Naomi, You may be able to export Q & A from Word as plain txt and that may solve the problem.
What I have done is to look at Q & A files in TextWrangler, turning on 'Invisibles' then using search and replace to clean up the file to where Mnemosyne is happy with it. The actual problem is that Word is a billion dollar computer assisted machine tool where a simple five dollar chalk board will do a very much better job. I have fixed up 4,000 pairs of Q & A in numbers; copied and pasted to TextWrangler to check there's no garbage; then Saved the file As a name that fits for Mnemosyne. It took little time and worked well. Hope that helps. Do you have a nerd nearby or somebody's grand child that could help out... ;~) George On 19 Dec 2011, at 06:46, Peter Bienstman wrote: > Hi, > > For some strange reason, the Mac version of Excel and Word seem to add extra > characters in the file, which confuses the importer. > > Mnemosyne 1.x is no longer being developed, but I'll add this on my todo list > for Mnemosyne 2.0. > > Thanks for reporting this! > > Peter > > On Monday, December 19, 2011 07:06:49 PM Naomi Borkowski wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've just downloaded the program, so was just doing some test lists >> (attached here). >> >> Thanks for your quick reply! >> >> Naomi >> >> On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Peter Bienstman >> >> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Just mail me your txt file, and I'll have a look at it. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> On Monday, December 19, 2011 01:30:10 AM Naomi Borkowski wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I've followed the instructions here: >>>> http://www.mnemosyne-proj.org/help/importing.php on how to import >>>> lists >>>> into mnemosyne and it is't working for me. I can't figure out what I >>>> am >>>> doing incorrectly. I've tried with both Excel and Word. >>>> >>>> For Word, I type the question, press tab and type the answer and put >>>> the next question on a new line >>>> For Excel, I type the question, press tab, and then answer goes in >>>> the >>>> next column, and then go to the next line for the next Q&A pair. >>>> >>>> The problem is the same... the list imports to Mnemosyne, the first >>>> card shows the correct question, but when I show the answer it comes >>>> up with the answer and then the question from the next line (i.e. >>>> Answer 1 and Question 2 appear). >>>> >>>> Any ideas why this is happening? I'm not very computer savvy, but it >>>> seems like it should be a pretty straight-forward process. Not sure >>>> if >>>> it makes a difference, but I am working on a Mac OS X 10.6.8 >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> Naomi > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en.
