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### 1.4 Table of Contents

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This page is generated using the Markdown extension to Generate a Collection Table of Contents, preceded by the extension to Generate Outline Based on Unordered List Items.

- 1 Introduction
  - 1.1 App Overview
  - 1.2 Resources
  - 1.3 This Document
  - 1.5 Search Page
- 2 User Interface
  - 2.1 Menu Bar
  - 2.2 Collection Window
  - 2.3 Collection Toolbar
  - 2.4 Context Menus
  - 2.5 Navigation Board
  - 2.6 Other Windows
  - 2.7 Accessibility Notes
- 3 Common Tasks
  - 3.1 Collection Navigation
    - 3.1.1 Backwards and Forwards
    - 3.1.2 Up and Down the Hierarchy
    - 3.1.3 Search the Collection
  - 3.2 Create a New Collection
    - 3.2.1 Decisions to be Made
    - 3.2.2 New Collection Menu Command
    - 3.2.3 Starter Packs
    - 3.2.4 Built-In Starter Packs
  - 3.3 Display a Note
    - 3.3.1 Tailor the Display
    - 3.3.2 Default Styling for Headings
  - 3.4 Add, Delete and Edit Your Notes
    - 3.4.1 New Note with Options
    - 3.4.2 Tailor the Edit Tab
  - 3.5 Flip between the Display and Edit Tabs
  - 3.6 View Your Notes as a List
  - 3.7 Change the Sort Sequence
  - 3.8 Navigation
  - 3.9 Search
  - 3.10 Select a Note for Action
  - 3.11 Insert a Date
  - 3.12 Bulk Edit a Set of Notes
  - 3.13 View the Log
- 4 Markdown
  - 4.1 Markdown plus SmartyPants
  - 4.2 Word and Character Counts
  - 4.3 Minor Markdown Variations
    - 4.3.1 Curly Apostrophes
    - 4.3.2 Heading Identification
    - 4.3.3 Heading auto-numbering
    - 4.3.4 No Email Obfuscation
    - 4.3.5 No Backticks Style quotes
  - 4.4 Common Markdown Extensions
    - 4.4.1 Tables
    - 4.4.2 Fenced Code Blocks
    - 4.4.3 Footnotes
    - 4.4.4 Heading ID Generation
    - 4.4.5 Definition Lists
    - 4.4.6 Strikethrough
    - 4.4.7 Highlight
    - 4.4.8 Task Lists
    - 4.4.9 Subscript
    - 4.4.10 Superscript
  - 4.5 MultiMarkdown Extensions
    - 4.5.1 Citations
    - 4.5.2 MathJax Support
  - 4.6 Referencing Another Note
    - 4.6.2 Wiki Links Between Collections
    - 4.6.3 Include a Note or File
  - 4.7 Single-Line Commands
  - 4.7 Wiki Style Links
  - 4.8 Formatting Commands
    - 4.8.1 Format a Quote Citation
    - 4.8.2 Format a Byline
    - 4.8.3 Start a Figure
    - 4.8.4 Start a Figure Caption
    - 4.8.5 End a Figure
    - 4.8.6 Inject Block Attributes
    - 4.8.7 Start a Segment
    - 4.8.8 End a Segment
    - 4.8.9 Generate Sections for Headings
  - 4.9 Intra-Note Commands
    - 4.9.1 Generate a Note Table of Contents
    - 4.9.2 Generate Outline Based on Unordered List Items
    - 4.9.3 Generate Outline Based on Headings
    - 4.9.4 Generate a List of Attachments
    - 4.9.5 Make a Table Sortable
  - 4.10 Collection Navigation Commands
    - 4.10.1 Generate a Bibliography
    - 4.10.2 Generate a Collection Calendar
    - 4.10.3 Generate a Collection Table of Contents
    - 4.10.4 Generate a Collection Index
    - 4.10.5 Go To Random Note
    - 4.10.6 Generate a Collection Search Page
    - 4.10.7 Generate a Tags Cloud
    - 4.10.8 Generate a Tags Outline
    - 4.10.9 Display Teasers
  - 4.11 Supply Collection Data
    - 4.11.1 Supply a Page Header
    - 4.11.2 Supply Page Navigation
    - 4.11.3 Supply a Page Footer
    - 4.11.4 Supply EPUB Metadata
- 5 Fields
  - 5.1 What We Mean by Label and Type
  - 5.2 Functionality Associated with Field Types
  - 5.3 Lists of Labels and Types
  - 5.4 The Basic Set of Fields
    - 5.4.1 Title
    - 5.4.2 Tags
    - 5.4.3 Link
    - 5.4.4 Body
  - 5.5 Fields to Assist with Note Linking
    - 5.5.1 Also Known As
    - 5.5.2 Back Links
    - 5.5.3 Wiki Links
  - 5.6 Fields for Sequencing and Outlining
    - 5.6.1 Seq
    - 5.6.2 Level
    - 5.6.3 Include Children
    - 5.6.4 Display Seq
  - 5.7 Task-Related Fields
    - 5.7.1 Date
    - 5.7.2 Status
    - 5.7.3 Recurs
  - 5.8 Fields for Organizing
    - 5.8.1 Folder
  - 5.9 Fields to Modify a Note's Display
    - 5.9.1 Page Style
  - 5.10 Fields for Contacts
    - 5.10.1 Email
    - 5.10.2 Phone
    - 5.10.3 Person
  - 5.11 Web-Making Fields
    - 5.11.1 Code
    - 5.11.2 Index field
    - 5.11.3 Teaser
    - 5.11.4 Minutes to Read
    - 5.11.5 Image Name
    - 5.11.6 Short ID
  - 5.12 Fields Useful for Reviews, Citations and Quotations
    - 5.12.1 Artist
    - 5.12.2 Attribution
    - 5.12.3 Author
    - 5.12.4 Rating
    - 5.12.5 Work Title
    - 5.12.6 Work Type
    - 5.12.7 Work Link
    - 5.12.8 Work RIghts
    - 5.12.9 Work Rights Holder
  - 5.13 Fields Used to Identify Various Kinds of Notes
    - 5.13.1 Type
    - 5.13.2 Class
    - 5.13.3 Rank
    - 5.13.4 Text Format
  - 5.14 Fields for Travel Planning
    - 5.14.1 Address
    - 5.14.2 Directions
    - 5.14.3 Duration
  - 5.15 General-Purpose Fields
    - 5.15.1 Boolean
    - 5.15.2 Combo
    - 5.15.3 Integer
    - 5.15.4 longtext
    - 5.15.5 Lookup
    - 5.15.6 Lookback
    - 5.15.7 Pick From
    - 5.15.8 String
  - 5.16 System-Assigned Dates and Times
    - 5.16.1 Date Added
    - 5.16.2 Date Modified
    - 5.16.3 Date Picked
    - 5.16.4 Timestamp
- 6 Files and Folders
  - 6.1 Note Files
    - 6.1.1 Note File Format
    - 6.1.2 Note File Format Example
    - 6.1.3 Note File Names
    - 6.1.4 Note File Extensions
    - 6.1.5 The Collection Template File
    - 6.1.6 Class Template Files
    - 6.1.7 The defaults Class Template
    - 6.1.8 Why is the Notenik Format Different?
    - 6.1.9 Use of a Text Editor
  - 6.2 Collection Folders
  - 6.3 File Attachments
  - 6.4 File Links
  - 6.5 Other Files and Subfolders
  - 6.6 Stash Notenik's Special Files
  - 6.7 The Notenik iCloud Container
  - 6.8 Managing a Bunch of Collections
    - 6.8.1 Collection Identifiers
    - 6.8.2 Open Project Folder
    - 6.8.3 Navigate Your Collections via the Board
    - 6.8.4 Take Quick Action
    - 6.8.5 Forget All Shortcuts
  - 6.9 Disk Access Permissions
  - 6.10 Sync Your Notes
  - 6.11 Existing Text Files
    - 6.11.1 Rules for Reading
    - 6.11.2 Rules for Updating
    - 6.11.3 Rules for New Notes
    - 6.11.4 Converting an Entire Collection
    - 6.11.5 Backing Up Existing Files
- 7 Configuration Settings
  - 7.1 App Settings
    - 7.1.1 General Settings
    - 7.1.2 Favorites Settings
    - 7.1.3 Tags Export Settings
    - 7.1.4 Markdown Settings
    - 7.1.5 Reset to Defaults
  - 7.2 Display Settings
  - 7.3 Collection Settings
    - 7.3.1 Collection Title
    - 7.3.2 Note Title Display
    - 7.3.3 Streamlined Reading
    - 7.3.4 Presentation Mode
    - 7.3.5 Quotations Mode
    - 7.3.6 Tags Handling
    - 7.3.7 Outline Tab
  - 7.4 Rename a Field
  - 7.5 Change Note ID Configuration
  - 7.6 Add-Ins for CSS and Javascript
- 8 Working with Other Apps
  - 8.1 Copy, Cut, Paste and Share your Notes
  - 8.2 Share with Options
  - 8.3 Paste Specialized Text to Markdown
  - 8.4 Import and Export Your Notes
    - 8.4.1 Import Apps Folder
    - 8.4.2 Import from OmniFocus
    - 8.4.3 Import Settings
    - 8.4.4 Import vCards
    - 8.4.5 Export to iCal
    - 8.4.6 Export as Web Book
    - 8.4.7 Export Using Script
  - 8.5 New Note from WikiQuote
  - 8.6 Export to Notenik vs. Save As vs. Move
  - 8.7 Backup to Zip
  - 8.8 Publish to Medium
  - 8.9 Generating Reports
  - 8.10 Record and Play Scripts
  - 8.11 Query Builder
    - 8.11.1 Query Output Window
  - 8.12 Favorites to HTML
  - 8.13 Dates to Calendar
  - 8.14 Mirror Your Notes
  - 8.15 Website Building
    - 8.15.1 Blog website creation
    - 8.15.2 Website with content creation
    - 8.15.3 Website Generation Tips
  - 8.16 Custom URL Scheme
    - 8.16.1 Notenik URL Open Command
    - 8.16.2 Notenik URL Add Command
    - 8.16.3 Notenik URL Expand Command
    - 8.16.4 Notenik URL Run Command
    - 8.16.5 Notenik URL Help Command
    - 8.16.6 Notenik URL Settings Command
    - 8.16.7 Notenik URL Find Command
  - 8.17 APIs for Hookmark Integration
  - 8.18 Actions for Shortcuts
- 9 Merge Templates
  - 9.1 Merge Delimiters
  - 9.2 Merge Variables
    - 9.2.1 Global Variables
    - 9.2.2 System Variables
    - 9.2.3 Derived Variables
  - 9.3 Variable Modifiers
    - 9.3.1 Email Apostrophes
    - 9.3.2 List Punctuation
    - 9.3.3 Underscore
    - 9.3.4 Remove Paragraph Tags - Hyphen
    - 9.3.5 Extract Part of a Variable - Caret
    - 9.3.6 Take Text from Right
    - 9.3.7 Alternate Numbering - At Sign
    - 9.3.8 Length Modifier
    - 9.3.9 Author Name Modifier - A
    - 9.3.10 AM PM - a
    - 9.3.11 Base File Name - B
    - 9.3.12 Word Demarcation - C
    - 9.3.13 Day of Month - dd
    - 9.3.14 Day of Week, Abbreviated - EEE
    - 9.3.15 Day of Week - EEEE
    - 9.3.16 File Name - F
    - 9.3.17 Linked Tags - G
    - 9.3.18 HTML - H
    - 9.3.19 Initial Case - I
    - 9.3.20 To Identifier - I
    - 9.3.21 Link - J
    - 9.3.22 Hour of Day - K
    - 9.3.23 Seq Formatting - K
    - 9.3.24 Lowercase Modifier - L
    - 9.3.25 Month or Minutes - M
    - 9.3.26 No Breaks - N
    - 9.3.27 Markdown to HTML - O
    - 9.3.28 Punctuation Purification - P
    - 9.3.29 Quotation Encasing - Q
    - 9.3.30 Keep Characters on the Right - R
    - 9.3.31 Readable File Name - R
    - 9.3.32 Summarize - S
    - 9.3.33 HTML to Markdown - T
    - 9.3.34 Uppercase Modifier - U
    - 9.3.35 Variance - V
    - 9.3.36 Wiki-Style Links - W
    - 9.3.37 XML - X
    - 9.3.38 Year - y
    - 9.3.39 Linked Tags - Z
    - 9.3.40 Prep for JSON
    - 9.3.41 Split Label from Number - >
    - 9.3.42 Domain Name from Link - /
    - 9.3.43 Repeat - ^R
    - 9.3.44 Formatting String
  - 9.4 Merge Commands
    - 9.4.1 delims command
    - 9.4.2 clearglobals command
    - 9.4.3 set command
    - 9.4.4 output command
    - 9.4.5 nextrec command
    - 9.4.6 definegroup command
    - 9.4.7 ifendgroup command
    - 9.4.8 trailing command
    - 9.4.9 ifnewgroup command
    - 9.4.10 if command
    - 9.4.11 else command
    - 9.4.12 endif command
    - 9.4.13 copyaddins command
    - 9.4.14 copycss command
    - 9.4.15 copyfile command
    - 9.4.16 copyimages command
    - 9.4.17 include command
    - 9.4.18 allfields command
    - 9.4.19 loop command
- 10 Script Files
  - 10.1 Scripter Window
  - 10.2 Script File Columns
  - 10.3 Scripting Modules
    - 10.3.1 Input Module Parameters
    - 10.3.2 Filter Module Parameters
    - 10.3.3 Sort Module Parameters
    - 10.3.4 Template Module Parameters
    - 10.3.5 Output Module Parameters
    - 10.3.6 Browse Module Parameters
    - 10.3.7 Script Module Parameters
  - 10.4 Script File Example
- 11 Common Use Cases
  - 11.1 Create a Simple Collection of Notes
  - 11.2 Create a Collection of Web Bookmarks
  - 11.3 Make a To-Do List
  - 11.4 Using Notenik as an Outliner
  - 11.5 Create a Digital Commonplace Book or a Zettelkasten
  - 11.6 Create a Commonplace Book with Lookup Fields
  - 11.7 Write a Web Book
  - 11.8 Make a Project Launcher
  - 11.9 Using Notenik as a Travel Planner
  - 11.10 See a Daily Quote
- 12 Reference
  - 12.1 About
  - 12.2 About Those Other Names…
  - 12.3 License
  - 12.4 Privacy
  - 12.5 Support
  - 12.6 Keyboard Shortcuts
  - 12.7 HTML Class Values
  - 12.8 Index to the Knowledge Base
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