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Setting up a OneNote, any beginners advice?

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I just set up a python script that creats my daily note with all the necessary structure, pulls my tasks from the whole database and syncs it with my Google Calendar. And all I have to do is type 'python daily_drive.py'. If you are a techie/ nerd out on stuff like this, ain't no other option than obsidian. 

P.S - you can use your notes as a contextual window for AI agents to help you with projects. I set up the script above in 10 minutes using this fact. 


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On 9/12/2024 at 4:50 AM, Leo Gura said:

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I was wondering If leo uses the ancient tech bloatware called OneNote in 2025 and i think the answer is yes
Am quite shocked tbh

 

 

On 9/12/2024 at 4:47 AM, toasty7718 said:

Delete OneNote and download Obsidian

I suggest Logseq its an opensource local Obsidian with so many powerful plugins
https://logseq.com/
 

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How can I export all my OneNote notes into Obsidian? Is it possible?

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57 minutes ago, Mata said:

How can I export all my OneNote notes into Obsidian? Is it possible?

I don't think there's an option to do that automatically - you might want to do some research first, though.

You probably have to manually go through every note and export it in docx format and then convert it to markdown. Then, you just import those files into your Obsidian vault.

Welcome to the forum, by the way.

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23 hours ago, UnbornTao said:

You probably have to manually go through every note and export it in docx format

I did it, and it exported each section with all their corresponding pages in individual Word documents. 

23 hours ago, UnbornTao said:

and then convert it to markdown

And then when trying to do this via an online converter, the text converted fine, but images didn't; instead of images, the converted md files just showed broken links. So I just ctrl+A'ed, ctrl+C'ed and then Ctrl+V'ed the content of each Word file into Obsidian. In this case, the machine generated alternative text of the images (as most images were screenshots of paragraphs from books) and a link to the image file itself were given in Obsidian. Fortunately, there weren't too many Word files, but it still took some time. Thanks a lot for your guidance. 

23 hours ago, UnbornTao said:

Welcome to the forum, by the way.

Thank you <3

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They all work fine. You need your own mind, a way to record it & to access it back. They all do some version of that.

People shit on me for liking Apple notes but I tried all of them & settled there lol. A-Notes also stores locally(& cloud) on top of exporting in .txt & .pdf if you want. Apple Pencil & convenience of the cloud options is the thing that makes it more worth it than obsidian for me. 

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I watched Leo's video on a commonplace book a few years ago and decided to use Obsidian to make one, I ended up getting really far in with Journals, notes and other stuff. But at some point I realized that I wasn't gaining any value from the commonplace book, I was only trying to parrot the idea of a commonplace book. 

I think it is necessary for you to first consider whether you really need a commonplace book or not. For me at this point, it's mainly academic stuff like storing notes and other important resources I have created or compiled inside my Google Drive. Sometimes I open a new Google Doc for writing plans or ideas, but I have never actually needed to link stuff together.

You can call that my commonplace book in that there are different sections for fitness, projects and academics. Considering that I am pursuing many academic pursuits the google drive is quite vast. I prefer Google Drive despite the lack of interlinking and other features Obsidian or other note taking apps provide. This is mostly because I need to store data in a wide variety of file formats that gets quite cumbersome with Obsidian.

If you're writing a book, doing research or doing elaborate planning then I feel Obsidian works the best. But for my daily life, I have never needed a commonplace book to store insights or other stuff. Maybe it's because I was never really serious about spirituality or contemplation, or maybe it is because I am not at that stage yet. I am mostly Orange right now.

All I can say is that I tried it and it was too complex for my needs, and I feel you should consider that too before starting this stuff.

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On 9/12/2024 at 11:42 AM, AION said:

Obsidian is too gimmicky. If you aren’t Elon Musk type of guy you won’t need it. OneNote will do fine. 
 

I use Obsidian for my IT stuff. For regular stuff OneNote is much more accessible and useful. 

 

I agree, the only downside of OneNote is proprietary file format, I haven't researched it but i'm sure a solution could be found to convert it into a format accessible by LLMs if someone needs it in future. 

I love simplicity of OneNote.  

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@waheed I convert it to a pdf to feed it to AI 


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