Welcome to the notion beginner tutorial
Here's the timestamps for each topic
so feel free to skip to any part of the video
if you think you already know everything about a specific topic
before we begin though your dark mode setting can be found by going to the settings in your sidebar
your dark mode setting can be found by going to the settings in your sidebar
and then under my notifications, you'll find the option to switch between light and dark mode
All of your pages live on the left hand side of your notion workspace
where you can lock the sidebar by clicking this toggle at the top.
to create a new page simply go into your sidebar and click on new page at the bottom.
Now you'll have the option to choose between different databases
or create an empty page.
For now we'll be using an empty page
so either click on empty page, press enter, or click in the open text block.
Let's give your new page a title
and now you can begin adding content to your page.
Pressing forward slash will give you a list of all the content blocks
you can use inside of your notion page.
Now let's add the icon and cover to our new page.
Adding an icon gives you three customizable options
You can either choose one of the emojis,
you can upload your own image for example a company logo,
or you can add icons through a link click on the icon you want and the
Click on the icon you want and the link will automatically copy to your clipboard,
where you can paste it under the link option.
I will leave links to three notion icon websites I use in the description below.
Clicking on add cover will randomly generate a cover image.
When you click on change cover you'll see four options
you can select one of notions covers in their gallery,
you can upload your own,
you can paste a link from a website,
and you can also select a cover from the stock free photo website, unsplash.
Note that your cover will change based on your window size notion recommends covers be at least
Notion recommends covers be at least 1500 pixels wide
if you're planning on creating your own.
Notion's quick find option allows you to quickly find the page you're looking for.
In your sidebar, click on the quick find option
or press the shortcut ctrl + P
Once you start typing you'll see results,
and you can navigate these results by using the arrow keys,
or simply just your mouse.
You can also add filters to your search and also sort the pages.
Use the @ symbol if you want to use the mentions and reminders feature
You can mention a page, you can mention a colleague, you can mention a timestamp,
you can also mention a reminder for today or tomorrow or whatever the case may be
Any reminders you set will be sent to your all updates area
Pressing the forward slash button gives you a wide range of content blocks you can use.
You have heading 1, heading 2, heading 3, a to-do
a to-do list, a toggle, a bullet list, a numbered list,
a quote, a divider, and a callout box.
Amongst these basic blocks is a simple table
You can create a table, add columns and rows, you can resize it,
you can fit the table to the page which will resize it according to your text and window size.
And you can freely drag the columns and rows around using the drag button at the side
Add a table header row or a header column
The table accepts rich text editing so you can make your text bold,
change the color, mention other pages and also add links. instead of starting from a blank canvas you
Instead of starting from a blank canvas, you can make use of Notion templates.
Templates is a way to understand everything you can do in Notion
and to give you ideas on ways to improve your notion workspace you can get access to a wide
You can get access to a wide range of notion templates created by Notion and the Notion community
by just clicking on browse more templates.
Use these templates to find ideas and inspiration
for any new pages and workflows you can create inside of Notion.
There will also be a link in the description and the card above
that will take you to a playlist containing all of my notion templates.
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for more notion tutorials tips and templates thanks for watching i'll see you in the next one
Thanks for watching, I'll see you in the next one :)