Obsidian for non-coders (no plugins)
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- Keep exploring at 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 non-coders, specifically tackling topics like what Markdown is and how to use it to write notes in Obsidian. I also talk about some Obsidian-specific 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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I learned more in 24 minutes and 6 seconds than an entire year of trying this on my own - thank you so much !!!
Happy this was useful, Jeff!! :) Yeah, lots of things that aren't immediately obvious in Obsidian.
what did you fist find most difficult to grasp in Markdown syntax ?
Nicole - first your love of TTRPGs is amazing but your ability to communicate is astounding. Thanks for all your videos on obsidian I reference them often.
Thank you so much, Don! I really appreciate that. I always THINK it sounds ok in my head, but sometimes it doesn't work out, you know? Glad you liked this one and I'm very humbled to know you reference my videos.
Nicole - I am a public lecturer/teacher and I can assure you - YOU ARE AN EXCELLENT communicator.
I watch some videos for the visual help…some for the communicator…but rarely do I watch videos for both
You are the exception.
Thank you, Don! :) For the support and kind words. Happy to help!
yea, i thought the same. Nicole, you are a great communicator
😱 I've been using Obsidian for almost a year and I didn't even know you can do header and section-specific wiki links. I literally learned the difference between quotes and callouts just now 😂 Your videos are EXTREMELY helpful!! 🙏🔥✨
Happy to hear that!! That I could help you, that is. :) I think there are a lot of things about Obsidian that are not obvious, so I'm glad to be able to highlight some of these things!
I missed the header and section-specific wiki links. Where in the video was that?
@@YasarHabib I think this refers to linking to a specific section within a note ([[your note here#section header here]])
Mate, I know next to nothing about coding, and am a writer trying to see whether Obsidian is right for my notes/creative process, but I have to say that you make, hands-down, the best tutorials I've seen on the web, paid or unpaid, for... pretty much anything. This could be so utterly confusing for a luddite like me, but you've somehow managed to elucidate it step-by-step without being patronising or superfluous. Brava.
Thank you! I appreciate this comment more than you know. Cheers!
This is one of the best markdown tutorials I have ever seen, thank you for sharing this! 😊
Hey, thank you! I'm glad you found it useful. I've gotten some questions on Markdown-related things, so I thought I'd make a video to refer people to. :) Thanks for watching!
I'm just at the very start of using Obsidian but your sources have been a great help so far, especially the callout of this episode is something I'm gonna use a lot!
I really wish I had found your channel a couple years ago when I began my PhD in physics but I'm so glad I found you now! THank you so much!!
I can't like this video enough. I already knew some markdown, but always felt I was missing things. Thank you!
Thank you for making tutorials that made my ADHD brain not only understand the topics discussed but also kept it from drifting its focus off to other distracting things in my room. Well done and I would love to watch what you put out in the future!
Excellent video and playlist! I've been using Obsidian for a little while and learned a lot more from your video. Thanks!
Very informative video. I've watched a lot of obsidian tutorials, but this one is the best
Bless you for this video, been looking for a good guide to help new users that isn't super long and overwhelming. ❤
Qapla'! Thanks for the video, I learned a lot of things which I have wondered how to do for a long time! Your videos have definitely helped show me what is possible in Obsidian beyond "just notepad". Keep it coming with the fantastic content!
Yay! That's what I was hoping to do! Thank you for watching, and qapla' to you too!! ;)
Hey Nicole! This is a goldmine of a Channel. Love your energy and lucid explanations!
Much love!!!!
Yay! Thank you so much! Glad the energy is coming across! :)
This is one of the clearest videos I've seen on Obsidian. The examples are well thought through too.
Thanks, Phil! I'm glad you liked this one! Happy to help.
I didn't personally need this but I love your videos they are so intuitive for people new to Obsidian, thank you
Thank you, Owen! Appreciate the comment anyway! :)
@@nicolevdh Just wanted to say that the toughest thing about getting started with Obsidian is that everyone immediately starts talking about more advanced workflows and skips the basics. This video taught me SO MANY basics that I didn't even know I was missing!
While there are many videos about Obsidian on CZcams, I see yours is the easiest to understand
I'm glad that you think so! I try. :)
I'm new to Obsidian and this video has helped me get started! Thanks Nicole!
Easily the best intro to Obsidian on the Choob. Also, mad props for the lowkey Into the Odd promo in the background, love it.
Excellent tutorial. Huge fan of your communication style and content
I'm learning Obsidian. Your video has been most helpful. Thank you
Have to drop a comment to say thanks! Your videos are immensely helpful for an Obsidian beginner like me!
You make this all so pleasant and simple. Thank you.
Thank you - this is an incredibly helpful and well produced tutorial!
Explaining is your God given gift. Keep up the beautiful work.
Thanks, I appreciate the sentiment! :)
Your voice provides a sense of comfort for me :D Happy to learn from your vids!
Thanks, I'm happy to hear that! :)
Thank you for the clear explanations Nicole. After switching back form Logseq to Obsidian, this was a great fresh up with some nice new features I didn't know about.
You're welcome, Andreas! I'm happy to have helped with that transition. Welcome back! :)
Nicole you are the absolute obsidibest. I love you and your content.
The Everforest theme made my eyes relax instantly. Thanks for the suggestion.
Thank you for this video! Never knew any of this stuff and you explained it well and visually so I was always following along
YAY! Love to hear that. Very glad to be able to help you.
Thankyou so much for this! Your videos are the one who make me start a journey with obsidian 😆
Awww, I'm happy you got started with Obsidian! Thanks for letting me know that-- that's so nice ot hear! :)
this app is awesome. I don't know a lot about it, but I have sync thing setup and I can already feel like I'm gonna love this.
Scratched my itchy spot 😄Many thanks!
Fabulous intro video. The best I've found for my level -- rank beginner. I'm not opposed to coding, but I just needed to know the very basics of markdown and Obsidian. Thanks!
Well Markdown is similar to HTML but much more simple and can't be considered a programming language.
Extremely Grateful for this video!
Great video, straight to the point. Thanks for sharing. I used the Canvas feature in real time to create a map of all of this so I can refer back to it later. What an incredible program.
That's awesome that you did that already! Happy to help out. :)
Lots of things to learn although I've used Obsidian for a few months 😀 Always a lot to learn - I'm getting soo much from your videos
Glad there were things in there that were still useful for you! I know I didn't know all of this stuff right away either.
I was waiting for a vid like this. Thank you, Nicole!
You're welcome! :) Glad I could oblige.
I am new to Obsidian, but this will definitely change the way I use it for my bible studies, so thank you so much, Nicole. It really is appreciated. God bless you and Happy New Year!
That’s awesome! Thank you, and welcome to Obsidian!
This is so cool! Thanks for the deep dive.
Nicole, Thanks, a good introduction.
I'm just starting to use Obsidian and I have almost zero knowledge of coding and minimum knowledge of Markdown, I'm not sure if I'm making any sense, but you know, I'm kind of a person who needs this type of video. I appreciate your help, thank you. It's difficult but I'm enjoying this,.
Very clearly explained, nice job
Thanks, Kenneth! :)
This is my fourth comment in 7 years, video was so information dense!
Loved it Nicole! 🤍
Wow, thank you so much! I'm honoured that you chose to leave a comment. Appreciate you watching!
Very good Nicole. Thanks
Wow....just wow. I'm taking a MASSIVE amount of cybersecurity notes with tons of code. Really didn't feel like digging into CSS or HTML just to change my font colors, etc...though I could. I just needed it to be easy since I've never used Obsidian. You kick ass for making this video! I learned so much. Thank you!
Markdown is great for quickly styling text without letting us go overboard with making things look too pretty. :) Happy to help!
Thank you for this. Its super helpful !
This is super super helpful (as with everything you do :) ). Thank you!
Thanks. Content put across for a beginner to understand.
Learned a LOT thanks !!!!
Awesome explanation!
This is the video Nicole, thanks a lot.
Wow. I started with obsidian for notes and organization. Now I want to learn more code. Thx again
That's a great progression! Happy to help!
You've been the go to person for anything Obsidian related. I'll vote for you in the next Obsidian presidential election for sure. Keep up the good work! May the light illuminate you!
LOL @ presidential election! Thanks for the laugh. I'm happy you liked it!
Keep exploring at brilliant.org/Nicolevdh/ Get started for free, and hurry-the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription.
THEMES used: Everforest.
PLUGINS: I know I said no plugins, but apparently I accidentally showed one that I forgot was a plugin! It's Query Control, and it's what I use to get extra controls when embedding a search query.
A comment from 4 days ago when the video is not even 1 day old lol
@@guizarbayardoemmanuelisaia1718 Nicole has super powers, that even You Tube is scared of... ... : ))))))
I release all my videos to my Patreons before I release them to everyone else. :)
Also, people always ask about themes and such, so I make sure to note down what I was using right after I upload something!
One video & I subscribed to your channel. Thanks for beautiful explanation with example
Thanks so much for the vote of confidence! Appreciate you. <3
I have been trying to use Obsidian for so long but it didnt work out until I found your vdo. I cant wait to dive in the power of Obsidian. Thank you Nicole.
Glad to hear that, JB! :) Welcome to Obsidian and to the Obsidian community! :) Hope you like it as much as I do!
@@nicolevdh I was jaw dropping when I successfully creat the first link. 🤣
Super helpful video!!
Thank you so much ! i have learned a lot from this video; keep going
this is the best Video about Obsidian
I don't know about that, but I am happy you like it! :)
So simply and plainly put- this, folks, is how you teach people.
Thanks, Mikel! I was worried about this being on the long side. I still need to work on my brevity, but I'm glad you liked this one!
I like your videos, I'm learning a lot. just a quick note, on 18:00 - It's not footnote, it's called Anchor Links. ✌🏼
Thanks Nicole!
Amazing, I learned many things that I didn't know. 👏💛
Excellent! That's what I was hoping to do! Thanks for the support. <3
Thanks for this!
Thank you, this was great for someone just getting started with Obsidian like me! I'd love to learn more about YAML or what you think are the best practices for using tags in notes.
Thank you for the suggestion! Those are always useful. I've made a note of that. And I'm happy I helped you get started! :) Welcome to the Obsidian community!
Your videos are always amazing! Obrigada!
Muito obrigada, Gisele! :)
Your videos are great! Thanks for sharing 😍😍
Thank you! Glad you liked it!
I like markdown because I come from a LaTeX background. Good job, good video.
This might seem basic, but is absolute gold for amnesiac obsidian noobs like me...
Yay! I think it's only basic if you've used Markdown before, so I think it's reasonable if you're new to it! :) Really happy that it helped you!
Nicole is obviously an angel, sent to clean out the mess with made with our mind (and the world) 😂
I'm no angel! :) But I'm happy you liked the video!!
Thank you for your work!! This should also apply to fellow coders as well :)
You're very welcome! Absolutely! I meant to make this welcoming to non-coders... hope I haven't made it unwelcoming to coders. :)
Great video, thanks.
Glad you liked it! :)
Okay this is really cool. Thanks for the video
Thank you for watching! :)
Thank you, this is very useful for me.
Glad to help!
Thanks for this video. I cant code even if my life is on stake, but this video is a godsend. Obrigado!!!
Happy you liked it, Francisco! You are exactly the person I made this for. :) Obrigada!
I am really glad I found your video just starting out... one question tho, how did u make the right arrow for indenting your quote?
Hi great Video. Tanks a lot. Regarding footnotes I also like to just put in a space and then write ^[This is the content of the footnote] this way I don’t have to copy something to the end of the document. Obsidian just makes all the work for me.
WHAT. I never knew you could do this!! Thank you!
@@nicolevdh I‘m glad I could give at least a little bit back 😄.
the footnote feature saved me! I had to use dataview for that HAHAHA which made it more complicated to make sure that the note title is in every outgoing links I needed compiled (hence, i had to keep jumping from my main note and making sure that my dataview has every path i need there.)😢
Thanks a ton!
great video
At this point, your channel should be called Nicole van der Obsidian. Sorry to butcher your name ;) I really love your videos! You and Nick are single-handedly changing my life! Thank you so much!
LMAO! Hilarious. I shared that with my husband (whose last name I took) and he said "Who's Mr. Obsidian?!?!" :D
@@nicolevdh I mean the video thumbnail literally has the word "cheat" in it. ;)
I have been playing around with Obsidian this morning to learn more about how to use it, so this video is perfect timing! Thanks! I have a little programming background, but am still a beginner, so this video is great!
I found your channel from your learning Swedish video, because I've started using obsidian to help me learn German. I initially tried using Notion since every youtuber seems to use it, but I found Notion to be so frustrating!
I really like Obsidian, but I do think a better way to use tables/spreadsheets in Obsidian would be clutch. I do have the advanced tables plugin, at least, but creating tables in markdown is just kind of a pain. Do you use tables in obsidian?
Also, I noticed that search results don't include when the search terms show up in headings or note titles, which is very frustrating, but I could just not know what I'm doing.
Hey Kristine! Welcome! :) Glad to hear from another person who went from Notion to Obsidian. I think you might like the Database Folder plugin, though it really isn't as good as Notion still. But development is happening, and quickly.
I hadn't noticed the issue with headings, but certainly with filenames! Since you mentioned you have a programming background, perhaps you have an IDE like VSCode installed? You can open your vault in your IDE and do searches from there... not as convenient, I know, but it does search headings.
@@nicolevdh I will look into those plugins and options, thanks! It's very encouraging to see how quickly the Obsidian devs jump on making updates, and the potential is so great considering how new it is. Thanks for your high quality videos and your contribution to the community!
Ok I think I figured out my problem with the search! The "Match Case" (Aa) option was selected, so it wouldn't pull up any results if it wasn't exactly matching my search term. When I untoggle that option, the titles do come up in the results! I'm not sure I will ever want to have my searches be case-sensitive, but good to know it's available.
Oh! Good to hear! I was just about to write you because I tried it again and didn't have any issues with either. I'll remember that next time someone says that to me. Happy you figured it out! :)
How nice explained.
Glad you think so! Happy to help. :)
Very nice video. I can agree that Obsidian is not only for coders however it is also not for mainstream users. At least it is for “geeks”. I do not means that as a negative word. After all, I am a SAP developer and to me, using Obsidian to its full extend seems like learning a new language.
Didnt know footnites exist in obsidian! They look like a good way to link notes without cluttering the main space too much, especially on subatomic notes
Exactly! They're just unobtrusive little numbers but they still preserve links and references. Glad I could spotlight them!
Yeah, that's a great surprise!
@@nicolevdh likely needs a colour change to give them a bit more 'pop'.
@Tim Bushell You could probably change the colours in the CSS! But I kinda like them being unobtrusive and out fo the way. :)
This is excellent!
Thanks kepano! :) Glad you like it!
Thanks a lot!
You're the best!
Thank you, Jeremiah! Glad you liked it!
Nicole, thank you for your excellent videos on Obsidian! I was wondering if you could do a video on notettakiing for university students. I'm a math major looking to use Obsidian for my studies and was hoping you could make a video on how you would approach notetaking for a university student, particularly one in a technical field. Thank you so much for all the work you do!
Hi! Glad you're liking them! Thanks for the suggestion-- I'm not a university student so I can't really talk about that well, but I think a lot of general learning advice should apply, and I can definitely add that to the list. In the meantime, here's a video about how I learn technical subjects, in case it's useful! czcams.com/video/6kzsCBKCl94/video.html
Thanks a lot 🙌
You're very welcome!
Great video :D I`ve learned a lot. I`m using obsidian and kind of learning on the go :P
Great to hear! Happy you're sticking with Obsidian. Learning on the go is the best way. :)
@@nicolevdh The last update make it clear for me that I just love (and NEED) this app. I was kind of surprised that no other app was built like this till now.
This is amazing. Can anyone help me out? I was able to embed a query, but it's not finding any matches for the tag. Does the tag need to be in any specific place (like the metadata) for it to be searchable?
Ignore my comment on a previous video about coding - I found this video!
Yah... exellent reminders.
... and of course, the 'search' elements also mostly work as Google search, Evernote and a number of other apps, that mostly hide the search syntax.
Thanks for the video. I watched the video about the new v.1 features. Do you know how to make the call-out look the same way before like title and body have different background colors and a larger line space without using CSS?
The only way to change how things look is by using CSS. But you can either use CSS OR change themes, which also work based on CSS. So maybe you could try looking around for other themes, if you would prefer not to modify the CSS.
incredibly helpful and clear - thank you Nicole! I wish I had found this video before watching so many others searching for these answers - just a suggestion but maybe adding something like "tips and foundational shortcuts to using Obsidian" could help beginners like me find you more easily?
also question - when I do the Embedded Search /query in markdown - it shows up but doesn't have the sort features? wondering if there's something I don't have turned on for that?
thanks again!
Hey again Rachael, I did think about talking about shortcuts, but they're so OS-specific and can be seen in Options > Hotkeys, so I thought maybe it wasn't worth me doing... but maybe I'm wrong!
Oh! You may need the Query Control plugin. Sorry, I forgot I had that enabled.
Thanks! Definitely a non-coder here. This was helpful. Question: for the footnote, does it automatically convert it to numbers? I noticed you typed in vulcan, and I was expecting the superscript to be vulcan instead of a number
Heyyy Laila! Yes, it automatically renders it as numbers. The first time you do it for one source, it's 1, and then it increments it after that. :)
Thanks!
Hey, thanks so much, Frank! Glad you liked it. :)
Thank you very much, this video helps a lot by laerning markdown! One thing didn't worked. When I want to embed a search, I don't have this option bar for sorting and this stuff. It's just embeds the result from the search. Has someone an idea why and how to make that this ist shown?