1. New to Notion

In this Chapter

Well, hello there! Welcome to the internet's only all-in-one workspace for essential work tools. In this chapter, we'll cover the essentials of what you need to know to begin exploring Notion.

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Start here

Curious about what Notion is? We'll show you right here, and in the articles to come. Let's go! 📍

What is a block?

Think of Notion as a bottomless bin of building blocks. Build whatever you want, however you want! Every page you create in Notion will be composed of many "blocks," in the same way a LEGO castle is composed of many LEGO bricks 🧱

Create your first page

Every page you create in Notion is a fresh canvas where you can add whatever content you want. Follow these steps to create your first one 📄

Create a subpage

There are no folders in Notion. Instead, you can organize pages inside pages... inside pages. Here, we'll show you how to create a page within another page, which we call a subpage 📑

What is a database?

Databases are a core feature in Notion that help you manage and organize your pages. Let's explain what they are and how they can help you level up your workspace 🗄

Create a database

Now we'll create a database and use it to show off essential database actions and features. You'll get to play with database properties, views, filters, and sorts - let's get into it 📈

Start with a template

To help you take on a variety of challenges with Notion, we've created more than 50 templates that you can adopt and customize as your own — including 5 "starter templates" already in your workspace! Here's how to use them 💾

Share your work

Share any Notion page you create with select people, your whole team, or the entire web. It's up to you. Here's a quick overview of how to share 🗣

Collaborate with people

Notion has several features designed to improve and increase the velocity of communication with your team — whether you're all editing the same page or working across time zones 🤝

Keyboard shortcuts

Notion is fully equipped with keyboard and Markdown shortcuts so you can do everything you need without ever touching your mouse ⌨️

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