Card types

Each card shows a small label with its type, so a busy board stays readable.

Card	What it shows	Made by
Text	Your own words, formatted Markdown.	Text card tool, or pasting text.
Book, Research Paper, Document	The cover, title and author of an item in your library. The label follows the item's type.	Library Item Card, or dragging from Library.
Location	A book and an exact page or chapter, such as Physics, p. 112.	Pasting a link copied in the reader.
Quote	The words you quoted, with the book's cover, title and page underneath.	Pasting text copied with Copy as quote.
Note	A note from your Notes, with its title and a preview.	Library Item Card, or dragging from Notes.
Image	A picture, shown at its own proportions.	Image tool, dropping or pasting an image.
Video	A YouTube video with its thumbnail. It plays on the board when you press Play.	Pasting a YouTube link.

On every card

• Caption: a short line under the card for your own label.
• Colour: one of eight colours. Give the colours meanings in the board's Colour legend, such as supports and challenges.
• Lock: keep a card from moving or resizing by accident.
• Open: quote, location, book and note cards open their source at the right place.

What cards don't do

Cards point to your library; they don't copy it. Editing a note shows up on its card, and a card on a board never changes the book or note it refers to. Videos load only when you press Play, and pasting an ordinary web link doesn't fetch anything; it stays as text.

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