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Jotzen

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How to use Jotzen

Everything the desktop app does today, from choosing a vault to sharing a note. New here? Start with Getting started.

Start

Getting startedWhat Jotzen is, choosing a vault, and finding your way around the window.

AI

Using Jotzen with AILet your own AI assistant search and read your notes and todos, and let AI agents work in your vault, with you in control.

Write and organize

Writing notesThe editor’s three modes, Markdown, tables, math, diagrams, images and templates.Organizing notesFolders and the note list, links and backlinks, tags, the graph, daily notes and the outline.

Todos and planning

TodosWriting todos in any note, and working with them in the list, calendar, board and timeline.

Find

Search and replaceFinding notes by words, filters, text inside PDFs and images, saved searches, and replacing across notes.PDFsReading PDFs, linking to pages, highlights and comments, and exporting notes to PDF.

Bring things in

Importing from other appsBringing notes in from Evernote, Google Keep and Notion, or opening an Obsidian vault.Quick capture and the web clipperAdding a line from anywhere on your computer, and saving web pages as notes.

Sync, sharing and security

Sync, sharing and live editingEnd-to-end encrypted sync across devices, sharing a note, editing together, and history.Encrypted textLocking part of a note behind a secrets password that only you know.Health, undo and backupsChecking your notes for problems, undoing changes across notes, local history, trash and backups.

Reference

Linked folders, projects and the command lineWorking with repositories and other folders, projects, and the command-line tool.Keyboard shortcutsThe default shortcuts. On a Mac, use ⌘ where Ctrl is shown.SettingsWhat you can change, by section.Jotzen on your phoneThe status of the Android and iOS app.Questions and troubleshootingAnswers to common questions.