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paisley
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10 February 2012 at 2:37am | IP Logged

I know there are tons of computer websites and apps, but sometimes i just want physical cards. Is good ways you can suggest making or attaining self created flash cards? A popular method? A flash card specific paper product that works well for the printer? even a site I can order ones from after creating them online?

I'd prefer not to hand write them only because i want pictures instead of just writing the English word.

or is just putting 3 x 5's through a printer the easiest way to go.

thanks.

Edited by paisley on 10 February 2012 at 3:14am
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이희선
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10 February 2012 at 7:12am | IP Logged

I don't know of a specific Flashcard program but I can think of a few work-arounds.

1. Use pre-made business card cardsheets, like the Avery kind. It will have a template and everything for your
word processing program. This would be very easy and neat since they would all be uniform and they are made
to print on a printer really nicely and ar perforated to break apart cleanly. But I can imagine this would get rather
expensive.

2. Use just regular heavy paper or cardstock and make your own template for the word processor, using the
Labels function. Then print and cut them out yourself (even using a paper guillotine if you're picky about the
evenness of cutting)

I know some of the flash card exchange sites have options where you can print out lists that you enter, but I
don't own a printer now so I have no idea if they print out nice are not.

There are companies that make pre-printed flashcards but the problem with those is they might not have the
words you need. I also prefer physical flashcards, but just write them by hand on pre-cut flashcard size decks of
paper. I've seen the decks infrequently in the US, but they're available everywhere here in Korea.
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hrhenry
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10 February 2012 at 7:35am | IP Logged

paisley wrote:

I don't know if this will help you, but I recently discovered a site called Quizlets. You can create your own flashcards there, then have them print out on pre-defined paper/stock sizes. 3x5 is one of the supported sizes.

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