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Expand Up @@ -562,6 +562,23 @@ This is not officially supported, but `.anki2` files can manually be imported if
* (If applicable) Temporarily log out of your AnkiWeb account: `Settings - AnkiDroid - AnkiWeb account`
* Open `Settings - Advanced - AnkiDroid Directory` and set the AnkiDroid Directory to the newly created folder.

== Importing Comma-seperated Value files and Text files (.txt, .csv)
Anki now supports the import of .csv and .txt files. The procedure for it on AnkiDroid is as follows:
* Click the three dots on the upper right hand corner.
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ditto - not always right side

* Choose Import
* Choose 'Text file (.txt, .csv)'
* Choose the file from your folders when prompted and click OK
* In case of .csv, the seperator will be autoselected as comma, but you can choose a suitable seperator for your .txt file from Tab, Pipe, Semicolon, Colon, Comma and Space
* If you want HTML to be allowed in the fields, turn the button on.
* In the 'Import options' section, first pick the notetype from options 'Basic', 'Basic (and reversed card)', 'Basic (optional reversed card)', 'Basic (type in the answer)', 'Cloze' and 'Image Occlusion'.
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This is not a fixed list

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hi, what should i change here? i'm sorry if it's a very trivial question

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The list of Note Types which a user has is variable.

* Then, select the deck that you want to put the new cards in. 'Default' makes a new deck called Default.
* In the existing notes section, pick if you want to preserve the old notes, update them or duplicate them.
* When the "Match Notes" field is set to "Notetype," Anki flags a duplicate if another note with the same notetype shares the same first field. However, when "Notetype and Deck" is selected, duplicates are only flagged if the existing note is also present in the deck you are importing into. This distinction ensures precise duplicate identification based on your import preferences.
* In the last 'Field Matching', you can choose which field in the file you uploaded can be set as the front, back and tags of the flashcards.

The procedure on Desktop Anki is the same. The import option can be found on the bottom right button of the homepage or can be accessed on the File tab and selected from there.
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Would be useful to link to the Desktop manual



[[exporting]]
== Exporting Anki Files
AnkiDroid can export your flashcards in the .apkg Anki file format so that you can import them into Anki Desktop, or share them with other people.
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. Tap *Export*
. Tap *OK* using the default options
. Tap *OK* again to email the exported apkg to another user

=== Exporting in .txt format
On AnkiDroid:
* Click on the three dots button on the top right corner and choose 'Export...'
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It's not always on the right side

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* Click on the three dots button on the top right corner and choose 'Export...'
* Click on the menu dots button on the app bar and choose 'Export...'

* In the export format, choose either 'Notes in Plain Txt' or 'Cards in Plain Txt'.
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and in other places

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* In the export format, choose either 'Notes in Plain Txt' or 'Cards in Plain Txt'.
* In the export format, choose either 'Notes in Plain Text' or 'Cards in Plain Text'.

* In 'Notes in Plain Txt', you can choose if you want to include HTML and media references, tags, deck names, notetype name and unique identifier.
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* In 'Notes in Plain Txt', you can choose if you want to include HTML and media references, tags, deck names, notetype name and unique identifier.
* In 'Notes in Plain Txt', you can choose if you want to include HTML and media references, tags, deck names, notetype name and unique identifiers.

* In 'Cards in Plain Txt', you choose if you want to include HTML and media references or not.

The procedure is the same on Anki Desktop. Th export option can be accessed from the File button, or by using shortcut CTRL + E.
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The procedure is the same on Anki Desktop. Th export option can be accessed from the File button, or by using shortcut CTRL + E.
The procedure is the same on Anki Desktop. The export option can be accessed from the File button, or by using shortcut CTRL + E.

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The procedure is the same on Anki Desktop. Th export option can be accessed from the File button, or by using shortcut CTRL + E.
The procedure is the same on Anki Desktop. Th export option can be accessed from the File button, or by the shortcut CTRL + E.

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The procedure is the same on Anki Desktop. Th export option can be accessed from the File button, or by using shortcut CTRL + E.
The procedure is the same on Anki Desktop. Th export option can be accessed from the File button, or by using shortcut kbd:[Ctrl+E].




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