Write your first note

In five minutes you will create a note and use the four editing moves you’ll use every day.

Create the note

1. Click the New (+) button next to the Notes header at the top of the file tree.
2. Choose New note and name it Team onboarding.

The editor opens. Type a sentence — it becomes a paragraph block, and it saves automatically as you type.

Add a heading with markdown shorthand

Type # followed by a space, then First week. The line converts instantly into a Heading 1 block. ## gives you Heading 2, - starts a bullet list, > a quote. You never see raw markdown — the shorthand converts as you type. Full list: Markdown shortcuts.

Insert blocks with the slash menu

1. On an empty line, type /.
2. Type task to filter, then choose Task list.
3. Add two items: Read the wiki and Meet the team.

Click a checkbox to tick it — checkboxes are interactive for everyone reading the note. The slash menu is the catalog of everything you can insert: headings, lists, Quote, Code block, Table, Table of contents, callouts, Mermaid diagram, Image, and more.

Link to another note

1. On a new line, type [[.
2. Start typing another note’s name and pick it from the picker.

The result is a wiki link — click it to jump to that note. The linked note gains a backlink to this one automatically, and the link keeps working when either note is renamed.

Tip

Select any text you’ve written to raise the floating toolbar — Bold, italic, links, lists, and inline code without leaving the keyboard’s neighborhood.

That’s the core loop: type, convert with shorthand, insert with /, connect with [[. The full editor reference — tables, callouts, images, diagrams, find in note — is at Edit notes.

Up next: Build a wiki that stays current — how to structure what you write so it doesn’t rot.