# Coming from another app

Source: https://wire.ia.br/documentation/en/guia/vindo-de-outros-apps

> For people who used Obsidian or Notion. How to bring your notes and where each thing went.



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    If you're coming from a Markdown vault, almost everything works the same.

    ### Bring your vault [#bring-your-vault]

    1. **Settings → Import and export → Import**.
    2. Choose the vault folder or a `.zip` of it. Folders, subfolders, links, frontmatter, callouts, tasks, tables and images come along.
    3. If you'd rather keep it separate, first create a new vault from the top of the sidebar and import there.

    ### Where each thing went [#where-each-thing-went]

    | You used                                          | In Paper                                                       |
    | ------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
    | Vault                                             | Vault, switched from the top of the sidebar                    |
    | `[[Link]]`, `[[Link\|alias]]`, `[[Link#section]]` | The same, and they follow when you rename                      |
    | Backlinks                                         | "Mentioned in", at the end of the page, with unlinked mentions |
    | Graph view                                        | Idea map, with the "around one page" mode                      |
    | Daily notes                                       | Today button, one page per day inside Journal                  |
    | Command palette                                   | Ctrl K, with filters like `#tag` and open tasks                |
    | Callouts `> [!note]`                              | Callout block, and the `.md` keeps `> [!note]`                 |
    | Kanban plugin                                     | Board block, built in                                          |
    | Sync                                              | Free Google Drive, or groups with live editing                 |

    ### What's not there yet [#whats-not-there-yet]

    * Canvas and queries that combine many pages.
    * Third-party plugins. For automations, use [access tokens](/en/api/tokens).
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    If you're coming from a workspace with pages and databases, this is the shortest path.

    ### Bring your pages [#bring-your-pages]

    1. In the app you're coming from, export the workspace as **Markdown & CSV**.
    2. In Paper: **Settings → Import and export → Import**, and pick the `.zip`. It can be a `.zip` inside a `.zip`.
    3. The 32-letter codes at the end of the names disappear on their own, and links between pages become `[[links]]`.

    ### Where each thing went [#where-each-thing-went-1]

    | You used           | In Paper                                                     |
    | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
    | Pages and subpages | The same, and now real folders too                           |
    | `/` for blocks     | The same: `/` opens the list of blocks                       |
    | Simple table       | Table block, with column types and sums                      |
    | Board              | Board block                                                  |
    | Timeline           | Timeline block                                               |
    | `@date`            | `@date` becomes a date in the Calendar                       |
    | Teamspace          | Groups, end-to-end encrypted, with simultaneous editing      |
    | Share to web       | Share button, with a plain text version for AIs              |
    | AI assistant       | Access tokens: your AI reads and writes only where you allow |

    ### The main difference [#the-main-difference]

    Your personal notes don't live on a Paper server. They stay on your device and, if you connect it, in your Google Drive, as `.md` files any editor opens.

    ### What's not there yet [#whats-not-there-yet-1]

    * Databases that combine many pages.
    * Exported `.csv` files are left out for now.
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