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diff --git a/content/blog/2024-04-06-convert-onenote-to-markdown.org b/content/blog/2024-04-06-convert-onenote-to-markdown.org deleted file mode 100644 index 44c75d7..0000000 --- a/content/blog/2024-04-06-convert-onenote-to-markdown.org +++ /dev/null @@ -1,102 +0,0 @@ -#+title: Convert OneNote to Markdown (or Org-Mode) -#+date: <2024-04-06 Sat 10:00:00> -#+description: Learn how to convert OneNote pages or tabs to another format, such as Markdown or Org-Mode. -#+filetags: :dev: -#+slug: convert-onenote-to-markdown - -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. - -#+caption: OneNote Notebook -[[https://img.cleberg.net/blog/20240406-convert-onenote-to-markdown/onenote.png]] - -#+caption: OneNote Section Export Options -[[https://img.cleberg.net/blog/20240406-convert-onenote-to-markdown/export.png]] - -#+caption: Exported Word Document -[[https://img.cleberg.net/blog/20240406-convert-onenote-to-markdown/word.png]] - -* 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 cli -cd "C:\Users\yourusername\Downloads" -#+end_src - -You can verify that you're in the correct directory with the =dir= command. - -#+begin_src cli -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 cli -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. - -#+caption: Pandoc Conversion -[[https://img.cleberg.net/blog/20240406-convert-onenote-to-markdown/command.png]] - -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 cli -pandoc.exe -f docx -t org file.docx -#+end_src |