Hi yall! Trying to standardize my decks so that it doesnāt look like a mess while Iām studying, so Iāve been going through and changing the note types to AnKing Overhaul and AnKing Basic. Iāve run into a problem though - for the cards that were originally āBasic and Reversedā card, I canāt convert to AnKing Basic without losing one of the sides of the card. So I tried to duplicate the AnKing Basic type and then go into browse ā cardsā¦ ā add card ā flip. is this the way to go about it? the ālineā separating the front and back is looking off-centered, is there a way to fix this?
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Hello,
From the Browse screen, you can select a given card and click here:
This should allow you to convert specific notes between note types as well as to specify which field is imported into which other field:
Let me know if that works for you. 
Hi @Brian_BH, thanks for responding! I tried to do that, but what happens is, if I convert a Basic (and reversed) card to the AnKIng Basic types, Iām actually losing the reverse side. Maybe this screenshot will show what Iām talking aboutā¦ essentially, since the Basic and Reverse generates two cards from one note, I canāt just change the Card 1ās to AnKing Basic and then change the Card 2ās to AnKing Basic - theyāre linked together as one note
If you go into your Browser, all of the āfrontā cards should be ācard 1ā and all of the āreverseā cards should be ācard 2ā (this is just a random example that I made):
You may need to do all of the card 1ās at once, then go back and do all of the card 2ās, in order to avoid this limitation of Anki.
Let me know if that works for you and weāll go from there.
Hmā¦ I have selected an example card 2 and tried to change it. It is still giving me the ācard 2 will be removedā message, and when I do change it, it deletes the card 1.
Hereās what it looks like when I do update it:
I think it comes down to the note type youāre trying to convert it to, though Iām not sure, tbh. The basic note type is not one I see used very much, and donāt personally use it, so I donāt have a lot of experience with it.
You might have to tinker with other note types as the destination type. At least on my end I show that Iām able to convert it to other Basic note types without issue, so it may just come down to tinkering until you find something that will work for the specific cards that youāve created (and/or the note type to which youāre trying to convert it).
OK, Iāve found the solution. I duplicated all the notes that were Basic and Reversed, then converted the originals, and then converted the duplicates backward. that seemed to do the trick. thanks!
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