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Introduction

One of the objectives of this tool it to offer the most simple and lossless solution to migrate from OneNote to Joplin. Indeed, the alternative way to migrate is to use the Evernote export format (OneNote-> ENEX -> Joplin) which cause lost of sections and page hierarchy.

OneNote Md Exporter vs Evernote migration comparison

OneNote Md Exporter EverNote Export (ENEX)
Formatted content ✅ ✅
Hierarchy of sections ✅ Sub-Notebooks 🟠 Flattened as Tag
Page order inside a section ✅ 🔴 All pages part of a single Notebook
Page hierarchy (level) ✅ Sub-Notebooks (*1)
✅ Prefix page title (*2)		 🔴
Attachments ✅ At their original position 🟠 At the end of the page
Note metadata ✅ ✅
Image ✅ ✅
Table ✅ ✅
Table with nested image 🟠 Html table, image lost ✅ Markdown
Page Header ✅ Note title and date removed from beginning of pages 🟠 Note title in both Joplin note title and md file
Page Footer ✅ No footer 🟠 "Created by OneNote"
Mark (<mark>) 🔴 🔴
Drawing 🟠 Flattened as image 🟠 Flattened as image
Handwriting 🔴 Lost 🟠 Flattened as image
Text tags (task, star...) 🔴 Lost ✅ Image
Formula ? ?
Revision history 🔴 Lost 🔴 Lost
Password protected sections 🔴 Lost 🔴 Lost
Notebook internal link 🔴 onenote:// url 🔴 onenote:// url

(*1) : setting ProcessingOfPageHierarchy = HierarchyAsFolderTree (default)
(*2) : setting ProcessingOfPageHierarchy = HierarchyAsPageTitlePrefix

User guide

  1. Export your notebook as described in Readme by choosing Joplin Raw Directory format
  2. Note the location of the export folder
  3. Launch Joplin, clic File > Import > "RAW - Joplin Export Directory" and select the export folder location