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Welcome to the Obsidian_to_Anki wiki! This documents the current features of the script.

If you're a new user, please check out Steps for new users.

If you're having problems, please check out Troubleshooting.

If you're an advanced user, you may be interested in Technical.

You may also be interested in the History of script development.

Note formatting with custom note types - You're not limited to the 6 built-in note types of Anki.
Updating existing notes - When running the script on a file again, it'll automatically update existing notes in Anki, preserving scheduling information.
Tag formatting, on a per-note and per-file basis. And for Obsidian plugin users, on a per-folder basis too!
Deck formatting on a per-file basis. And for Obsidian plugin users, on a per-folder basis too!
Markdown formatting.
Math formatting.
Image formatting.
Audio formatting
Deleting notes from the file.
Reading from all files in a directory automatically - recursively too!
Inline notes - Shorter syntax for typing out notes on a single line.
Cloze formatting - A more compact syntax to do Cloze text.
Frozen Fields
Skipping over previously scanned and unchanged files - should be useful for large vaults! See Data file.
Obsidian Integration
Regex - Using regular expressions, add custom syntax to generate notes that make sense for you. Note that all custom syntax is off by default, and must be programmed into the script via the config file - see Regex for instructions.

By default, the script adds to the current profile in Anki - you need to switch profiles in Anki to add to another profile.