People interested in learning a foreign language, improving vocabulary or study some important historical details find Flash Cards of immense use. Flashcards can be used as a learning drill to aid memorization and keep all the collected information in an organized manner. However, the problem arises when you are using actual Paper flashcards. You will agree, it is hard to keep paper flashcards in the correct order. Moreover, they take time to reorganize and worst can easily be forgotten at home. Why not use OneNote and put an end to all your above worries. Learn to create Text-based OneNote FlashCards.
With OneNote, one can easily create flashcards using the built-in outlining features in OneNote. Here’s how we do it! I am creating vocabulary flashcards using a list of some unknown words to me and their meaning in the English language.
Create Text-based OneNote Flash Cards
Open OneNote.
From the right-hand pane, select ‘Add a Page’ option.
Type the word unknown to you. Press Enter key to create a new line, where you can type the meaning. You can use WordWeb dictionary to find the meanings of some other dictionary you prefer.
After having entered the meaning of each word, press ENTER twice to create a blank line between each word and its meaning.
As you can observe, I already have my list formatted with bold text to help visually separate each unknown word from its meaning. You can choose to format your own list the way you like.— including colors, highlights, and symbols.
Next, I’ll need to indent each of the meanings. For this, I’ll click anywhere in the text of the first meaning text. Then, under the ‘Home’ tab on the ribbon look for the ‘Basic Text’ section and select the indent position.
Alternatively, you can just highlight the complete meaning of a word, right-click the mouse button, and select indent position.
The meaning under the first vocabulary word should now be indented. Repeat this step for every other word.
Now, to make your list stand out, you can even hide the meanings of the words. How? Move the mouse cursor over the bullet directing towards a word. A 4-sided arrow icon should be visible to you now.
Double-click the left mouse button. The action will collapse (hides) the indented line of text below the vocabulary word.
You will now have created Text-based FlashCards in OneNote 2013. Tomorrow we will see how to create Image-based Flash Cards. Go here to see more Microsoft OneNote Tips and Tricks.
How do I create an index card in OneNote?
Yes, you can create an index card in OneNote. Whether you are using the latest or an older version of OneNote, you have the same option. A detailed guide is mentioned here, and you can follow it to get the job done. That said, you need to adjust the Indent Position to create an index card in OneNote.
How do I create flashcards in Office 365?
You can create a flashcard in OneNote using the in-built option. To create flashcards in Microsoft Office 365 or OneNote app, you need to add a page first and make space between two lines and their meaning. However, if you want to create an image-based flashcard, you need to insert the image first in the desired location. Then, use the Indent Position option to get the job done.
That’s all! Hope this guide helped.
This is great, except that I hate that it selects the words automaticly if you open it.
This is incredibly helpful. I ended up making a subpage for each individual flashcard and once I go to other subpages and return, the indented portion is no longer rolled up into the header word. Any thoughts?
Wow! I love One-Note and love that there are still more special features like this to learn. Thank you for sharing this!