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author: Christian Cleberg <hello@cleberg.net> · 2024-04-09T23:18:09Z
.../2024-04-06-convert-onenote-to-markdown.org | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) @@ -22,6 +22,17 @@ To start, export any pages or tabs from OneNote to the Word format (=.docx=): 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 @@ -61,7 +72,7 @@ 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" "%f.md") +for %f in (*.docx) do (pandoc.exe --extract-media=. --wrap=preserve "%f" -o "%f.md") #+end_src This loop will perform the following actions: @@ -78,3 +89,14 @@ This loop will perform the following actions: 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