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- WELCOME TO SUPER-MEMO STUDY TOOL
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- CONGRATULATIONS!
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- You have made an excellent decision to try SuperMemo, your breakthrough
- speed-learning technology.
- SuperMemo is bound to change the way you learn and think. It may even
- change the way you live! It is software for people who aspire to success
- in their professional life, and not only.
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- The key to power is knowledge, and with SuperMemo, learning will become
- easy, fast, effective and pleasant. It all depends only on your attention
- and persistence. With a dose of the two, you are sure to succeed.
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- REMEMBER THAT
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- * You can use the Beginner's Guide to step through the minimum
- set of operations needed to use SuperMemo (use Help : Beginner's
- guide)
- * You can use Help to learn about using particular options
- * If you use the CD-ROM release, you can have a look at running
- demonstration by clicking the L-plate icon in SuperMemo group
- * If you use the CD-ROM release, you can use the soft copy of the
- manual placed in the directory MANUAL (Microsoft Word 6.0 or
- Write format).
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- MINIMUM USER'S GUIDE FOR SUPER-MEMO 7
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- What can SuperMemo 7 be used for?
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- SuperMemo 7 may be used to learn languages, sciences, medicine, etc.
- The learned knowledge must be represented as text (usually question
- and answer), graphics or sound.
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- SuperMemo minimizes the time necessary for learning by optimizing
- spacing between repetitions.
- It allows the user to learn quickly, regardless of the amount of material
- to be learned, and virtually eliminates the problem of forgetting.
- Compared to traditional methods, SuperMemo accelerates the process of
- learning by 10 to 50 times by means of repetition scheduling.
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- What are the operations necessary to use SuperMemo 7?
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- There are only five simple operations that the learner has to know when
- using SuperMemo 7:
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- 1. New - creates a new collection of disk files needed to store
- question-answer pairs. This collection of files is called a database.
- To create a new database do the following:
- - press Ctrl-N or choose File : New
- - type in a new name for the database (e.g. BIOLOGY)
- - click OK or press Enter
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- 2. Open - prepares a database for learning and for adding new
- question-answer pairs.
- To open a database do the following:
- - press F3 or choose File : Open
- - use the standard file dialog window to choose the database of
- interest
- - click OK or press Enter
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- 3. Append - adds new question-answer pairs to the database:
- - press Ctrl-A or choose Edit : Append
- - type in the text of the question
- - click the answer field (or press Tab or PgDn)
- - type in the text of the answer
- - press ESC twice or choose Action : Exit
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- 4. Learn - to learn and repeat the knowledge stored in the database:
- - press Ctrl-L or choose Learn : Learn all
- - read the question and try to answer it verbally or in your mind
- - press any key or click the mouse at the bottom of the Learn
- window
- - compare the answer with your response and estimate the response
- quality on the grade point scale from 0-very bad (Null) to
- 5-excellent (Bright)
- - press the relevant grade key or click the relevant grade button
- - press Enter or choose Action : Next, and continue repeating the
- remaining question-answer pairs
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- 5. Exit - to exit SuperMemo 7:
- - press Alt-F4 or double-click the control-menu box
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- After creating a database, the learner is advised to always spend the
- same amount of time with the program every day.
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- An exemplary 20 minute session:
- 1. Run SuperMemo (e.g. click its icon in the SuperMemo group)
- 2. "Open" a database
- 3. Use "Learn". Continue until the end or until 20 minutes pass
- 4. If there is still time left, "Append" new items to the database
- 5. "Exit" SuperMemo
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- How to make sure nothing goes wrong?
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- Database safety principles:
- - always quit SuperMemo before you run any application that
- might lock up the system
- - do not turn off your computer before quitting Windows
- - keep backup copies of database files
- - use Tools : Recover each time your databases reports integrity
- errors
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- COMMERCIAL VERSIONS OF SUPERMEMO
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- SuperMemo 7.5 is now available on Multilingual CD-ROM with a set of
- AudioVisual databases:
- - Audio Basic German (1300 items; in English, Polish and Russian)
- - Audio Basic Polish (1300 items; in English, German and Russian)
- - Audio Basic Russian (1300 items; in English, German and Polish)
- - AudioVisual Basic French (650 items; in English and Polish)
- - AudioVisual Basic Spanish (650 items; in English and Polish)
- - Audio Basic English (3000 items; in Czech, German, Polish, Russian and English)
- - Talking English (3000 items, grammar through conversation)
- - Gallery (250 items; in English and Polish)
- - Touch Typing Trainer
- - text databases in English: Dutch, Esperanto, Medical Biochemistry,
- Advanced English (38000 items), English Idioms, Business English,
- Medical English, Technical English.
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- HOW TO CONTACT US
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- SUPER-MEMO WORLD
- P.O. Box 1, Poznan 48, Poland
- tel +48 61 764066, 764073, 203157
- fax +48 61 764073
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- For inquiries and orders in UK:
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- ZEM Software
- 59 Sidmouth Avenue
- Isleworth, Middlesex
- TW7 4DR
- tel 0181 568 0083
- fax 0181 569 7175
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- In other countries:
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- Czech Republic: Elk, tel +42 5 529 911
- Finland: Portrade, tel +358 0 7001 7562
- Germany: Tech. und Wiss. Software, tel +49 2305 818 54
- Netherlands: Striking Software, tel +31 71 214781
- Norway: Eloma, tel +47 22 211 676
- Slovakia: Megatech, tel +42 88 725 604
- Russia: Datamini, tel +7 095 150 8218
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- WHAT'S NEW IN SUPER-MEMO 7.5
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- 1. Database programmability, i.e. the ability to execute DLL
- database modules (to open the way to using SuperMemo in
- procedural learning, problem solving, playing musical
- instruments, creativity training, etc.)
- 2. Adding Touch-typing programmed database to every package
- 3. Tools menu in the browser makes it possible to perform
- database operations on the contents of the browser
- 4. Operations Print All, Delete All, Memorize All and Reset All
- in the browser
- 5. Subset operations on the contents of the browser (Open, Save,
- Add, Subtract, and Intersect)
- 6. Option of selecting individual items in the browser, and
- creating a child browser with selected items
- 7. Option Action : Previous in editing windows provides access
- to up to fifty recently reviewed items
- 8. Adding final drill browser and history browser (for up to 50
- recently used items)
- 9. Option Item : Drill in editing windows makes it possible to
- add an item the final drill queue
- 10. Option Move : Randomize in the browser makes it possible to
- scramble the browser's content (e.g. to randomly reshuffle the
- final drill queue, etc.)
- 11. Options Edit : Replace and Search : Replace all in the
- browser
- 12. Option Browser : Random test makes it possible to run a random
- test on items kept in the browser
- 13. Option Item : Kick in random tests makes it possible to eliminate
- items from random test (e.g. by providing passing grades)
- 14. Sound importing options in the browser
- 15. Output of Tools : Cross-section can be imported to standard
- spreadsheets (e.g. Quattro Pro, Excel, etc.)
- 16. Show answer, Next and Cancel buttons in learning windows
- 17. Two menu variants: (1) simple (default) and (2) professional.
- 18. Adapting the program to run in Windows 95
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- LICENSE AGREEMENT
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- This is a demo version of SuperMemo Study Tool software. It will
- not let you open and use databases containing more than 60 items.
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- You may copy the demo disk on condition that no files are changed
- or missing and no payment is charged. Exceptions from this must
- be confirmed by SuperMemo World in writing.
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- You may not disassemble or modify the SuperMemo software in any way.
- You may not reverse engineer SuperMemo optimization procedures
- employed by SuperMemo software.
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- You may freely disseminate databases created by means of SuperMemo.
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- SuperMemo World disclaims all warranties to this software, whether
- expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, any implied
- warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose,
- functionality, data integrity or protection. SuperMemo World will
- not be liable for any special, incidental, consequential, indirect
- or similar damages due to loss of data or any other reason even if
- SuperMemo World or its agent has been advised of the possibility of
- such damages.