Import and Export

Import and export

Move your notes in and out of OpenNote. Beta 4 has import and export for Markdown, Office formats, Obsidian notebooks, and more. Everything except start-up is untested by hand, so check the test checklist before you rely on a feature.

Your notes are never locked in. A page already keeps a readable page.md copy, and a whole notebook exports in one step.

Export

Export a page, a section, or a whole notebook.

Format	Status
Markdown	Built. Also a readable copy on every save.
HTML	Built. "Export as web page" writes one self-contained file, with ink as vector graphics. A notebook can export as linked pages.
Word (.docx)	Built. Text, tables, images, ink, and more.
PDF	Built. Matches the paginated view. See Page views, printing, and PDF.
Excel (.xlsx) and CSV	Built. From smart tables.
PowerPoint (.pptx)	Built. One page per slide.
PNG, SVG, and image	Built. Export a page or selection as an image.
Anki and CSV	Built. For flashcard decks.
Audio file	Built. Export a recording as an audio file.
Share as a file	Not yet. One file that opens in OpenNote, with structure, tags, properties, and optionally history.

Each export gets a short report. Locked sections stay out unless you open them first.

Import

Source	What comes over	Phase
Markdown folders	Obsidian and Joplin exports	11
Evernote (.enex)	Notes and attachments	11
OneNote, through the Microsoft Graph API	Page layout, ink, images, and attachments	11
OneNote files on disk (.onepkg, .one)	No sign-in needed. Text, tables, images, files, tags, and ink where the format allows.	11
Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files	.docx, .odt, .xlsx, .csv, and .pptx. Slides become pages you can write on.	11
Notion, Google Keep, Bear, and Logseq	Notion Markdown and CSV, Keep exports from Takeout, Bear TextBundle files, and Logseq folders	11
Windows Sticky Notes	Text, colors, and dates from this PC, with no account	11
Calendar files (.ics)	Classes, exam dates, and due dates	11
Anki decks and CSV	Flashcards with their images	10
PDFs and scans	Highlight text on imported PDF pages, and clean up photos of pages	11

Each import lands in its own notebook, with a report for every page that says what came over, what was simplified, and what was skipped. Original created and modified dates are kept. "Undo this import" removes the whole import in one step.

"Add note space" widens slides or PDF pages with a ruled or blank margin, or lays out 2 or 3 slides per page like a handout.

Open a single file

"Open with OpenNote" on a Markdown or text file opens it as a page and saves back to the same file. The file isn't moved, copied, or renamed.

Linked accounts

Planned for Phase 11, and optional. You can link a Google or Microsoft account. Sign-in uses the provider's own secure page, and tokens stay in Windows Credential Manager. The "Send to" menu converts a page to PDF, Word, or Google Docs and uploads it to a Drive or OneDrive folder you choose. Nothing uploads without an explicit action.

Other planned connections include calendars, to-do apps, email, web clippers, and a local API. An app that connects through the local API gets its own permission, starts read-only on one notebook, and appears in an access log.

Related pages

• Privacy and your data
• The full list is in the feature specification.