vocabulary

Question

How can I put more words into each item on my lists'

Answer 1

Hi Quentin I will let you know if I found out anything. Something ain't right here. I have lots of sentence lists on my "Talking Books" CD Rom and students find them very useful - pity I can't put them on here.

Answer 2

I saw no pattern to the behavior. I had some prompts that took about 1 1/12 lines and tried editing them. I removed text until the prompt was less than one line then tried to add more text and it wouldn't let me. Some boxes that were scrolling text suddenly wouldn't scroll anymore. I could make no sense out of it. I suppose I should have tried experimenting with it more. It seems like some cache is filling and then it won't accept anymore. And deleting text doen't clear the cache. It's as annoying as the 2000 word limit in private mail. I get wound up trying to explain something and all of the sudden I can't add anything. Frustrating.
I asked Heidita about it since she has made a lot of lists with longer prompts, but apparently she hasn't had that problem. I suppose I'll have to try making another list and try to observe the problem in more detail to figure out what's really going on. I love to tinker. If I find anything out I'll post an explanation. If you find out first share your discovery.

Ian Francis Hill said:

Thanks Quentin You understood what I was trying to say. I can't find a solution but some lists have longer sentences than I can create.

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Answer 3

Thanks Quentin You understood what I was trying to say. I can't find a solution but some lists have longer sentences than I can create.

Answer 4

I'm trying to read between the lines in your question. It should theoretically just be a matter of clicking Edit and typing the additional words into your prompt or response boxes. However, since you are posing the question I assume that it's not allowing you to do that. I had a similar problem with a list that I tried to make recently. Theoretically you should be able to type two full lines of text on each flashcard for a prompt/response. When I made my list I got my longest prompt (almost two full lines) accepted. But many of the shorter prompts were being truncated or the text in the box would not scroll allowing me to access the 2nd line. I found no solution and abandoned the list. I suspect that it has something to do with the audio (pronunciation) tool that loads to read each prompt (that little speaker icon that sits by each word when you view the List). To solve the problem I think you need access to the coding for the list which, of course, we don't have.