How can I import items from Microsoft OneNote and Memo (Sticky Notes), Google Keep and Xiaomi Note to AnyType?

RedivaDantes · April 7, 2023, 3:06pm

Hello, I’m a new user and I need some help to start fast with AnyType.
As I wrote in the title, I’m not sure how to import my notes from these services to AnyType.

I need to import OneNote’s blocks, categories, notes, and memos.
Plus, I need to import also my Google Keep labels and notes and my Xiaomi Note categories and notes.

How can I do that?

Last but not least, I use also Transno, a note-taking app with markdown language and mind map visualization. This app doesn’t have any export features in it but I need to import all the folders and notes from there.

How can I do that?

If something isn’t possible to import, what is possible to do, and how to do it?

I found nothing about that on the forum.
I hope that someone will help!
Davide

Dragos · April 13, 2023, 10:43am

Hi @RedivaDantes, nice to have you onboard. We dont have a specific method for importing from these external systems, however you can:

Export your notes from Google Keep as text files and import them as markdown:

Export your notes from OneNote as docx, preprocess/convert them using something like pandoc and import as markdown:

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/heardk/ded40b72056cee33abb18f3724e0a580

OneNote-to-MD.md

# Converting One Note to Markdown

This is an example of how to convert notes from OneNote into Markdown to use in other, less annoying Note applications. I am using PowerShell on Windows here, but other shell/scripting environments would work as well. If you want separate `.md` files, you'll need to export your OneNote pages separately. Exporting a section, or a selection of pages creates a single `.docx` file. 

- Download and install [Pandoc](https://pandoc.org/)
- Export each of your note pages to a `.docx` (Word) format using OneNote export from the File menu
- Gather all of these `.docx` files into a directory
- Open directory in File Explorer
- Open Powershell from the File Explorer using File -> Open Windows Powersell
- Run the following command:

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Lastly, reading the Transno website it looks like they support Freemind or OPML exports, so you can convert those to markdown as well:

I’m really sorry this process is so complicated, I know how much of a pain it can be to migrate your data around from system to system from personal experience. Hopefully Anytype fits your needs for a while so you dont have to go through the process again.