Flash cards, the best way to learn. MCards combines all the advantages of flash cards with the power and advantages of your PDA. There are statistics to control the progress. With the integrated editor one can change or add new flash cards. With PrismaCards on PC you have a comfortable tool to create very easy many flash cards (with import from Word, Excel, …). Furthermore it offers the advantage to synchronize lessons on PDA with the PC. MCards makes free to learn wherever and whenever you want.

MCards
A flash card application for Windows Mobile / Palm-OS
User's
Guide
Version 2.3
You 2 Software
http://www.you2.de
info@You2.de
© 2008 You 2 Software MCards - User Guide 2/13
1 System requirements
PalmOS:
A PalmOS device with PalmOS > 2.0 with 1 MB free memory.
Windows Mobile / PocketPC
Windows Mobile, PocketPC (Windows CE 3.0), or Windows CE 2.11, 1 MB free memory.
2 Installation
MCards is written in Java. You need a VM (virtual machine) to run MCards. Please do not
delete the VM on your PDA since MCards cannot run without it. For PalmOS from version
3.5 there is a native version available that runs without VM (it requires less memory and is
faster!). For Windows Mobile PDA there is also a MacOS installation available.
Before you start please check if you have the right version for your OS:
􀃖 Windows Mobile: MCardsPPC.zip http://www.You2.de/MCardsPPC.zip
􀃖 HPC2000: MCardsCE211_HPC2000.zip http://www.You2.de/McardsCE211_HPC2000.zip
WinCE 2.11:
􀃖 Windows Mobile (Mac): MCardsPPC_MacOS.zip http://www.You2.de/MCardsPPC_MacOS.zip
􀃖 Palm OS > 3.1: MCards.zip http://www.You2.de/MCards.zip
􀃖 Palm OS < 3.5: MCardsOS3_Zire71.zip http://www.You2.de/MCardsOS3_Zire71.zip
Palm OS /Zire 71:
2.1 Windows Mobile (all versions), PocketPC and HPC2000
Just run the programs SuperWabaSetup.exe and MCardsSetup.exe.
Please do not install MCards on memory cards unless you have Windows Mobile
2005/5.0 (it‘s not working with older versions). Anyway we suggest installing in
internal memory – it’s faster and there are never problems.
2.2 PalmOS
Just run the programs MCardsxxx.exe and follow the instructions. Perform the HotSync
operation for your device. This step transfers all files to your Palm device. There is no build
in support for expansion-cards (ZLauncher for example can handle it).
3 Create lessons with flash cards
Because of limited power new lessons cannot be created in MCards. The aim was to keep
MCards simple and easy to use. With the registered version of the PC program PrismaCards
(http://www.you2.de/prismace.html) you can create own lessons (import from Excel is also
possible). There is an export available for the MCards format.
4 Additional lessons
From the homepage you can order additional lessons for different languages.
http://www.you2.de/mcardse_db.html
5 Synchronization
In PrismaCards is a synchronization for the lessons between PC and the PDA. Please have a
look at the PrismaCards manual.
© 2008 You 2 Software MCards - User Guide 3/13
6 The learning principle
System of MCards (by Sebastian Leitner)
The learn box is used for efficient learning. The box consists of compartments with
different sizes for the flash cards. The learn box is divided in 5 compartments. Every
compartment is designed to hold a certain amount of flash cards. The first one holds 30
cards, the second 60, the third 150 and so on.
First you put 30 new cards in box 1. Now take the first card and check if you know the
answer. Was it right the card moves to box 2. A wrong answer let the card stay in box 1 as
last card.
Anytime the second box will have more than 60 flash cards. So you take the next card
from box 2. Known cards you put back in a higher box, not known ones come always back
to box 1. In this way known flash cards will be repeated in certain times.
Advantages:
• Cards you can not remember are repeated several times in short time lags.
• Through the different size of the compartments (boxes) cards from higher boxes will be
repeated after a longer time. To bring a flash card to the last box you have to
remember the answer for several weeks. Our brain forgets most of the stuff in the first
days. If we can remember the answer after several weeks we learned the word
practical forever.
© 2008 You 2 Software MCards - User Guide 4/13
7 Program
7.1 Main screen
The main screen shows all available lessons. You can
select a lesson and show the statistics or organize
the lesson with MANAGE . To learn the words just
press Open , A dialog box with different learning
methods will appear. On Sony PDA’s you can use the
Jog Dial Up/Down to select the lesson. Pressing the
Jog Dial will open the selected lesson.
The colored bar below the list of lessons
shows the number of cards in each box
for the selected lesson. Flash cards from
box 0 and 5 do not appear on the bar.
Each box has a different color. A dotted
line around a box indicates it will be the next one to
learn.
As for the learning system, cards from box 0 will be
added from time to time. It sometimes seems as if
the bar is wrong but we can guarantee that this isn’t
the case ☺.
Attention: Windows Mobile and PocketPC have an unexpected feature. If programs are
closed with the cross in the top right corner of the window, they appear to be closed. They
are in fact still running, only they are not visible. MCards and PCards only scan at the start
for new exercises. Please therefore end the programs with the close button only, and not
with the cross. This ensures that they really do shut down and free the memory. When
restarting all the new exercises will be shown.
7.2 Learn - Show
This dialog box shows the question and the answer together. When a phonetic description
is available it will be displayed. At the bottom is a progress-bar. You can use a timer (see
7.7 Timer), or go through all the cards on your own and try to memorize them.
Some lessons
use GLOSSARYMODE
(one line
for a question
and several
lines for the
answer). When
the whole
answer cannot
be shown on
one page, an
arrow-down
button appears.
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Switch between day/night-modus. In night-modus the background is not so bright (color-setting is in
OPTIONS available).
This button opens the DETAILS-WINDOW for the current flash card.
Change
Chang the content of the QUESTION and ANSWER
fields. With SAVE these changes are stored. Press
CANCEL when you don’t want to save the changes.
Delete
Delete this flash card.
The symbol pops up a virtual keyboard
(additional to the system default keyboard of the
PDA). This keyboard supports the characters of
Cyrillic and East European languages (if in OPTIONS
the appropriate font was chosen).
When an edit field is selected the system keyboard
pops up. Most times this keyboard is a good choice.
Depending on the OS-language this keyboard may
not support some special characters. In this cases
use the above-mentioned keyboard.
Once the special keyboard was used the system
keyboard in Windows Mobile will not pop up
anymore (it works fine with PalmOS). Next time you
open the Details-Dialog the system-keyboard is
again available.
For cards with a phonetic transcription, help is available by
using the button Phonetic . This shows the International
Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) for English with examples of words
in English and German.
7.3 Learn - Learn
Shows only the question at first. You will have time to find the answer and check if you are
right. You can use a timer or go through all the cards and try to learn them.
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7.4 Learn - Test
Rate your answers. With 􀀹 for the right answer
the flash-card will move to the next higher box.
With X or just 􀃎 for wrong , the flash card
will move to box 1. On the left-hand side above
the progress-bar you will see the box number for
the flash card. From the right hand side, the
progress-bar show the words already learnt
correctly in green, and from the left hand side, the
incorrectly answered words in red.
7.5 Learn – Write
If you want to, you can write in the answers.
Depending on the operating system and the settings
a virtual keyboard will be displayed, as soon as the
answer field get the focus.
Enter the answer, when you have finished writing
just press the 􀃎 key and MCards will check. Depending
on the OS and the resolution of your PDA
this key may not be visible. Use the assigned key
for ‚NEXT FLASH CARD‘ (see the key-assignment for
Windows Mobile and PalmOS at the end of this
document). An alternate method is to enter a ‚new
line‘ with ↵ from the keyboard.
The check in MCards is not case sensitive. When there are several possible answers
separated with a colon, one of these will be enough to rate it right.
Was the answer correct the next flash cards get
displayed. Wrong answers open a dialog which
shows the question, the right and the wrong answer.
It’s up to you to rate your answer right (because of
a small mistake) or wrong.
© 2008 You 2 Software MCards - User Guide 7/13
7.6 Learn - List
Show all the flash cards in a list. At the bottom you
can choose from which of the boxes the flash cards
should be displayed. Tapping on a list entry opens a
window with the flash card.
When SPLIT is activated, the current flash card is
displayed in an extra window above the list. Use the
CURSOR to select and
display the next or
previous flash card.
7.7 Timer
In the SHOW, LEARN and TEST mode is a timer available.
You can choose the required time. The timer will change
to the next card at the chosen time. You do not have to
press the 􀃎 button in this way you can learn without
any input. You can however use the buttons if you want
see the next card sooner.
The red progress-bar shows the bygone time. It
can be activated in OPTIONS.
7.8 Options
You get the OPTIONS from the menu, just tap the capture (only available in mainscreen!).
With FONT QUESTION and FONT ANSWER one
can choose the font and size used for contend of the
flash cards. The STANDARD fonts are for western
languages, the EAST EU fonts are for east European
languages like Czech, Hungarian, Slovenian, Slovak,
Polish, Romanian and Croatian. There are also fonts
for CYRILLIC, GREEK and TURKISH.
NO VIRTUAL SYSTEM-KEYBOARD deactivates the Windows
Mobile virtual keyboard. That is very useful for
PDA’s with full built in keyboard.
In variance to the default font, it is possible to set a
font just for a special lesson (the currently selected
one). This setting is in page LESSON available. This is
very useful when you have lessons with languages
which require different fonts or just different sizes.
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With COLOR STANDARD / NIGHT one can choose the
background color for standard- and night-mode.
When a color is selected, the Options dialog changes
to this color to let you see how it looks like.
VISUALIZE RUNNING TIMer will show a red
progress-bar to indicate the bygone time
(see Timer).
No bold font in flash cards deactivates the automatic
use of bold or standard font. MCards try always to
display with bold font. For the case the text is too
long to fit, MCards changes to the standard font.
Especially when one learns flash cards with long
questions/answers these changes may disturb.
The BOX SIZES are basic part of the Leitner system.
You should adjust them to the size of lessons. The
first value (min 1) is the lower limit for box 1 to fill it
up with flash cards from box 0.
If you tick the box SHUFFLE NEW CARDS, all new cards
taken from box 0 will be picked at random, ignoring
the current order.
With activated CREATE NEW CARDS IN BOX 0, all new
created flash cards are laid down to box 0 instead
box 1.
SHOW GOOD/BAD COUNTERS activates the
display of these counters in TEST-mode.
In variance to the default font, it is possible to set a
font just for a special lesson (the currently selected
one). This setting is in page LESSON available. This is very useful when you have lessons
with languages which requires different fonts or just different sizes.
© 2008 You 2 Software MCards - User Guide 9/13
7.9 Search in lesson
SEARCH IN LESSON is accessible from the
main page. Select the lesson in which you
want to search and press the marked
button (see the red circle in the picture).
A window will open where you can enter the term
you want to search for. The search is not case
sensitive. All matching entries will be displayed in
the list. Just tap on a list entry to show the whole
flash card. From this dialog box you can change or
delete the flash card.
7.10 Global Search
You get the GLOBAL SEARCH from the menu;
just tap the capture (only available in
main-screen!).
This function searches in all lessons installed on the
PDA, so may take some time. The search is not case
sensitive.
The first line is for entering the word you want to
search for. All matching entries will be displayed in
the list. Tap on a list entry to show the whole flash
card. From this dialog box you can change or delete
the flash card. After deleting a flash card the search
has to be repeated again because the result list is
not consistent anymore. When you want delete
more flash cards from a certain lesson please use
the faster SEARCH IN LESSON.
© 2008 You 2 Software MCards - User Guide 10/13
7.11 Manage
This shows some statistics from the selected lesson.
You can see how many flash cards are in each box
and the total amount of cards in the lesson.
Delete lesson will delete the selected lesson from
your PDA.
Reset lesson.. moves all flash cards to another
box.
Reset:
All flash cards are moved to box 0. This is how the lesson begins.
Refresh:
The oldest 100 to 200 flash cards are moved from box 5 to
box 4. This is done for reviewing words you have already
learned.
ATTENTION: You lose all your learning results.
Learn only cards from box …:
Independent from the suggested box to learn you can choose the box by yourself. Box 0
and box 5 are also among them to choose.
This setting will not be saved. It will just be used for the current lesson during this session.
As soon as you choose another lesson the setting will be deactivated.
Due the manual choose you get the possibility to have a look on flash cards from box 5 to
review them, or to flash cards from box 0.
A manual chosen box will be shown with a solid border. The dashed border indicates the
box chosen from the learning system. When you choose box 0 or box 5 the border will be
around all boxes.
Example: The learning system choose box 1, you chose box 2
Example: You chose box 0 or 5
For flash cards from box 0 or 5 the mode Test and
Write are deactivated. Flash cards from these boxes
can not be tested.
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Import:
With Import.. you can add new flash cards to the
lesson. All new cards are added to box 0. The first
line in the dialog box shows the lesson to which the
cards will be added. From the list below you should
choose a file to import the cards. These files are
created on the PC with PrismaCards. The file will be
deleted after the import.
Add flash card:
With Add flash card.. you can add a new flash
card to the lesson. The new card will be added to
box 1. The first line in the dialog box shows the
lesson to which the cards will be added. The two
edit fields are for the question and the answer.
© 2008 You 2 Software MCards - User Guide 12/13
7.12 Navigation
For navigation you can use the buttons in the dialogs.
Details: Change or delete the flash card
Change: Changes question and answer
Begin: Start again with first card
Next: Show next card / answer
Previous: Show previous card (not available in Mode Test)
Timer: Use timer to show next card
Break: Only available when timer is used
OK: The answer was right (only in mode Test)
Not OK: The answer was wrong (only in mode Test)
MCards also support Jog Dial on Sony PDA's.
Jog Dial Down
Jog Dial Up
Jog Dial Push
In most lists Jog Dial is available to
scroll up and down, push the Jog Dial
will select the entry.
All these buttons are also assigned to your Palm's Application Buttons.
© 2008 You 2 Software MCards - User Guide 13/13
Key-assignment on PocketPC / Windows Mobile
MAIN SCREEN
CURSOR UP select previous exercise in list
CURSOR DOWN select next exercise in list
CURSOR RIGHT open LEARN for selected exercise
CURSOR LEFT open MANAGE
LEARN-DIALOGS
NOTES Change Changes question and answer
CONTACTS Begin Start again with first card
CALENDAR Timer Use timer to show next card
TODO Pause Only available when timer is used
CURSOR UP Previous Show previous card (not available in Mode TEST)
CURSOR DOWN Next Show next card / answer
CURSOR RIGHT OK The answer was right (only in mode TEST)
Page Down Change to next page (only in GLOSSARY-MODE)
CURSOR LEFT Not OK The answer was wrong (only in mode TEST)
Page Up Change to previous page (only GLOSSARY-MODE)
The position of the four buttons Notes,
Contacts, Calendar and To-Do may be
different on PDA’s. Sometimes even the
one or other of them is not available.

Internationale Lautschrift
Erklärung der phonetischen Zeichen
[V] much [mVtS], come [kVm] kurzes a wie in Matsch, Kamm, aber dunkler
[A:] after ['A:ftE], park [pA:k] langes a, etwa wie in Bahn
[G] flat [flæt], madam ['mædEm] mehr zum a hin als ä in Wäsche
[E] after ['A:ftE], arrival [E'ra Ivl] wie das End-e in Berge, mache, bitte
[e] let [let], men [men] ä wie in hätte, Mäntel
[J:] first [fJ:st], learn [lJ:n] etwa wie ir in flirten, aber offener
[I] in [In], city ['sItI] kurzes i wie in Mitte, billig
[i:] see [si:], evening ['i:vnIN] langes i wie in nie, lieben
[B] shop [SBp], job [dYBb] wie o in Gott, aber offener
[C:] morning ['mC:nIN], course [kC:s] wie in Lord, aber ohne r
[U] good [gUd], look [lUk] kurzes u wie in Mutter
[u:] too [tu:], shoot [Su:t] langes u wie in Schuh, aber offener
[aI] my [maI], night [naIt] etwa wie in Mai, Neid
[aU] now [naU], about [E'baUt] etwa wie in blau, Couch
[EU] home [hEUm], know [nEU] von [E] zu [U] gleiten
[eE] air [eE], square [skweE] wie är in Bär, aber kein r sprechen
[eI] eight [eIt], stay [steI] klingt wie äi
[IE] near [nIE], here [hIE] von [I] zu [E] gleiten
[CI] join [dYCIn], d choice [tSCIs] etwa wie eu in neu
[UE] you`re [jUE], tour [tUE] wie ur in Kur, aber kein r sprechen
[j] yes [jes], tube [tju:b] wie j in jetzt
[w] way [weI], one [wVn], quick
[kwIk]
mit gerundeten Lippen ähnlich wie [u:] gebildet.
Kein deutsches w !
[N] thing [OIN], English ['INglIS] wie ng in Ding
[r] room [ru:m], hurry ['hVrI] Zunge liegt, zurückgebogen, am Gaumen auf.
Nicht gerollt und nicht im Rachen gebildet !
[s] see [si:], famous ['feImEs] stimmloses s, wie in lassen, Liste
[z] zero ['zIErEU], is [Iz], runs [rVnz] stimmhaftes s, wie in lesen, Linsen
[S] shop [SBp], fish [fIS] wie sch in Scholle, Fisch
[tS] cheap [tSi:p], much [mVtS] wie tsch in tschüß, Matsch
[Y] television ['telIvIYn] stimmhaftes sch wie in Genie, Etage
[dY] just [dYVst], bridge [brIdY] wie in Job, Gin
[O] thanks [OæNk], both [bEUO] wie ß in Faß, aber gelispelt
[ð] that [ðæt], with [wIð] wie s in Sense, aber gelispelt
[v] very ['verI], over ['EUvE] etwa wie deutsches w, Oberzähne auf
Oberkante der Unterlippe
[x] loch [lBx], ugh [Vx] wie ch in ach
[:] bedeutet, dass der vorhergehende Vokal lang
zu sprechen ist

MCards
Y
Installieren von MCards auf Windows Mobile / PocketPC / CE 2.11
MCards ist in Java geschrieben. Es braucht eine VM (virtual machine = SuperWaba) um zu laufen. Die
VM darf auf dem PDA nicht gelöscht werden, MCards funktioniert ohne diese nicht.
Stellen sie sicher das sie die richtige Datei für ihr Betriebsystem haben.
Windows Mobile / PocketPC MCardsPPC.zip
Windows Mobile / PocketPC (MacOS) MCardsPPC_MacOS.zip
HPC2000 MCardsCE211_HPC2000.zip
Windows CE 2.1171 MCardsCE211_HPC2000.zip
Hinweis zu Speicherkarten
Moderne PDA's haben zwar immer mehr internen Speicher, aber manchmal wird es trotzdem knapp.
Wir empfehlen aber dringend im internen Speicher zu installieren, da es mit Speicherkarten doch
vereinzelt zu Problemen kommt.
Windows Mobile 2005 und neuer
Wenn ActiveSynch 4.2 (oder neuer) installiert ist geht das ganz ohne Probleme. Einfach SuperWaba
und auch MCards auf der Speicherkarte installieren. Werden in PrismaCards Übungen auf den PDA
transferiert müssen diese dann selbstverständlich auch auf der Speicherkarte installiert werden.
Windows Mobile 2003 / PocketPC
Das geht wegen Fehlern im CAB-Installer auf dem PDA nicht so einfach. Wer sich am PDA etwas
auskennt kann von uns eine Anleitung dafür erhalten (formlose Email genügt). Leider bleibt nachdem
man selbst Hand angelegt hat noch ein kleiner Wermutstropfen - jede von PrismaCards übertragene
Übung muss am PDA selbst in das richtige Verzeichnis kopiert werden. Das ganze ist also nicht ganz so
praktisch und daher nur bedingt zu empfehlen.
Installation
• Starte die zwei Programme SuperWabaSetup.exe und MCardsSetup.exe am PC und folge den
Anweisungen
• Bei Windows Mobile kommt leider manchmal eine Fehlermeldung (Inkompatibilität usw.), diese
kann ignoriert werden, es funktioniert ganz sicher!
• Update: Am PDA wird nachgefragt ob die alte Version deinstalliert werden soll, bitte mit Ja
antworten.
• Jetzt kann MCards über Start - Programme gestartet werden
Enjoy MCards
You2 Software
E-Mail: info@You2.de
Homepage: You 2 Software
See next page for English version
MCards
Y
Install MCards on Windows Mobile / PocketPC / CE 2.11
MCards is written in Java. You need a VM (virtual machine = SuperWaba) to run MCards. Please do not
delete the VM on your Palm, MCards can not run without it.
Make sure you have the right file for your OS.
Windows Mobile / PocketPC MCardsPPC.zip
Windows Mobile / PocketPC (MacOS) MCardsPPC_MacOS.zip
HPC2000 MCardsCE211_HPC2000.zip
Windows CE 2.1171 MCardsCE211_HPC2000.zip
Installation on expansion-cards
Nowadays PDA's have more internal memory, anyway sometimes it isn't enough to run all the
programs.
Windows Mobile 2005 or newer
For the case you use ActiveSynch 4.2 (or newer) it's no problem. Install SuperWaba and MCards on the
expansion card. When you transfer lessons with PrismaCards to the PDA don't forget to store them also
on the expansion card.
Windows Mobile 2003 / PocketPC
Due problems with the integrated CAB-Installer it is more complicated. For those who have good
knowledge about the PDA we offer an description how to manage this. Just send us an Email to get it.
And the bad news is, after every transfer of lessons to the PDA one has to move them to the right
directory. So the handling is tricky and not really suggestible.
Installation
• Run the two programs SuperWabaSetup.exe and MCardsSetup.exe on your PC and follow the
instructions.
• For the case you have Windows Mobile please ignore the error-message (not compatible ..), the
program will work fine!
• Update: The install on PDA ask you to uninstall the old version first, please choose Yes
• Now you can run MCards. Go to Start-Programs and tap to the MCards-Icon.
An English Manual is available for download (right click-save target as..)
Enjoy MCards
You2 Software
E-Mail: info@You2.de
Homepage: You 2 Software
MCards
Instalace MCards na Windows Mobile / PocketPC / CE 2.11
MCards je program programovaný v jazyku Java. Pro spuštění Mcards potřebujete VM (virtual machine
= SuperWaba). Prosím po instalaci nemažte adresář SuperWaba (VM) na vašem PDA, MCards bez
tohoto nebude pracovat.
Ujistěte se, že máte správnou verzi pro vaše PDA.
Windows Mobile / PocketPC MCardsPPC.zip
Windows Mobile / PocketPC (MacOS) MCardsPPC_MacOS.zip
HPC2000 MCardsCE211_HPC2000.zip
Windows CE 2.1171 MCardsCE211_HPC2000.zip
Možnost instalace na paměťové karty
Přestože dnešní PDA mají více paměti, bývá někdy užitečné instalovat programy na paměťové karty.
Windows Mobile 2005 nebo novější
Pro případ, že používáte ActiveSynch 4.2 (nebo novější) vše funguje bez komplikací. Instalujte
SuperWaba a MCards na paměťovou kartu. Pouze nezapomeňte při exportování lekcí z PC do PDA, je
také ukládat na paměťovou kartu.
Windows Mobile 2003 / PocketPC
Zde je situace je trochu komplikovanější z důvodu omezení PDA systému. Pokud jste pokročilý PDA
uživatel, napište e-mail a bude Vám zaslán popis jak na to.
Instalace
• Spusťte nějdříve SuperWabaSetup.exe a poté MCardsSetup.exe na PC a řiďte se instalačními
pokyny.
• V případě, že máte Windows Mobile prosím ignorujte chybovou-zprávu (není kompatibilní..),
program bude fungovat v pořádku!
• Aktualizace: Instalace na PDA se zeptá na odinstalaci staré verze (pokud ji nalezne), prosím
vyberte Yes/Ano.
• Po instalaci můžete spustit MCards. Jděte do Start-Go to Start-Programy a klikněte na ikonu
MCards.
Český manuál je k dispozici zde: Mcards manuál
Hodně zábavy s MCards
You2 Software
E-Mail: info@You2.de (distributor/podpora pro ČR info@komenium.cz)
Homepage: You 2 Software (distributor/podpora pro ČR www.komenium.cz)

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