Filter, group and export your notes
Find notes with the filter bar, group and sort the list, select a note on the canvas, and export your notes as CSV.
Goal
Find the notes you need in a busy file and hand them off as a CSV.
Before you start
- A file with several Notely notes.
Steps
- Filter by text Type in the Filter Notes bar. Notely shows the notes whose title or content contains your text.
- Open the filter menu Click the Filter notes button. Switch on Show only active page to hide notes from other pages, or Show only AI notes to see only AI notes.
- Group and sort In the same menu choose Group by (page, creation date, last change, user or color) and Sort by (Custom, Created, Changed or Color).
- Find a note on the canvas Click a note in the list to select it on the canvas. Double-click it to edit it.
- Export to CSV Open the menu in the plugin footer, choose Import Notes, then Notely Export (CSV). Notely saves a file named notely_export_ followed by the date, with the columns Title, Content, Caption, Color and Emoji.
Tips
- The filter bar searches each note's title and content. To work by person or color, use Group by user or Group by color.
Result
Your list shows the notes you need in the order you want, and a CSV of your notes is saved.
Common questions
What does the filter bar search?
The title and content of each note. It does not search the author or the color.
Which columns does the CSV have?
Title, Content, Caption, Color and Emoji.