9 Encrypt your notes
The first time you try to sync you’ll be prompted to sign into
the service you’re using. Once done, your notes will be synced. By
default, they’re unencrypted, so choose ‘Tools > Encryption
options’ and click ‘Enable encryption’ to protect them. You’ll be
prompted for a master password – make it strong, but memorable
- then click OK. Your notes will now be encrypted when synced.
7
Clip web pages
Once set up, browse to a web page containing content
you want to use, then click the Joplin button to bring up a list of
options. You can clip the complete page (including a simplified
note-friendly version), or choose to clip selected content, a
screenshot of the page or a URL. Choose a notebook, give your
note a suitable name, add tags and finally click Confirm.
5
Attach files
You can also attach files to your notes. Either drag the file
into your note from a File Explorer window or position the cursor
within your note and click the paperclip button to select it. A
clickable link to the file will appear unless it’s an image, in which
case the image itself is displayed. Hold [Alt] as you drag an image
on to the note to create a link instead of displaying it.
10 Stay in sync
When you set up Joplin on another device and choose to
synchronise using the same online service, you’ll automatically
download any notes stored in the cloud. Make sure you choose
‘Tools > Encryption options’ where you’ll need to enter any master
passwords from other devices to decrypt notes created on those
devices. Your secure, synced note-taking system is now in place. Q8
Back up and sync notes
Joplin works best across multiple desktop and mobile
devices. For this to work you need to set up synchronisation using
a third-party service to store the notes – supported services
include Dropbox, OneDrive (our choice here), Nextcloud, file
system (a local network folder) and WebDAV-compatible services.
Make your choice and click OK followed by Synchronise.6 Enable Web Clipper
Both Firefox and Chrome web browsers offer a free Web
Clipper tool for generating notes from all or part of web pages.
First, open ‘Tools > Web clipper options’ in Joplin. Click ‘Enable
Web Clipper Service’, then click the appropriate link to locate and
add the extension for Chrome and/or Firefox. You should see the
Joplin icon appear in your browser’s toolbar.34 |^ |^ November 2019