Welcome to the Getting Started Guide for Copy To Notion! This comprehensive guide will walk you through the essential steps to begin using Copy To Notion effectively. Whether you're a new user or looking to optimize your web clipping workflow, this guide will provide you with the necessary knowledge and tips to get started with this powerful browser extension for Notion. Let's dive in!
I. Introduction to Copy To Notion
Copy To Notion is a powerful browser extension designed to enhance your web clipping experience and seamlessly integrate with Notion, the popular productivity and note-taking platform. With Copy To Notion, you can effortlessly save highlights, screenshots, bookmarks, and notes directly into your Notion workspace, allowing you to centralize and organize your clipped information for easy access and efficient information management.
What is Copy To Notion?
Copy To Notion is a versatile tool that simplifies the process of capturing and saving web content into Notion. Whether you're conducting research, collecting references, or bookmarking valuable web pages, Copy To Notion provides a seamless solution. With just a few clicks, you can highlight important text, capture screenshots, save bookmarks, and create notes, all directly within your web browser.
Key benefits and features
- Streamlined Web Clipping: Copy To Notion simplifies the process of saving web content by eliminating manual copying and pasting. With just a few clicks, you can clip and save text highlights, screenshots, bookmarks, and notes directly into Notion.
- Centralized Organization: By integrating with Notion, Copy To Notion allows you to centralize and organize all your web clips in one place. This enables you to create a comprehensive repository, knowledge base, or personal reference library for easy retrieval.
- Source URL Inclusion: One of the standout features of Copy To Notion is its ability to automatically include the source URL with every clip. This ensures that you have a direct reference to the original web page, making it convenient to revisit or cite sources.
- Pre-designed Template: Copy To Notion offers a convenient template called "Web Clips and Bookmarks Manager." This pre-designed template provides a simple and structured way to organize all your online web clips in one Notion page. It streamlines the organization and categorization of your clips for easier navigation and retrieval.
- Saving to Notion Pages and Databases: Copy To Notion provides the flexibility to save clips to both Notion pages and databases. Whether you prefer a dedicated page for each clip or want to organize them within a structured database, you have the freedom to choose the most suitable option for your workflow.
Additional Benefits:
- Data Privacy: Copy To Notion prioritizes data privacy. The extension only accesses the web pages you explicitly choose to share with it for clipping purposes.
- URL highlights saved text: When you save a clip with selected text highlights, the URL saved not only links you to the original source, but also intelligently highlights and scrolls to the specific text within the source web-page. This feature allows for quick context retrieval and enhanced usability.
By leveraging these benefits and features, Copy To Notion empowers users to efficiently save and organize web content within Notion, enhancing productivity, information management, and collaboration.
Supported platforms and browsers
Currently, Copy To Notion is supported on two major web browsers: Chrome and Edge. It is designed to seamlessly integrate with these browsers, ensuring a smooth web clipping experience for users. Support for Firefox will be introduced in the future🤞
With a clear understanding of what Copy To Notion is, its key benefits, and supported platforms, you're now ready to dive deeper into the features and functionality of this exceptional browser extension. In the following sections, we will explore the installation process, configuration options, and how to make the most out of Copy To Notion for a streamlined web clipping workflow.
II. Install the extension
Follow these simple steps to install Copy To Notion:
- You can access the extension page directly by clicking on the following link: Extension Link
- Click on the "Add to Chrome" button to initiate the installation process.
- A confirmation dialog will appear. Click "Add extension" to confirm the installation.
- Once installed, ensure that the Copy To Notion icon is pinned to your browser's toolbar for a better experience.
Before starting to use Copy To Notion you should install the Notion connection and choose a destination for your web clips.
III. Install the Notion connection
Before you can start using Copy To Notion to save your web clips, it's essential to set up a Notion destination where the clips will be stored. Follow these steps to configure your Notion destination:
- Click on the following link: Install connection
- Once the link opens, you will be directed to the Notion integration install page. Click on the "Next" button to proceed.
- You will have two options to choose from:
a. Use a template provided by the developer: By selecting this option, our pre-designed Notion template will be duplicated into your own Notion workspace, which the extension will use as a default destination for your web clips.
b. Select pages to share with Copy To Notion: this option will display your Notion workspace's pages and databases. Here, you can browse and select the pages and databases where you want Copy To Notion to save your web clips.
4.Once you have chosen your desired option and configured your Notion destination, click on the "Allow access" button to confirm your selection.
Now that you have your Notion destination set up, you can proceed to use Copy To Notion to clip, save, and organize web content seamlessly within Notion. The following sections of this guide will provide you with detailed instructions on how to make the most out of Copy To Notion's powerful web clipping capabilities.
IV. Start Using Copy To Notion
The extension offers a range of functionalities to streamline your web clipping experience. Click on Copy To Notion icon on the toolbar, and click on “Save URL with Note” for example:
Before you can start saving web clips with Copy To Notion, it's important to select a destination within Notion where your clips will be stored. There are three ways to set up your Notion destination:
Saving to the Pre-designed Notion Template
If you chose to duplicate the pre-designed Notion template provided by Copy To Notion during the setup process, you don't need to take any additional steps. The duplicated template will be automatically selected as your default destination for web clips.
All you need to do is to click on “Add to Notion ” to save your clips to your Notion workspace.
Saving to a Specific Notion Page
If you prefer to save your web clips to a specific Notion page, follow these steps:
- Click on “Add a Notion destination” under “Save to” dropdown:
- Enter the title of the Notion page you want to save to; and from the search results, under Pages section select your page:
💡 Tip: to save to multiple pages, click the star icon on any page to pin it. This way, you can easily switch between them without searching each time.
- The selected Notion page will now serve as your default destination, and you can save your clips directly to this page by clicking on “Add to Notion”.
To learn more about saving to a Notion page check the following guides: - How to save a screenshot into a Notion page - How to save a text highlight into a Notion page
Saving to a Specific Notion Database
If you want to save your web clips to a specific Notion database, follow these steps:
- Click on “Add a Notion destination” under “Save to” dropdown:
- Enter the title of the Notion database you want to save to; from the search results, under Databases section select your database:
- You will be prompted to create a form for this database, where you can map the properties of your Notion database to the values provided by the Copy To Notion extension. This mapping ensures that relevant information, such as webpage URL, title, and clipped content, is accurately captured and stored in the database.
The extension matches most of your database properties automatically, if a property is missing you can click on “Map a property” and select it on the drop-down menu then match it with the value you want it to have.
Click on “SAVE & RETURN” to save the form.
- Now you can use this form for all your future online clipping, and save to your Notion database by clicking on the “Add to Notion” button.
To learn more about saving to a Notion page check the following guides: - How to save a screenshot into a Notion database - How to save a text highlight into a Notion database
Switch between your saving destinations
With Copy To Notion, you can save to different Notion destinations either to pages or to databases.
You can switch between your destinations easily. Just select a destination under “Save to” dropdown. You can also edit a database form by clicking on the gear icon next to it.
IV. Clipping Formats
Copy To Notion offers a range of functionalities to streamline your web clipping experience. Here's how you can utilize these features:
Highlight and Save Text
When you come across a web page with text you want to save, simply
- highlight the desired text.
- Click on the Copy To Notion icon on the toolbar or right-click
- Select “Save selected text” which will open a pop-up, allowing you to save the highlighted text directly to your chosen Notion destination.
The saved text will be accompanied by the source URL for easy reference.
Capture Screenshots
Screenshots are a great way to preserve information exactly as it appears on the web.
Copy To Notion enables you to capture screenshots of web pages or specific sections.
- Click on the Copy To Notion icon on the toolbar or right-click
- Select “Take a screenshot” which will open a pop-up, allowing you to save the captured screenshot directly to your chosen Notion destination.
The saved screenshot will be accompanied by the source URL for easy access.
Save Bookmarks
If you want to save a webpage as a bookmark or as embed, Copy To Notion provides a convenient bookmarking feature.
- Click on the Copy To Notion icon on the toolbar or right-click
- Select “Bookmark URL” which will open a pop-up, allowing you to save the URL as a bookmark or embed directly to your chosen Notion destination.
Create Notes
Copy To Notion allows you to create notes directly from web pages. If you come across valuable insights or want to jot down thoughts while browsing, you can quickly create a note within the extension. The note will be saved to your Notion destination, ensuring all your web-based ideas are centralized in one place.
- Click on the Copy To Notion icon on the toolbar or right-click
- Select “Save URL with Note” which will open a pop-up, allowing you to save your note directly to your chosen Notion destination.
The saved note will be accompanied by the source URL to easily access the website where you took your note.
Conclusion
By utilizing Copy To Notion, you can seamlessly save and organize web clips, screenshots, bookmarks, and notes within your Notion workspace. This enhances your productivity, information management, and the ability to reference and retrieve valuable content whenever you need it.
If you haven't installed Copy To Notion yet, now is the perfect time to give it a go!
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