Keyboard shortcuts
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Please note that some shortcuts may not work in versions distributed for non-English markets. This is to make sure that the shortcuts do not interfere with some keyboard functions in national Windows releases.
Mouse shortcuts
- Click - edit component (e.g. to edit text)
- Shift+Click - Edit file (e.g. to edit pictures)
- Ctrl+Click - View file (e.g. to view a picture in the default viewer or view an HTML in the default browser)
- Ctrl+Shift+Click - drag component to ClipBox
- Alt+Click - switch components (or element) between presentation, editing and dragging
Single keys
- A - Edit the first answer
- E - Edit texts
- Q - Edit the first question
- Ins
- in the contents window: insert element
- in the browser: select or deselect the element
- in the schedule manager: insert a new activity in the currently selected row
- Tab
- in dialogs: move to the next button, checkbox, etc.
- in the element window: move to the next component
Function keys
- F1 - Help
- F2 - Translated help
- F3
- in text components: search for a string
- in element window, contents window, element browser, registries, tasklist manager: Repeat last search
- F4 - Open the tasklist manager with the currently used tasklist
- F5 - Apply warrior layout without making it the default layout
- F6 - Filter HTML or RTF source (e.g. to remove formatting that makes incremental reading difficult)
- F7 - Spell-check
- F9 - View the file associated with the component. For example, if you use MS Office, F9 on rich text components will start editing your texts in MS Word, and F9 on HTML components will use your default browser to view your HTML texts (see also: Ctrl+F9 for editing files)
- F11
- Random review in collection or browser
- Random jump/pick in a registry or tasklist manager
- F12 - Sleep and learning timeline (Tools : Sleep Chart)
Shift+key
- Shift+Enter
- in HTML components: single-spaced new line in HTML (tag <br>); Enter results in double-spacing (tag <p>)
- in the contents window: View the currently focused element; Enter can also be used if the element has not children
- Shift+Tab - Move to the previous option or option group
- Shift+F2 - Search SuperMemo Wiki Help
- Shift+F3 - Search for leeches
- Shift+F4 - Import mail from MS Outlook for incremental reading
- Shift+F12 - Quick backup
Ctrl+key
- Ctrl+click
- in text, RTF and spelling components: view the translation
- in script components: Edit the file
- in HTML, image, sound, and video components: View the file in the associated application
- Ctrl+Up - go to the parent of the current element
- Ctrl+Enter
- SuperMemo Commander
- in browser: display the currently selected element in the element window
- in the tasklist manager: display the currently selected task in the element window
- in the schedule manager: set a fixed start time (that cannot be changed automatically) on the currently selected activity
- Ctrl+Space
- in the contents window: browse the elements belonging to the selected branch
- in the element window: browse all descendants of the current element
- Ctrl+] - increase font size
- Ctrl+[ - decrease font size
- Ctrl+Del
- in the element window, delete the current component
- in the schedule manager, delete the currently selected activity
- in the tasklist manager, delete the currently selected task
- Ctrl+F2 - Execute the final drill
- Ctrl+F3 - Search the web for the currently selected phrase (Google, Wikipedia, dictionaries, etc.)
- Ctrl+F5 - Restore the default windows layout
- Ctrl+F6 - Next window
- Ctrl+F7 - Set a read-point in an article
- Ctrl+F8 - Download remote images referred to in an HTML component
- Ctrl+F9 - Edit the file associated with the component. For example, Ctrl+F9 on image components will start editing your images in Paint
- Ctrl+F10 - Play again (e.g. to repeat a sound when learning pronunciation)
- Ctrl+F11
- random learning
- in browser: random test
- Ctrl+F12 - Repair collection
- Ctrl+A
- in text components, Select All
- in Import web pages, Check all
- Ctrl+B
- in text components: bold font (if applicable)
- in the registry window: view registry member users in the browser (View : Browse current)
- Ctrl+C - Copy to the clipboard
- Ctrl+D
- in the element window: Dismiss the current element
- in the tasklist manager: Dismiss the current task (i.e. move it to the archive)
- in the contents window: Dismiss the current element
- Ctrl+E
- in the element window: enter the editing mode
- in Tools : Plan: edit the currently selected activity
- in the tasklist manager: edit the currently selected task
- Ctrl+F - Find elements (in the main window) or Find (in other windows)
- Ctrl+G
- go to an element with a given number (see the caption of element data window)
- in the registry window: select a registry member by its physical position in the registry
- Ctrl+H - Add an HTML note (in-built HTML template)
- Ctrl+I - Italic font in text components (if applicable)
- Ctrl+J - Learning : Reschedule ("Jump interval")
- Ctrl+K
- in the element window: Create a hyperlink (to another element or within an HTML document)
- in the contents window: Convert the current branch into a category
- Ctrl+L - learn
- Ctrl+M
- Remember, i.e. introduce an element into the learning process; make it memorized
- in the tasklist manager: memorize the currently selected task
- Ctrl+N - create a new plan in the schedule manager
- Ctrl+O
- File : Reopen collection
- in the schedule manager: open a plan
- Ctrl+P - Tools : Plan - plan your daily schedule
- Ctrl+Q - Import file (in a component)(e.g. to add sound to a sound component)
- Ctrl+R
- in the element window: Forget - reset the learning process of an element and move it back to the pending queue
- in the Find elements dialog: restore the parameters of the most recently executed search
- Ctrl+S
- Search for texts containing a given string (globally or in registries)
- in the tasklist manager: sort the tasklist for priority
- in the schedule manager: save changes to the current schedule
- Ctrl+T
- Edit next component (e.g. quickly switch between the question and the answer)
- in the tasklist manager: transfer the currently selected task to another tasklist
- in the schedule manager: Split the currently selected activity
- Ctrl+U - Underline font in text components (if applicable)
- Ctrl+V - Paste from clipboard
- Ctrl+W - Tools : Workload
- Ctrl+X - Cut
- Ctrl+Z - Undo text editing (same as Alt+Backspace)
Alt+key
- Alt+Enter - in Tools : Plan: start or end editing an activity
- Alt+Left
- in the element window: Back, i.e. revisit a recently visited element
- in the registry window: Change the registry subset to its immediate superset, if available
- Alt+Right
- in the element window: Forward, i.e. move forward on the list of recently visited elements
- in the registry window: Change to the next registry subset, if available
- Alt+Backspace - Undo text editing (same as Ctrl+Z)
- Alt+PgUp - Previous element in the knowledge tree (in the element window)
- Alt+PgDn - Next element in the knowledge tree (in the element window)
- Alt+Home - First element in the knowledge tree (in the element window)
- Alt+End - Last element in the knowledge tree (in the element window)
- Alt+F4 - Close the program (or the currently active dialog box)
- Alt+F5 - Dock toolbars (e.g. to clear the desktop)
- Alt+F7 - Go to the read-point (in text, RTF and HTML components)
- Alt+F10 - Open the context menu of the currently active window (element window, browser, contents window, registry window, etc.)
- Alt+F11 - Random test or Resume random test
- Alt+F12 - Open the component menu of the current component
- Alt+A - Add new
- Alt+B - begin the currently selected activity in the schedule manager
- Alt+C - View the Contents window
- Alt+E - Edit menu
- Alt+F - File menu
- Alt+G - Cancel grade
- Alt+H - Help menu
- Alt+L - Learn menu
- Alt+N - Edit : Add to category : Note, i.e. add a new note
- Alt+O - Tools menu
- Alt+P - Modify the priority of the current element
- Alt+R
- in the element window: Rename member on the component menu to rename a registry member associated with the component
- in the registry window: Rename member on the registry menu to rename the selected registry member
- Alt+Q - Reference label
- Alt+S - Search menu (on the professional level)
- Alt+T - Edit : Title or Reference : Title depending on the current text selection and the current component type (in the element window)
- Alt+U - translate all text components in the element window
- Alt+V - View menu
- Alt+W - Window menu
- Alt+X
- when text is selected in an HTML compononent, it works the same as Reading : Remember extract
- when there is no text selected but there is a YouTube extract, it will extract it
- when there is no text selected but there is a picture, it works the same as Image : Extract
- Alt+Y - provide phonetic transcription to all text components in the element window
- Alt+Z - Remember cloze
Shift+Ctrl+key
- Shift+Ctrl+Up - Increase the priority of the element
- For items - it will decrease the current value of the requested forgetting index
- For topics - it will decrease the current value of A-Factor
- Shift+Ctrl+Down - Decrease the priority of the element
- For items - it will increase the current value of the requested forgetting index
- For topics - it will increase the current value of A-Factor
- Shift+Ctrl+Enter
- in the element window or in the contents window: Done (i.e. dismiss or delete an element that has been processed and is no longer needed)
- in the tasklist manager: Go to the currently selected task
- in Tools : Plan: Edit the list of activities
- Shift+Ctrl+Del - in the element window: Delete the currently displayed element
- Shift+Ctrl+F2 - Impose template
- Shift+Ctrl+F5 - Save as default (window layout)
- Shift+Ctrl+F6 - View source code of HTML and RTF files (in HTML and rich edit components)
- Shift+Ctrl+F7 - Clear a read-point
- Shift+Ctrl+F8 - Process picture
- Shift+Ctrl+F11
- Randomize outstanding repetitions
- in browser: randomize the content of the browser
- Shift+Ctrl+F12 - Convert formatted text (in HTML and rich edit components) to plain text
- Shift+Ctrl+1 - Text : deHTML-ize
- Shift+Ctrl+A
- Import web pages or pictures from the currently running instances of Internet Explorer
- in the schedule manager: archive the current schedule
- Shift+Ctrl+B
- in the registry window: Generate registry subset from the currently selected registry members
- in the tasklist manager: Browse all tasks in a given tasklist
- in the contents window and in browser: Compute statistics for a selected set of elements
- Shift+Ctrl+C - File : Copy collection (e.g. for backup purposes)
- Shift+Ctrl+D - Add to final drill
- Shift+Ctrl+E - Send element, files, or extract via e-mail
- Shift+Ctrl+F - Link registry font (in text components) or Change font (in RTF components)
- Shift+Ctrl+G - Hide SuperMemo
- Shift+Ctrl+H - Display repetition history for the currently displayed element in the element window
- Shift+Ctrl+I - Input password to unlock the program running in the demo mode
- Shift+Ctrl+J - Later today, i.e. schedule the review of the element later today
- Shift+Ctrl+K - Link registry member
- Shift+Ctrl+L
- Add a bullet to the currently edited text
- Test repetition cycle
- Shift+Ctrl+M
- in the element window: Merge element with template
- in the contents window: Merge branch with template
- in browser: Merge browser elements with template
- Shift+Ctrl+O - Edit component order
- Shift+Ctrl+P - Edit element parameters
- Shift+Ctrl+Q - Switch the image component display method
- Shift+Ctrl+R - Force repetition, i.e. execute a repetition mid-interval before its scheduled repetition date
- Shift+Ctrl+S
- in the element window: Swap question with answer
- in the schedule manager: save the schedule template for daily execution
- Shift+Ctrl+T - Transfer the current element to another collection
- Shift+Ctrl+U - View source data of the element (i.e. without the applied template)
- Shift+Ctrl+V - Move current element to a selected knowledge tree branch (Edit : Move)
- Shift+Ctrl+W - Import from Wikipedia
- Shift+Ctrl+X - Display the ancestors window with the position of the element in the knowledge tree
- Shift+Ctrl+Y - Import from YouTube
Ctrl+Alt+key
- Ctrl+Alt+Up - Drag up all components in dragging mode (in the element window)
- Ctrl+Alt+Left - Drag left all components in dragging mode (in the element window)
- Ctrl+Alt+Right - Drag right all components in dragging mode (in the element window)
- Ctrl+Alt+Down - Drag down all components in dragging mode (in the element window)
- Ctrl+Alt+Enter - in the schedule manager, terminate the schedule at the currently selected activity
- Ctrl+Alt+A - Add a new task
- Ctrl+Alt+C - Select a category
- Ctrl+Alt+D - Duplicate an element
- Ctrl+Alt+E - Add a new e-mail task
- Ctrl+Alt+L
- in the element window: start branch learning beginning with one of the ancestors of the currently displayed element (e.g. to make repetitions only in the Physics branch)
- in the contents window: start branch learning beginning with the selected element
- in browser: start subset learning on the browser
- in Search : Find elements: select a search definition
- Ctrl+Alt+M - Save the current element as the default template for the current category
- Ctrl+Alt+N - Add a new article to the current category
- Ctrl+Alt+O - Tools : Options
- Ctrl+Alt+P - Postpone repetitions in the current branch or element subset
- Ctrl+Alt+R - Add an article from the clipboard to the reading list
- Ctrl+Alt+Q - Add a pronunciation pair
- Ctrl+Alt+S - Save file associated with the component locally (i.e. on your hard disk)
- Ctrl+Alt+T
- Ctrl+Alt+X - Open the text registry
- Ctrl+Alt+Y - Layouts manager
- Ctrl+Alt+Z - Convert text to capitalized lower-case
- Ctrl+Alt+Enter - Collapse the current branch (in the contents window)
- Ctrl+Alt+F10 - Show or hide the background behind SuperMemo
- Ctrl+Alt+F11 - Show or hide the toolbars window
- Ctrl+Alt+F12 - Move one difficulty level up (see: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F12)
Shift+Alt+key
- Shift+Alt+A - Tools : Statistics : Analysis
- Shift+Alt+M - Mercy
- Shift+Alt+H - Reading : Insert : Insert splitline (on the component menu)
- Shift+Alt+T - Components : Tile components (on the element menu)
- Shift+Alt+X - Schedule extract and define its priority
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+key
- Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F12 - Move one difficulty level down (see: Ctrl+Alt+F12)