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Quick capture for Notebooks

Quick Notes for Notebooks

Use Capture as a fast inbox before an idea becomes a note in Notebooks. Create a Notebooks document from captured text or a link and optionally file it under a book path.

To send a capture to Notebooks, open Capture Settings, choose Export, and add Notebooks as a destination. Install Notebooks and optionally enter the path of the target book. Text becomes the new document body. Links use the fetched title as document title when available and the absolute URL as body. Notebooks is offered as a destination for Text and Links captures.

A quick capture workflow for Notebooks

  1. 01Catch it

    Write or share the thought into Capture while it is fresh.

  2. 02Keep moving

    Save the Capture without stopping to organize the destination.

  3. 03Send to Notebooks

    Use your configured export action when the capture is ready.

What gets sent to Notebooks

  • Text becomes the new document body.
  • Links use the fetched title as document title when available and the absolute URL as body.
  • The configured book path is sent as parent.

Set up Notebooks in Capture

  1. Open Capture Settings, choose Export, then tap Configure if this is your first destination or Add new destination.
  2. Choose Notebooks from the app picker.
  3. Install Notebooks and optionally enter the path of the target book.
  4. Review the destination name and icon, then tap Save.

Supported Capture types

This destination appears only for content it can receive.

TextLinks

Fields and options

Field or optionWhat it changes
BookOptional book path; blank uses Notebooks’ default inbox.

Example: a quick capture to Notebooks

Set Book to “Projects/Website”. Exporting a reference link creates a document in that book with the page title and URL.

Send the capture

  1. Open an existing Capture and choose its configured Notebooks export action.
  2. Capture hands off only the supported types listed above. Complete any confirmation or compose screen shown by Notebooks.

Limits and troubleshooting

Limits

  • Attachments are unsupported.
  • Notebooks uses a nonstandard URL format; Capture percent-encodes body and fields but does not validate the book path.

Troubleshooting

  • If the document goes to the inbox, check the configured Book path.
  • If no page title is cached, the URL is still saved as the document body.

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Checked against Capture 2.14.1, last verified 19 July 2026.