that items are displayed in. Anki will remember this option across sessions.