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+#+date: <2024-04-06>
+#+title: Convert OneNote to Markdown or Org-Mode
+#+description: 
+
+
+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
+[[https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases][GitHub 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
+[[https://github.com/jgm/pandoc?tab=readme-ov-file#the-universal-markup-converter][a
+ton of different formats for conversion]]. 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.
+
+#+begin_src ps1
+cd "C:\Users\yourusername\Downloads"
+#+end_src
+
+You can verify that you're in the correct directory with the =dir=
+command.
+
+#+begin_src ps1
+dir
+#+end_src
+
+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.
+
+#+begin_src ps1
+for %f in (*.docx) do (pandoc.exe --extract-media=. --wrap=preserve "%f" -o "%f.md")
+#+end_src
+
+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.
+
+#+begin_src ps1
+pandoc.exe -f docx -t org file.docx
+#+end_src