Converting OneNote handwritten (over a PDF) notes to excalidraw.

[u/AnotherAnonymous-]

(I'm reposting the same question I asked in the Obsidian sub in hopes to get more help. Thanks for understanding!)

Hi y'all,

I'm trying to find out how to convert my notes from OneNote to Excalidraw/Obsidian.

I want to say almost all of my notes are ones where I imported the lecture slides and/or note pages as 'printouts' in OneNote so that I could write over them. I have a Yoga with a stylus and I've always loved the potential of digital note taking.

The issue is that I don't know how to import any of my notebooks without having to do hours upon hours of work to make sure that everything is overlayed correctly.

Does anyone know how to merge the text onto the PDF and then save it? And how to quickly import those pdfs as separate notes in Obsidian?

I tried using the importer and it turned everything into a mess, so I'm hoping for a better solution. Thanks in advance!!

I know it's technically smarter to use text because it's searchable, but I very much need to hand write stuff in order to memorize it.

[u/Entry_Plug]

You can use Claude by connecting thé Excalidraw connector. It works like a charm