# Swap the front and back of cards and then copy in a new deck

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**Created:** [November 14, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/swap-the-front-and-back-of-cards-and-then-copy-in-a-new-deck/24663 "2022-11-14T20:37:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![anonym123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@anonym123](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/anonym123)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/swap-the-front-and-back-of-cards-and-then-copy-in-a-new-deck/24663/1 "2022-11-14T20:37:26Z")

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Is it possible to swap the front and back of cards and then copy these new cards into a new deck? I can’t find a better way than either copying each card individually or retyping each card upside down, is there a better way?  
I want to learn the vocabulary of a language in both directions, but not in the same deck.

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**Author:** ![jcznk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/jcznk/32/15215_2.png) [@jcznk](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/jcznk)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/swap-the-front-and-back-of-cards-and-then-copy-in-a-new-deck/24663/2 "2022-11-14T22:21:12Z")

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You could do the following:

1. Open the Editor → select the `Basic (and reversed card)` note-type → Cards → select Card Type 2 → Options → Deck Override → type the name of a deck of your choice  
From now on, all the reverse cards will automatically be added to this deck.
2. Open the Browser, choose your old notes and change their note-type to `Basic (and reversed card)`

 ![image](https://cdck-file-uploads-us1.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/b/bf8c858de9d5dab988670f1bef7a5ae5891627f5.png)

You could also just change the note-type, then do a Browser search using these search terms `"note:Basic (and reversed card)" "card:Card 2"` and manually move all the reversed cards to a deck of your choice, but in this case you will need to repeat the manual deck move for any future cards.

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**Author:** ![anonym123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@anonym123](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/anonym123)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/swap-the-front-and-back-of-cards-and-then-copy-in-a-new-deck/24663/3 "2022-11-15T19:40:03Z")

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Thanks for the help

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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:** [December 15, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/swap-the-front-and-back-of-cards-and-then-copy-in-a-new-deck/24663/4 "2022-12-15T19:40:16Z")

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Closed on December 15, 2022, 7:40pm UTC

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