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Make your pages easier to recognise and nicer to read with a cover, a logo, different kinds of content and links between pages.

A page with a cover image, a logo and formatted meeting notes
A page with a cover, a logo and formatted notes

Add a cover and a logo #

Hover over the page title and two options appear above it: Add Logo and Add Cover.

The Add Logo and Add Cover options above a page title

Cover #

Click Add Cover to add a banner across the top of the page. Hover over it for two buttons:

A page with a cover image and the Change Cover and Reposition buttons
A page cover with the Change Cover and Reposition buttons
  • Change Cover: use your own image from the web (Insert From URL), Upload a file, or paste one. This is also where you find Remove Cover.
  • Reposition: drag the image to choose which part shows, then click Save Position.

Tip: You can also drop an image file straight onto the cover to replace it.

Logo #

Click Add Logo to add a small square image beside the title. Click the logo to change it, or choose Remove Logo.

Logo options with Insert From URL, Upload, Paste Image and Remove Logo
Logo options

Emoji #

Click the smiley face to the right of the title to add an emoji to the start of the page name. It shows in the sidebar too.

Add different kinds of content #

Pages are made of sections. Hover just below a section and click the ⊕ at the end of the line.

The add section line with a plus button at the bottom of a page section
The add section line
The Add Section menu listing Text, Image, iFrame Embed, Audio and page options
The Add Section menu
  • Text: another block of writing.
  • Image: a picture with an optional caption. See Adding Images to your Pages.
  • iFrame Embed: paste embed code from a site such as YouTube or Google Maps.
  • Audio: add a sound file to play from the page.
  • Under Pages: add a new page of any type inside this one, or Link a Page to show an existing page here.

Link to other pages #

Inside your text, type [[ or use / and choose Link a Page, then pick the page you want. Links make it easy to jump between related notes.

More options #

The ⋯ menu at the top right of a page lets you change the Page Color, switch to Small Text, turn Spell Check on or off, and show or hide references and tags in the margin.

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Updated on November 10, 2026
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