Notebook block types

Choose Add Block in the notebook editor to see everything you can put on a page. The menu is grouped into four sections.

Basic

• Heading 1, Heading 2, Heading 3 - structure for a long page.
• Text - a paragraph. Supports markdown, so bold, italics, lists and links all work.

Embeds

• Deck - a deck from your library. In study mode this becomes playable in place, so an explanation can sit right next to the drill for it.
• Table - the same for a table.
• Text - one of your imported texts. It gets a View and Study toggle, so you can read it sentence by sentence without leaving the notebook.
• PDF - an uploaded PDF. Premium.

Media

• Image - Premium.
• Video - a YouTube video.

Practice

• Sentence - a single sentence with tap-to-translate on every word, and pronunciation if audio exists for it. Good for example sentences you want to study rather than just read.

The Premium blocks

Image and PDF blocks require Premium. In the add-block menu they show a crown, and on the free plan they can't be inserted at all - the menu item links to the pricing page instead.

PDF uploads are limited to 20 MB each. See Upload and use PDFs.

Giving embedded blocks context

Deck, table, text, video, PDF and sentence blocks can each have a title and description. Worth filling in - a notebook you come back to in three months is much easier to use when each embedded deck explains what it's for.

Designing a notebook that works

• One topic per page. Pages are your navigation, so a page per grammar point or textbook section beats one enormous page.
• Lead with the explanation, follow with the practice. Text block, then an embedded deck of the words it introduces.
• Use headings. They feed the sidebar and the search box, which is how you'll actually find things later.