Your first ten minutes

Write the first note

The empty Inbox shows a card with four tips. If another page is open, click Inbox in the sidebar. Then press Return or type a letter. Nothing is written until you type, so an untouched start leaves nothing behind.

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   Start

   Press Return and type Plan the venue visit.

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   Add the next note

   Press Return at the end of the text. A new note appears below, with the caret in it.

Nest a note under another

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   Start the note

   Press Return and type Book the venue.

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   Nest it

   Press Tab. The note moves under the note above it and is indented.

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   Move it back

   Press ⇧ Tab to move it up a level. A note at the top of a page cannot move out of that page.

Link one note to another

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   Start a note

   Press Return and type Confirm catering numbers.

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   Open the list

   Type [[ and the first letters of a note's name, such as Plan. The @ key opens the same list.

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   Choose

   Use the arrow keys to pick the note and press Return. The typed text becomes a link to that note.

Clicking a link opens its note in the same pane. Links to notes stay linked if the note is renamed.

Tag a note with a supertag

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   Open the list

   Click at the end of Plan the venue visit and type # and a name, such as project. If the supertag already exists, choose it. Otherwise choose Create #project.

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   Create it

   Press Return to apply it. The typed text leaves the sentence, and the note gets a chip after its text.

Add a field

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   Open the list

   Click at the end of Plan the venue visit, type a space, then > followed by Status.

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   Create it

   Choose Create field Status and press Return. The value editor opens at the caret.

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   Enter a value

   Type Open and press Return. The field row appears under the note.

You can also choose Note ▸ Add Field…, or press ⇧⌘T for Tags and Fields. One Undo removes the text and the new field together.

Open a note as a page

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   Click the bullet

   Click the bullet of Plan the venue visit. The note opens as a page: its text is the title, its notes sit below it, and its fields show under the title.

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   Go back

   Click Inbox in the breadcrumbs, or press ⌘[ to go back.

Find it with ⌘K

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   Open the palette

   Press ⌘K and type venue. The palette lists the notes that match, each with its location.

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   Open a result

   Press Return to open the top result. Press ⌘Return to open it beside the current page.

With nothing typed, the palette lists recent pages. Typing #project before the words narrows the results to notes with that supertag.

Go to Today

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   Open today

   Press ⇧⌘D. Today's page opens, titled with the date.

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   Write

   Type in it to keep it. Until then, no page exists for the day.

Check that it is saved

The status line sits at the bottom of the sidebar. It reads Saved when your changes are stored. If it shows an error, it offers Retry. Click it for details.

Combine it

• Turn a note into a to-doPress ⌘Return on Book the venue. The note gets a box and the caret stays where it is.
• Narrow a search to a supertagIn the palette, #project before your words searches only notes with that supertag.
• Define what a supertag holdsOpen the Supertags page to see the fields and notes of #project, and add fields to it.
• Undo a step you did not wantPress ⌘Z. Edit shows the name of the step it will undo.