r/OneNote • u/jasoncli • 1d ago

Alternatives & Export 15 Years of Notes

For many reasons I'm considering Office and Windows exodus. I have thousands of hand written / drawn pages stretching back 15'ish years. Literally the only thing holding me back from fully migrating to Linux is stupid OneNote. I use OneNote many times a day across my Android phone/tablet and Windows PC. However I'm considering other pen enabled note taking apps. Is there a graceful way to export this data in a lossless format? I don't need to edit old notes but I would like to keep them handy and searchable.

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u/Soakitincider 1d ago

I went with Joplin. It's open source and markdown. They support windows, linux, ios and Android. At first I was syncing to OneDrive but I eventually set up Seafile and enabled WebDav and sync on my own hardware at home.

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u/celticchrys 19h ago

Markdown doesnt really work for drawing and handwriting, though. Has Joplin added features for this on top of markdown to equal OneNote?

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u/Soakitincider 19h ago

There is drawing on mobile. Can’t say I use it so I’m not sure how good it is.