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How to use Noughtpad

Everything Noughtpad does, step by step. New here? Start with installing and writing your first note.

  • Install and write your first note

    Download, install, choose a folder for your notes, and write.

  • Writing and formatting

    Formatting, paste and copy, images, diagrams and maths.

  • Labels and sources

    Tag notes and record where an idea came from.

  • All notes, collections and search

    All notes, collections, search filters and search by meaning.

  • Related notes

    See notes that seem connected, and hide the ones that aren't.

  • Ideas over time

    Threads you keep coming back to, and how they changed.

  • Journal and activity map

    Your notes by day, week or month, and a year of writing.

  • Chat and models

    Ask your notes questions with a model on your computer or your own provider.

  • Sync (beta)

    Keep your computers in step through your own Google Drive. In beta.

  • Settings

    Every setting, explained.

  • Keyboard shortcuts

    Every shortcut on Mac, Windows and Linux.

  • Where your files live

    File names, the hidden .noughtpad folder, backups and moving notes.

  • Updating Noughtpad

    How updates arrive, and how they're checked.

  • Common problems

    Quick fixes for the things people most often ask about.

Noughtpad

A private notebook for Mac, Windows and Linux. Your notes stay plain Markdown files on your own computer.

Source available on GitHub

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