WinFlash is available in three forms - Basic, Scholar and Educator.  The features below are divided into three categories, reflecting the three program levels.  Click here to view a concise table comparing the features of the three programs.

The following new features are available in all three WinFlash versions:

Skins!! - Now the most powerful learning system available is also the most beautiful :-)

New editing mode - QuickDeck - allows the fastest possible creation of text-only files.  Simply tab between Q and A and then on to the next Q&A pair

Graphics can be pasted directly from the clipboard into a Q or A - making it much easier to add graphics.  No need to first convert the desired graphic to a file and then select that file for use in a Q or A

files can now be opened directly into the editor from the File|Open menu

Visible down-counter in timed mode

Desktop shortcuts to WinFlash files can now be invoked while the program is open with another file - the open file will be closed and the file pointed to by the shortcut will be opened

Clear List function added to Used Files list - remove all the files from the list and start afresh

Hint and Comment buttons now 'flash' to more easily alert the user to the presence of a related hint or comment

 

The following new features are available in WinFlash Scholar and Educator:

files can now be opened directly into the editor from the File|Open menu and from the Subject Outline view

Copy Pair now has a shortcut key - Ctrl-d

 

The following new features are available in WinFlash Educator:

Text-to-speech capability - Educator can now read your files to you - albeit in a somewhat robot-like fashion. One caveat - the text is read in English - thus the feature is NOT useful for language study - i.e. it doesn't know how to pronounce non-English words.

Note: Text-to-speech relies on Microsoft's SAPI4 system being installed on the computer.  If you do not yet have this capability installed you can download an installer for it from the Open Window Software website's downloads page at:

     http://www.openwindow.com/pages/download-flashcards.htm

Export to .wav or .mp3 and use your iPod or other personal audio device to study in on-the-go situations where a PDA or laptop isn't practical.  Use that commute time to work on your studies

Direct Import/Export From/To FlashcardExchange – This great on-line flashcard library is now directly supported in Educator’s import/export menus

Q&A pairs can now be imported into the file by copying two-column text from common table formats (e.g. Microsoft's Word, Excel and Access programs) to the Windows clipboard and then importing the data directly from the clipboard.  The import feature has also been enhanced by adding direct import of .csv files

Improved Advanced Statistics, with more meaningful data displayed depending on the file's current study mode

Background color of the Introduction can now be set to your choice of color

Note: Old  .FLU files will work just fine with v9.1.  Simply open them with the new program and the new entries for the .FLD file will be automatically created the first time you open the file in v9.1.  However, files created with v9.1 may NOT be compatible when used with older versions.  See Backward Compatibility for detailed information on this topic.

 

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