Keep exploring at https://brilliant.org/Nicolevdh/ Get started for free, and hurry—the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription. This video shows how to get started with Obsidian for noncoders, specifically tackling topics like what Markdown is and how to use it to write notes in Obsidian. I also talk about some Obsidianspecific syntax that help you do things like embed Obsidian notes, create footnotes, and create queries to find the right note.

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0:00 Intro
0:32 Markdown headings
03:40 How to change link text
05:04 Linking and embedding notes and blocks
08:03 Bold, italic, strikethrough, highlight, quotes
10:09 How to add an image to Obsidian
12:42 Bullets, numbered lists, checklists
14:47 Code, code blocks, callouts
18:00 Footnotes in Obsidian
19:45 Search and query

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