# Help with settings please!

**URL:** <https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/help-with-settings-please/4393>\
**Category:** Scheduling\
**Created:** [October 16, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/help-with-settings-please/4393 "2020-10-16T19:36:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![eakent1993](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/85f322/32.png) [@eakent1993](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/eakent1993)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/help-with-settings-please/4393/1 "2020-10-16T19:36:34Z")

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I can’t seem to figure out how to change my settings, but I have several large (shared) decks already downloaded that I am trying to learn, this is what I hope to do:

- learn 5 new cards without seeing any others,
- learn another 5 in the same manner
- briefly review the 10 I’ve learned so far by mixing them together
- learn another 5
- briefly review the 15 I’ve learned so far
- learn another 5
- briefly review the 20 I’ve learned so far
- mix those 20 into everything that’s due for the day and proceed as normal

Also, I am worried that my interval settings are messed up, right now it says  
again - 10 minutes  
hard - 2 days  
good - 3 days  
easy - 4 days

I know you can’t specifically program these numbers (or at least I think you can’t) but is there a way to make it roughly  
again - 5 minutes  
-hard - 10 minutes  
good 30 minutes  
easy 2 hours

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**Author:** ![vit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/65b543/32.png) [@vit](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/vit)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/help-with-settings-please/4393/2 "2020-10-16T22:24:07Z")

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OP: I can’t seem to figure out …  
In Anki, it is hard to figure most things out.  
The only way is to read the related Manual section ( Table of contents is very detailed !).  
Changed: Read “Preferences” and set the “Review… Limit” to 5.  
Read “Deck options” and set the New card steps to 5 30 60. Anki will set the “Hard” step to half of Good button.  
Set Good option to 1d; Easy 3d.

Workflow:

1. Make a new Option Group for each deck
2. Review 5 cards.
3. Open Browse screen; type rated:1 ( to list only cards reviewed Today).
4. Preview cards in Browse screen
5. Learn another 5 cards. The rest of it is obvious…  
When doing all 20 cards ‘post-view’, count how many cards you failed.  
If none, count the Failed cards Tomorrow. Now you have data on Retention rate ( for your Learning phase workflow ). You are likely to find it to be about 100% - my guess. Act upon it.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 5:59am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/help-with-settings-please/4393/3 "2023-05-01T05:59:21Z")

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