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-date = 2024-04-06
-title = "Convert OneNote to Markdown or Org-Mode"
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-
-If you're looking to convert your OneNote content to another format, such as
-Markdown or Org-Mode, you're in luck. I use a solution that doesn't require
-other programs, such as Evernote or Notion. Personally, I used this solution on
-a managed corporate laptop that doesn't allow installation of other programs
-like these.
-
-This solution uses OneNote and Pandoc on Windows 10.
-
-# Export OneNote Content to Word
-
-To start, export any pages or tabs from OneNote to the Word format (`.docx`):
-
-1. Open OneNote desktop.
-2. Select `File` and then `Export`.
-3. Select the scope of content to export, such as `Tab` or `Page`.
-4. Name and save the file in an easy to remember location. I recommend your
- Downloads or Desktop folder.
-
-See below for a visual walkthrough of the export process.
-
-# Download Pandoc
-
-Start by downloading Pandoc from their [GitHub
-releases](https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases) page. I cannot install `.msi`
-files on my corporate laptop, so I downloaded the
-`pandoc-3.1.12.3-windows-x86_64.zip` file, which contains a simple `.exe` file
-that you do not need to install - you will simply run it from the command line
-below.
-
-Once downloaded, unzip the archive and move the `pandoc.exe` file to the same
-folder where your Word documents were saved above. If you prefer, you can move
-this file to an easier location, such as `C:\Users\youruser\Downloads`.
-
-# Convert Word to Markdown
-
-In this example, I will be converting the Word documents to Markdown, but Pandoc
-supports [a ton of different formats for
-conversion](https://github.com/jgm/pandoc?tab=readme-ov-file#the-universal-markup-converter).
-Choose the format you prefer and then modify the following commands as needed.
-
-To perform the conversion, open the Command Prompt. If you can't find it, open
-the start menu and search for it.
-
-Within the command prompt, navigate to the directory where you stored the
-`pandoc.exe` file and the Word documents.
-
-```ps1
-cd "C:\Users\yourusername\Downloads"
-```
-
-You can verify that you're in the correct directory with the `dir` command.
-
-```ps1
-dir
-```
-
-Once you have verified that you have the command prompt open in the correct
-directory with the `pandoc.exe` and the Word documents, you can run the
-following loop to convert all Word documents to Markdown.
-
-```ps1
-for %f in (*.docx) do (pandoc.exe --extract-media=. --wrap=preserve "%f" -o "%f.md")
-```
-
-This loop will perform the following actions:
-
-1. Find all documents matching the pattern `*.docx`, which means all Word
- documents ending with that file extension.
-2. Iterate through all files found in step 1.
-3. For each file, perform the pandoc command.
-4. Within the pandoc command, `--extract-media` saves all media found in the
- files to the current folder, with pandoc automatically creating a `media`
- subfolder to hold all images.
-5. Within the pandoc command, `--wrap=preserve` will attempt to prseerve the
- wrapping from the source document.
-6. Within the pandoc command, the final step is to specify the output path with
- `-o`. This option adds the `.md` file extension to recognize the output files
- as Markdown files.
-
-If you want to export to another format, simply specify the `-f=`/`--from=` and
-`-t=`/`--to=` options.
-
-For example, you can convert the Word document to org-mode. You can also convert
-to one format and subsequently convert to other formats as needed.
-
-```ps1
-pandoc.exe -f docx -t org file.docx
-```