#Obsidian notes how to#
#Obsidian notes software#

Queries allow you to find several notes in your vault that match a specific criteria. Audio files: mp3, webm, wav, m4a, ogg, 3gp, flac.Image files: png, jpg, jpeg, gif, bmp, svg.Here is a list of file types you can embed in obsidian: Once youвЂ™ve put your media in the obsidian folder you can link to it like this: !]

Many people like to create an attachemnts folder and keep all their media there. YouвЂ™ll need to make sure that the media exists in the vault folder first. You can embed media in your Obsidian documents. You can embed just a paragraph by using the same syntax but, youвЂ™ll need to include the вЂњ^вЂќ symbol after the page name like so: !] Embedding images and other file types. To embed a single page use this syntax: !]В Notice how itвЂ™s the same as linking to page except you just put the exclamation mark in front?

People have found many creative uses for this feature.

This is great because when the content is updated on the original page it is also updated everywhere itвЂ™s embedded. This is powerful because you can show an entire page within a page, or just a paragraph or two.

#Obsidian notes software#

In Software like Obsidian.md and Roam Research you can link to other pages or blocks. This is highlighted =This is highlighted=Д«lock quotes are a good way of indicating that youвЂ™re quoting someone, or to call attention to specific text: > Block QuoteД®mbedding content is another thing that makes linked thoughtВ software so powerful. This text has a strikethrough ~~This text has a strike through~~ This is italicized text *This is italicized text* This is some bold text: **This is some bold text** Like Microsoft Word or Apple pages Obsidian allows you to perform some basic text editing like making text: Bold, Italic, Strike Through and highlighted. Here is a walkthrough of my Obsidian.md personal knowledge management system. You can use the contents menu to jump to a section you want to read more about. My approach will be to explain obsidian as a text editing tool, and then weвЂ™ll add вЂњlinked thoughtвЂќ at a later stage as the icing on the cake. While this is one of the big selling points of Obsidian it can be a confusing topic for someone that is just starting out.

#Obsidian notes how to#

Most Obsidian Tutorials start with how to link pages together, this doesnвЂ™t make any sense. It is aimed at beginners and people who are unfamiliar with markdown. This article is meant to be a quick reference guide on the basics of Obsidian and the Markdown specific to obsidian. If you are unfamiliar with markdown it can be tricky to get started with obsidian. People also use it to support their own work: everyone from software developers to lawyers are seeing the value in the idea of linked thought. People have used it to write academic papers and novels. Applications like Obsidian.md and Roam Research are spearheading a knowledge management revolution. The applications go much further than note taking. It is like having your very own wikipedia. вЂњLinked ThoughtвЂќ refers to a group of note taking applications that allow you to seamlessly link thoughts and notes together. It is different from other markdown editors because it has jumped on the linked thought band wagon. I guess IвЂ™ve made my own argument to go with Obsidian, despite my desires to stick with FOSS tools wherever is a markdown text editor. IвЂ™m guessing the first two are the big items, right? Being able to access markdown files directly, and having the metadata stored in plain text in each markdown file makes working on that pice of information easier, and also accessible by other programs like DEVONThink. Joplin seems to talk to more file & note sync services.Joplin seems to have more built-in features, but obsidian seems to have more plugins.Joplin stores its metadata using database internals, whereas Obsidian uses YAML frontmatter.ObsidianвЂ™s best feature is its use of plain text files, whereas Joplin uses a database to hold & sync notes, and requires you to вЂњsyncвЂќ to a local filesystem path if you want the files.How does The Collective here feel about the pro/con on these two tools? IвЂ™m looking to make the leap, but Joplin is still out there, beckoning me with its FOSS model. It looks like the Automators crew has settled on Obsidian as the note taking, zettlekasten, and all-around personal knowledge tool for now.