Word document to flashcards in about a minute
Upload a Word document and QuerySpark writes flashcards from what is actually in it, so you can drill the key terms on exactly what your course covers. .docx files up to 20 MB.
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Quick answer
How do you turn a Word document into flashcards?
Upload the .docx and choose flashcards. QuerySpark reads the headings and paragraphs, picks out the key terms, definitions and explanations, and writes a deck you study with spaced repetition, usually in about a minute. Export it as CSV to use in Anki or Quizlet, or to print. Google Docs work after downloading as .docx. Starting is free: a 3-day Pro trial with no card, then 20 flashcards a month on the free plan.
- Reads .docx from Word and Google Docs
- Definition, question and fill-in-the-blank cards
- CSV export for Anki, Quizlet or printing
- Free plan: 20 flashcards a month
How it works
How to turn a Word document into flashcards
- 01
Save as .docx
Word saves .docx by default; re-save old .doc files. From Google Docs, use File, Download, Microsoft Word.
- 02
Upload one unit at a time
A deck per unit or chapter is easier to keep up with than one deck from a whole term's notes.
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Pick a card style
Definition cards for vocabulary, question cards for processes and arguments, or a mix. Fill-in-the-blank cards suit dates, names and formulas.
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Study it, or take it elsewhere
Review in the app with spaced repetition, or export the CSV for Anki, Quizlet or a printed set.
Example
Flashcards from HIST 110 notes
A sample of what you get from a Word document on history. Yours is written from your own file.
MAIN causes
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
Schlieffen Plan
Germany's plan to defeat France quickly through Belgium before turning on Russia
July Crisis
The month of ultimatums and mobilizations after 28 June 1914
What your flashcards include
- Term and definition cards for every key concept
- Concept cards that ask why and how, not only what
- Cards sized to your material: a short reading gets a short deck
- Spaced repetition built in: no deck settings to configure
How you study them
Flip, rate how well you knew it, and move on. Cards you find hard return sooner; cards you know well fade out until just before you would forget them.
Best for: vocabulary and definitions, formulas and dates, daily ten-minute review.
How we read Word documents
We read the .docx structure directly, keeping headings and paragraphs, so a long set of notes is split into topics before any questions are written.
Get the best results
- Use headings. They become the topics of your study guide.
- One document per unit keeps sets focused.
- Paste in your lecturer's learning objectives at the top to steer the questions.
If your document is already a term and definition list
You may not need AI at all. If the document is a two-column table of terms and definitions, select the table in Word, copy it, and paste it into Quizlet's Import box: copied table cells arrive tab-separated, which is Quizlet's default. Anki can import the same table if you save it as a text file.
Use this tool when the document is prose: lecture notes, an essay plan, a reading. Pulling cards out of paragraphs is the slow part, and that is the part it does for you.
How to print flashcards from a Word document
Generate the deck, export it as CSV, then use Word's mail merge to lay the cards out. In Word, go to Mailings, Start Mail Merge, Labels, and pick an index card or large label size. Choose Select Recipients, Use an Existing List, open the CSV, and insert the two fields.
For double-sided cards, run two merges, one with the front field and one with the back, and print the second on the reverse of the first. Print a test page first; printers differ in how they flip paper.
Word document to Quizlet or Anki
For Quizlet, open the exported CSV in Google Sheets or Excel, copy the two columns and paste them into Quizlet's Import box with Tab as the separator. Pasting raw CSV tends to break on commas inside definitions.
For Anki, use File, Import, choose the CSV, and map the first column to Front and the second to Back. Anki then schedules the cards itself.
Google Docs to flashcards
Download the doc as Microsoft Word (.docx) and upload it, or for a short doc just copy and paste the text. Uploading keeps the headings, which helps the deck cover every topic evenly instead of clustering around the first page.
If the doc is shared with a study group, make the deck once and publish the set. Anyone with the link can study it without an account.
Things that trip people up with Word documents
Old .doc files are not supported. Save as .docx first.
Track-changes and comments are ignored; accept them first if they matter.
Text inside images is not read from Word files. Export to PDF if your notes are mostly screenshots.
Questions about word to flashcards
Upload the .docx to QuerySpark and choose flashcards. The deck is ready in about a minute and you can study it with spaced repetition or export it as CSV.
Yes, to start. The 3-day Pro trial needs no card, and the free plan afterwards includes 20 flashcards a month with a 5 MB file limit.
To design printable cards, Word's Labels and mail merge features lay out a list of terms onto card-sized pages. To get the cards written for you from your notes, generate them here and print the CSV with a mail merge.
Yes. Make the flashcards here, export as CSV, and paste the two columns into Quizlet's Import box. If your document is already a two-column table of terms, you can paste that straight in.
No, only .docx. Open the old file in Word and use Save As, Word Document, then upload the new copy.
Headings are used to split the document into topics so cards are spread across all of them. The cards themselves come from the text under each heading.
Yes. Headings become topics, and the study guide follows your document's structure.
Download as Microsoft Word (.docx), or copy the text and paste it in directly.
Yes. Export any deck as CSV, which both Anki and Quizlet import.
Yes, to start. New accounts get a 3-day Pro trial with no credit card. After the trial the free plan includes 1 study session, 20 questions and 10 PDF pages a month, and you keep everything you made. You can also try the question generator on pasted text without an account, 3 times a day.
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