I’ll take another look at the manual.
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I retested.
Same 3 note types, but renamed so that I know which is which. All have the same 4 fields.
3 new decks to match the note types…
I have 7 import files. “#guid column:1” has been removed from all. All have 4 columns to match the note types. Column 1 is non-empty and unique. The 7 files cover: Initial load, add, change, and “delete” (reuse the column 1 value).
I imported each of the 7 files to each of the 3 decks. All were successful!!!
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I had some trouble getting my 3 new decks to show on the Anki “Deck” view. I ended up clicking on the new deck and clicking on “Decks” to get back to the Deck view.
My 3 decks are MyFwd&RevDeck, MyFwdDeck, and MyRevDeck. After all of my imports, the “Decks” view shows…
All 3 have the same number of notes. “New cards/day” is set to “30”. I don’t know why the other two decks are showing “24”.
Deck “Öptions” claims to be used by 4 decks. The “Decks” view only shows 3. I’m assuming that the 4th is “Default”. I don’t know why it doesn’t show in the “Decks” view.
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Anyway, I think I’m good to go for now. I can delete and recreate the decks, load them with my real data, and try reviewing. I set the options to Random"" and Bury new and review". I haven’t decided yet whether I want Forward and Reverse in the same deck or different decks.
Thank you for all of your help.