Initial set up

When you first start AlephNote you have to configure a few basic settings:

First you need to configure a remote provider. This is the service that stores your notes.

• SimpleNote and StandardNotes are normal online services.
• NextcloudNotes is a addon for Nextcloud/ownCloud for your selfhosted cloud.
• With Filesystem your notes are stored as textfiles on your hard-drive
• And with "No Remote" the notes only exist inside of AlephNote

If you choose "Filesystem" or "No Remote" as the note storage I recommend to either set up a git backup or another kind of backup to prevent accidental data-loss.

After you click Synchronize AlephNote will do a initial synchronization (= downloading existing notes) and (if the synchronization was successful) you can click OK and the assistant is finished.

Settings

All of AlephNotes settings can be accessed via the menu Edit -> Settings. You should take a look at all the options and change them to your preferences.

Some important ones are

• Autostart with windows
• The theme
• Initial window position & minimize behaviour
• Sidebar order and display style
• Shortcuts

You can always (if it exists) click on the blue question mark to get an explanation to a config option.