Once you log into Amplenote, click the "New note" button found in the top right corner to start redacting a new note.

After logging into Amplenote you are automatically taken to the Jots mode. Jots are regular notes that are automatically created for you every day.
Pressing the "New note" button will switch to Notes mode and it will open a brand new note for editing.

Add content by typing in the note window. Be sure to give your note a name so you can easily locate it later using search.

link Using Double Brackets [[ for Note Creation/Linking

A subject worth its own page 🙌: Using Double Brackets [[ for Note Creation/Linking

link Creating new notes from text selection

There are 2 ways to create new notes based on the selected text; both are covered in depth in another help article:

By creating a note titled after the text selection: Using Double Brackets [[ for Note Creation/Linking#Using the Ctrl-[ hotkey to link a selected word/phrase (optionally including the current note's tags);

By moving the selected text to a new note: Using Double Brackets [[ for Note Creation/Linking#Extracting text selection to a note.

link Transferring tags to new notes & auto-tagging

Below is an overview of how Amplenote handles auto-tagging:

Selected tags are applied to a new note:

When using the [[ double-bracket linking syntax (Read more at Simple double bracket note linking examples)

When extracting text to a new note (Learn about text extraction at Using Double Brackets [[ for Note Creation/Linking#Extracting text selection to a note)

Tags applied to the current note are propagated to the new note:

When using the Ctrl-Shift-[ note linking shortcut

link What formatting options are available?

As of December 2021, Amplenote offers 3 ways to format your notes:

Via the toolbar at the top of the note window; this toolbar is visible when editing a note in Notes Mode:

💡 Hover the mouse over an icon from the toolbar to view the associated keyboard shortcut for that formatting option.

By using the contextual toolbar that appears when you select text in your note; visible in Jots and Notes Mode:

Using the Keyboard Shortcuts & Markdown Syntax Examples.

Below is an overview of all the formatting options.

B = Bold

I = Italic

= ~~strikethrough~~

= highlight

link H1 = Heading 1

link H2 = Heading 2

link H3 = Heading 3

= Checklist

check_box_outline_blank

Task

= Bullet list

Bullet 1

Bullet 2

= Numbered list

First step

Second step

= Link and Rich Footnote

= Image attachment

= Block quote

= Code snippet

= Code block

A block of code.

= Undo last action

= Redo last undone action

--- = Horizontal line (three dashes in a row)

link Extracting text to a note or a Rich Footnote

In addition to the usual formatting options, you might have noticed the extra buttons on the contextual toolbar:

Read more about Extracting text selection to Rich Footnotes
Learn about Extracting text selection to a note

link What other note settings are there?

To view individual note settings, click on the triple-dot icon on the right-hand side of the note header.

You can also check out "More options", which as of September 2020 includes a few less-used options:

link How do I publish notes to the web?

Publishing notes deserves a separate help page: How do I publish notes to the web?.

link Collaboration: Sharing notes or tags with individuals, groups, or the web

More on writing together: Collaboration: Sharing notes or tags with individuals, groups, or the web.

link What are Vault Notes and how do I create them?

Read more on Vault Notes over at What are Vault Notes and how do I create them?

link Note revision history, and restoring old versions

Clicking on the "View revision history" link under the triple-dot will get you a list of different versions of the note from various points in history:

If you would like to restore a previous version of a note, click on the version in its history, then click "Create new note from this version" in the triple-dot shown when viewing the note:

This option will create a new note with the same content. You can create a new title for the note in the duplication process. If the note is not a secure note, you can choose to share with the same people you shared the original note with. Related article: Using note templates to quickly create notes with structure.

link Download Note

Download a markdown file (.md) of your note to your device. Markdown files can be viewed in a plain text editors, as well as in many note apps.

link Lock Note

Locking a note will achieve two things:

It will make that note read-only for all users collaborating on it;

Any open tasks residing in this note will be hidden from the Tasks & Calendar Views.

Notes can only be locked and unlocked by their respective owner. In Amplenote, the owner of a note is:

The person that created the shared tag that is applied to a note, if any.

The person that originally created the note, otherwise.

link Archive Note

Archiving a note will hide it from your list of notes without completely deleting it from your account. The note still exists and is still returned in matching search results. The note is archived indefinitely or until you un-archive it.

To un-archive a note:

Search for the note and open it

Open the note settings menu

Click "Archive note"

When the confirmation message displays, click "undo"

link Delete Note

This option will delete the note from your Amplenote account. If you deleted a note in error, you have a few seconds to undo the action using the popup at the bottom of the note window. You can also view and restore the note if you have a direct link to the note. If you've shared the note with another user, the note will remain in their account unless you remove the share prior to deleting the note.