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From: Christian Cleberg <hello@cleberg.net>
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 17:01:13 -0500
Subject: test conversion back to markdown

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+date = 2024-04-06
+title = "Convert OneNote to Markdown or Org-Mode"
+description = ""
+draft = false
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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.
+
+![OneNote
+Notebook](https://img.cleberg.net/blog/20240406-convert-onenote-to-markdown/onenote.png)
+
+![OneNote Section Export
+Options](https://img.cleberg.net/blog/20240406-convert-onenote-to-markdown/export.png)
+
+![Exported Word
+Document](https://img.cleberg.net/blog/20240406-convert-onenote-to-markdown/word.png)
+
+# 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.
+
+![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.
+
+```ps1
+pandoc.exe -f docx -t org file.docx
+```
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