Using a page as a template

Any page can be a template. Write the notes you want to start from on a page of their own, like a meeting outline or a weekly review, and insert a copy of them wherever you need it.

1. Start a new note with /.
2. Type the first letters of the page’s title to filter the list. With nothing typed, the newest pages come first.
3. Pick the page.

The page’s notes appear in place of the /, nested the same way, and folded notes stay folded. Your caret moves to the first of them.

The copy is yours to change. Editing it doesn’t change the original page, and later changes to the original don’t reach the copy.

Cmd/Ctrl-Z removes the whole insert in one step.

Dates that fill themselves in

A template can hold dates and times that stay dormant until you use it. On the template page, type @today and press Space instead of picking from the list. The @today stays as you typed it, and a slow shimmer passes through it to show it’s waiting.

When you insert the page with /, each dormant word wakes up and becomes the date or time at that moment:

• @today, @yesterday, and @tomorrow become a link to that day’s journal page.
• @time becomes the current time, like 09:05.

To wake a single word where it stands, click or tap it, then press Return.

Choosing where your caret lands

Type @caret where you want to start writing after the insert. It isn’t in the @ list, so type the whole word. When you insert the page, your caret lands there and the word disappears. Without one, your caret moves to the first of the inserted notes.

What shows up in the list

• Every page that has something written on it, journal days included.
• Not the page you’re on.

The / only opens the list at the very start of a note. Anywhere else, as in and/or or a date, it’s an ordinary slash.