- What are all the ways I can copy data out of Tana?Sep 26, 2024
Basic copy-paste
Copy-pasting content is the fastest way of getting data out of Tana.
Select the content you want to copy, then hit Cmd/Ctrl+C. To paste, Cmd/Ctrl+V either in Tana (will create references) or elsewhere.
More copy-paste options
Via the command line (Cmd/Ctrl+K) there are various flavors of copy available to you.
Copy full content to clipboard
Copies the selected content in plain text format
Copy as Tana Paste
Copies the selected content in Tana Paste format
Copy as plain markdown
Copies the selected content in plain markdown format
Other ways to get content out
Export plain HTML
Renders a HTML page of the selected content that you can copy the HTML of, or save as a HTML file.
Export JSON
To learn more about this, read here.
Thanks to community member Michael Sklar for the FAQ idea!
Copy-paste in Tana
There are many ways to copy and paste content in and out of Tana
Documentation
Copy
Go here to read about all the ways you can copy in Tana.
Paste
Commands Paste as code / Paste code as ->
You can paste code from your clipboard via the "Paste as code" command, and it will be shown as a monospaced block. Select the language from the dropdown to get the correct syntax highlighting.
Pasting from Google Sheets
Copy-pasting cells from a Google Sheet will appear as a table in Tana.
Pasting Tana Paste
If you copy Tana Paste code and paste it in Tana, it will run a special process which will convert the Tana Paste code as Tana objects. Go here to read more about Tana Paste.