Document Review: Occlusion, Cloze, and Recall Mode¶

1 What Is `Recall Mode`?¶

Recall mode: an immersive review experience for building long-term memory

Create occlusions and clozes in cards, rectangular areas, or text passages to practice retrieving knowledge and strengthen memory connections. You can choose the area and style of occlusion, from a single formula to an entire passage, to focus your recall practice on exactly what you want to learn.

Turning on recall mode activates occlusions throughout the study set. Tap to reveal answers, repeating the cycle of recalling, checking, and reinforcing what you know.

2 Turn On Recall Mode¶

2.1 Turn On Recall Mode in Immersive Mode¶

Enter Immersive mode, then tap the person icon on the bottom toolbar to enable Recall mode. See the recall mode toolbar for its available controls.

2.2 Turn On Legacy Recall Mode¶

In MarginNote, go to Settings > LEGACY FEATURES and enable Recall Mode (Legacy).
Tap the study set's More menu in the top-right corner and turn on Recall Mode (Legacy).
Once Recall Mode (Legacy) is on, occluded content is hidden.
Try to recall the hidden content, then tap the occluded area to reveal it.
Tap the area again to restore the occlusion.

3 Choose What to Hide for Recall Practice¶

3.1 Hide an Entire Excerpt¶

3.1.1 Use `Excerpt Occlusion` to Hide the Whole Excerpt¶

With Excerpt Occlusion enabled, select the Text Excerpt Tool, Rectangle Excerpt Tool, or Lasso Excerpt Tool and make an excerpt.

3.1.2 Turn Excerpt Occlusion On or Off¶

Tap an existing excerpt area, then choose Basic - More in the pop-up menu to turn Excerpt Occlusion on or off.

3.2 Occlusion with `Emphasize`¶

Select the Rectangle Excerpt Tool or Text Excerpt Tool, enable Emphasize, and excerpt the area you want. After excerpting, tap the characters you want to hide.

The Difference Between Emphasize Occlusion and Excerpt Occlusion

1. Emphasize Occlusion

Start with an excerpt and mark key areas within it for occlusion. The key content remains within its full context, making it easier to follow the surrounding logic.

When you add the card to review, the context is automatically retained, and the emphasized areas become clozes on the review card.

Best for content that depends on context, such as memorizing course material, explaining concepts, and studying ideas with closely connected reasoning.

2. Excerpt Occlusion

Hides the entire excerpt, which can be a short passage, a single word, a formula, or an image. The resulting card contains only the excerpted content, without the surrounding sentences from the original document.

Best for content that does not depend on context, such as definitions, terminology, standalone formulas, and diagrams.

3.3 Three Ways to Create Occlusions and Clozes¶

3.3.1 Handwriting Highlighter¶

Select the hand tool in the document, switch to the highlighter, and draw over the text or image area you want to hide.

3.3.2 Rectangle and Lasso Excerpts¶

Select the Rectangle Excerpt Tool or Lasso Excerpt Tool and enable Excerpt Occlusion to hide areas containing text, images, or handwritten annotations.

3.3.3 Text Excerpts¶

Select the Text Excerpt Tool, enable Excerpt Occlusion, and excerpt the text you want to hide.