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Quizlet.com

peter — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:54:30 +0000

There are a lot of flashcard sets available at quizlet.com. Most of them can easily be imported into WordQuiz and KWordQuiz.

Locate the set you are interested in on the Quizlet web site. When viewing a flashcard set click on the Export button at the top of the list.

Use Tab as the Word-Def Delimiter. Use New Line as the Def-Word Delimiter. Click Select All in the Data box. Copy to clipboard.

In (K)WordQuiz, create a new vocabulary and select Paste. The program will automatically calculate and add rows if needed.

Change the column titles and save the new vocabulary.

KWordQuiz 0.9.1 released with KDE SC 4.5

peter — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:49:27 +0000

A new version of KWordQuiz was released today as part of the Edutainment module of KDE SC 4.5.

The new version has some interesting new features. You can now use images and sounds in your vocabularies. These features will be expanded even more in future releases.

There is also a simple tutor mode. For now, it can only be invoked from the command line. Run ‘kwordquiz –help’ for instructions.

WordQuiz 2010.08.03 released

peter — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:13:19 +0000

A small update that corrects an issue with sound notifications while editing vocabularies.

WordQuiz for Mac OS X Released

peter — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 21:24:08 +0000

This is the first publicly available version of WordQuiz for Mac OS X. It has been developed and tested on Snow Leopard, but should work also on Leopard. Any feedback is greatly appreciated. It is based on the same cross-platform … Continue reading →

WordQuiz is dead, long live WordQuiz!

peter — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:46:01 +0000

Today I released a completely new version of WordQuiz (2010.07.27). The old shareware version no longer exists.

The new WordQuiz has come full circle and is based on the the KDE version known as KWordQuiz. WordQuiz is provided as an easy to download, install and use version for Windows XP and newer.

The best news is that WordQuiz now is completely free open source software.

If you have used WordQuiz before you might want to switch with caution as several things behave differently and some features are missing.

New PeterAndLinda.com web site

peter — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:21:36 +0000

Welcome to a new more up to date web site. We hope you like it!

KWordQuiz 0.9.0 released with KDE 4.4

peter — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:11:01 +0000

KWordQuiz 0.9.0 was released today as part of the kdeedu module of KDE 4.4.

WordQuiz 5.4.0 released

peter — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 00:59:40 +0000

This release features an enhanced user interface with visual themes. Additional progress information is also provided in the quiz windows. Issues found since the last release have been corrected.

WordQuiz 5.3.2 released

peter — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:58:40 +0000

This is a maintenance release of WordQuiz. All issues reported since the previous release have been corrected. Parts of the user interface has also been made more consistent in look and feel.

KWordQuiz 0.8.1 released with KDE 3.5

peter — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 00:57:15 +0000

KWordQuiz 0.8.1 was released today as part of the kdeedu module of KDE 3.5.