Paper User guide
Import .md files
Bring in Markdown notes, whole folders and .zip files.
Paper reads plain Markdown. You can bring a single note, a folder full of notes or a .zip exported from another app.
Ways to import
Drag .md files from your computer to the sidebar. Dropping them on a folder puts them inside it. Dropping them inside an open page brings the text in as blocks at that point.
What comes along
- Folders and subfolders become Paper folders, in the same order.
- Frontmatter (the
---block at the top) becomes page properties. - Links like
[[Page]]and Markdown links between files become Paper links. - Images and attachments mentioned in the notes, like
![[photo.png]]or, come along. Files no note mentions are left out. - Tasks, tables, callouts and code blocks stay the same.
Each attachment can be up to 25 MB.
Export
In Settings → Import and export, the Export the whole vault option creates a .zip with every page as .md, organized in folders. It's the same format that goes to Google Drive. To download a single page, use the export button at its top (.md, PDF or Word).