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| Access Hints & Tips
| Attachment Hints & Tips
| Backlink Hints & Tips
| Backup Hints & Tips
| Brain Folder Hints & Tips
| BrainBox Hints & Tips
| Bullets & Numbered Lists
| Checkbox Hints & Tips
| Customize Notes Style
| Design Hints & Tips
| Drag/Drop Hints & Tips
| Event Hints & Tips
| Export Hints & Tips
| Export Notes
| Filter Hints & Tips
| Footer Hints & Tips
| Forgotten Thoughts Hints & Tips
| GUID Hints & Tips
| Header Hints & Tips
| Hints & Tips for Brain Size
| Hints & Tips for Early Versions of TheBrain
| Hints & Tips for Icons & Images
| Hints & Tips for Types & Tags
| Icon Hints & Tips
| Image Hints & Tips
| Import Hints & Tips
| Keyboard Shortcuts Hints & Tips
| Link Hints & Tips
| Links in Notes
| Markdown Hints & Tips
| Mobile Hints & Tips
| Navigation Hints & Tips
| Notes Hints & Tips
| Notes on Note-Taking
| One Trusted System
| Outline Hints & Tips
| PIM/PKM Hints & Tips
| Pin Hints & Tips
| Planning & Managing (Gardening) Your Brain
| Planning Your Shared Brain Project
| Plex & Navigation Hints & Tips
| Private Thought Hints & Tips
| Publishing Hints & Tips
| Report Hints & Tips
| Search & Find Within Notes
| Search Hints & Tips
| Selection Box Hints & Tips
| Share PKM Tips & Articles Here
| Sharing Hints & Tips
| Spell Check Hints & Tips
| Storage Tips
| Sync Hints & Tips
| Table Hints & Tips
| TB15 Hints & Tips
| TheBrain AI Hints & Tips
| Theme Hints & Tips
| Thought Hints & Tips
| To-Do List & Task Management
| Video Hints & Tips
| Voice Recognition in TheBrain
| Web Client Performance
| Writing Hints & Tips
★ Markdown Reference Guide
☆ Workarounds
1st & 2nd Clicks in Outline & Mind Map Views
2 Ways to Make a Thought into a To-Do Item
A Better Writing Workflow using TheBrain
Access Additional Callout Features
Access Brain Contents via Obsidian
Access Last Created Thought
Access Your Brain Remotely Without Syncing
Add All (or Multiple) Search Results to Selection Box
Add Custom Color to Default Date/Time
Add Digital Drawings into Your Brain
Add GMail Links into TheBrain
Add Links into Notes
Add Recent Thoughts to Selection Box
Add Types/Tags While Creating Thoughts
Add Your Own Custom Icons & Emojis
Adjust Width of Links in Plex
Adult Learning & TheBrain
AI vs. API
Android: Insert Images
Android: Subtle gesture to show full Thought name in Plex
ASCII Characters & Emojis in Thought Names & Labels
Assign Thought Type from Type Template
Assign Type to Multiple Thoughts
Assigning Types/Tags in Vulcan
Attach Multiple Tags to Event
Attachment Size Limited to 4-6 GB
Attachments: Link, Copy & Move
Automatic Smart Quotes + Markdown Colors
Automatic Sync Recommended for Team Brains
Back Button vs. History
Backlinks Update Automatically
Backup WITHOUT Using .brz
Bequeath A Shared Brain
Brain Size Comes from Attachments & Icons
Brain Surgery Q
BrainBox Options & Settings
Bulk add/import of child nodes
Calculate Available Space in Your Web Account
Cannot Delete Thought Icon
Capture/Insert Screenshot in Note
Cards View: Use Cases
Change Color of Multiple Thoughts
Change Color on Multiple Tags Simultaneously
Change Default Color of Text Highlight
Change Font Size by Device
Change Font Size on a Single Line of Text
Change Line Styles Above/Below Note Header
Change Link Color on Hover
Change Link Thickness
Change Plex Orientation in Brain Embed
Change Storage Location Pathway
Change Thought Kind
Change Thought Size in Plex & Text Size in Note
Change Time Zone
Changing Channels in TheBrain
Changing the GUI ID of a Brain
Choose Which Updates You Receive
Choosing a Phone for Using With TheBrain
Color TheBrain Icons
Combining Children into One List
Comma Trick
Commercial Backup Options
Common Keyboard Shortcuts
Complete Backup of All the Brains
Control / Zoom Font Size in Plex
Control How Outlining Works in Notes
Control Thought Header Size Display
Copy Attached URL Address
Copy Links & Open in a New Tab/Window
Copy Thought Name
Copy Thoughts | Create Document
Copy/Paste Multiple Thoughts from One Brain to Another
Copying & Moving Thoughts
Create a Brain Tour
Create Custom Dashboards / Workspaces Within TheBrain
Create Daily Notes in TheBrain
Create File Templates
Create Multiple Thoughts at Once = Semi-colon Trick
Create New Brain with Existing Thoughts
Create New Thoughts from Search Field
Create Report on Multiple Tags in Web Client
Create Structured Journey Through a Brain
Create Thought from BrainBox Item
Creating & Editing Markdown Files Within TheBrain
Creating & Managing Link Types
Creating Brains with ChatGPT
Creating Fictional Timelines
Creating Multiple Complex Tags in TheBrain's ChatGPT
Creating Multiple, Nested Tags
Creating New Thoughts Not Recognizing Existing Thoughts with Same Name
Creating Thoughts
Curating Your Brain Using the Cards View
Custom Brain Thumbnail in Vulcan
Custom Cards View
Custom Ordering When Viewing Siblings
Custom Sort: Moving thought to middle of list sets entire sort to manual
Custom Table Formatting
Customize Default Note Settings
Customize Main Toolbar Settings
Default Note Template
Defragging Your Hard Drive
Delete a Brain
Delete a Table of Contents
Delete Link Types
Delete Parent & Multiple Child Thoughts
Deleting Forgotten Thoughts
Deleting Tables
Directing an iFramed Brain from a Web Page
Disable To-Do List in TheBrain
Display GIF Animations in TheBrain
Display Only 1 Column with Multi-Column Layout
Display/View First Attachment By Default
Double-Click to Expand (Maximize) Plex/Notes
Drag Attachments Changes in TB15
Duplicate or Print a Brain
Easy Checkbox To-Do Management for Sequential Tasks
Edit Adjacent Thoughts
Edit Font in Plex (TB15)
Edit Fonts in Notes (TB15)
Edit Linked Files
Edit Search Engine Options
Effortless Podcast Notetaking
Embed Brain Within an iFrame
Entering & Editing Long Thought Names
Entering or Linking Multiple Thoughts
Event Viewer Troubleshooting
Expand Children Preview in MindMap View
Expanding & Collapsing Generations
Export All Child Notes
Export Brain Contents into Folders & Files
Export Everything Out of TheBrain
Export Files to Single Folder
Export Keyboard Shortcuts
Export Thought Notes
External File Storage on Sync.com
Extract Child Thought
Failed to initialize indexing process
Filter by Thought Type
Find All Thoughts of a Specific Type Below the Active Thought
Find All Unfinished Checkbox Tasks
Find Attached URL Using Reports
Find Duplicate Thoughts
Find Large Attachments to Export & Reduce Brain Size
Find Link Types
Find Thoughts in the Internet Archive
Find Thoughts with No Notes
Find Thoughts with Notes
Find Thoughts Without Search
Finding Your Brain Files on Windows 11
Fix for Missing Task Bar Icon
Fix Links with Underscores
Focus Notes | Focus Search
Folders & Folder Shortcuts into TheBrain
From List to Brain
Full View of Plex/Notes
Generating Newsletter with LinkedIn posts
Getting Started Tutorial
GoodSync Backup Recommendation
Gradient Wallpapers (Shiiko's Suggestion)
Guest Mode Not Currently Supported on Mobile
Harlan's Hints & Tips
Hero Image Tips
Hidden Numbers
Hide & Reveal Note Header & Footer
Hide Forgotten Thoughts From Search
Hide Private Desktop Notes & Thoughts
Hide Thought Type Label
Highlighted Thought Gates
Horizontal History by Tim Urban
How Hidden & Visible Numbering Impacts "Sort by Type"
How Settings Sync in TB15
How to Edit a Brain Tour
How to Find Resources in Other Public Brains
How to Find Thought Folders Outside of TheBrain
How to Publish Your Obsidian Vault Using the Obsidian Digital Garden Plugin
How to Run DeepSeek Without Access to the Internet
How to Share Part of Your Brain
How to Use Windows 11 Emoji Keyboard
Hybrid Brains (Desktop Only)
Ideas for Using Backlinks
Image Sharing Summary
Import / Paste Text Outline + Attachments from Other Apps
Import Contents of Web Page into Brain
Import Data from Early Versions of TheBrain
Import Outline from Excel
Import Text Outline
Importing Types & Tags
In-App Error Reports Include Output Logs
Increase Highlight Contrast for Search & Find
Indexing Content of Linked Web Pages
Inline Tags: Visible as Unlinked Mentions
Insert Image into Note
Insert Text within a Numbered List
Install Earlier Version of TheBrain 12
iPhone: Scan Docs into TB
Journey-Style Presentations
Keep Type & Tag Lists Clean
Keyboard Attachment Controls
Keyboard Shortcut Tutorials
Keyboard Shortcuts for Search & Notes
Korm's AI Generated Hero Images
Label Hints & Tips
Limit Wander Mode for Presentations
Limitations on Custom (Manual) Thought Sorting
Limitations When Accessing Obsidian Notes in TheBrain
Link & Move Files
Link to Attached Images in Notes
Link Types & Mentions
Linking Thoughts Between Brains
Mac Dictation is Not Working Inside Notes
Make Your Brain Public
Managing a Megabrain
Managing Video Links in TheBrain
Manually Reordering Thoughts
Manually Reordering Types & Tags
Manually Restore TheBrain 8 Icons
Mapped Links Are Clickable in Note Previews
Mass Replace Words in Thought Names
Maximum # of Types/Tags in Pull Down Menu in Web Client
Merge Thoughts Using Selection Box
Minimizing Distractions While Writing in TheBrain
Moble <> Desktop Sync
Move lines up/down via keyboard in notes
Move Multiple Child Thoughts to New Parent
Move Multiple Items Out of BrainBox Simultaneously
Move Thought to Multiple Parents
My Thought Types and Tags
NAS: Network Attached Storage
Navigate Note Footer with Keyboard
Navigate Plex Using Arrow & Enter Keys
Navigate the Plex Without a Mouse
Navigation Sequence in Notes
Notes Not Being Searched
Obsidian Hints & Tips
One Megabrain vs. Several Topical Brains
One-Way Link Controls in TB15
Open Attachments in Native App
Open Content in New Window
Open HTML Version of Notes
Open/Close Plex/Content Area
Optimize Selection Box Color Display
Options for Moving Thoughts
Order Thoughts by Date
Outlining & Collapsing Sections in Notes
Paste YouTube Video Link Instead of Embed with Image
Pin Frequently Used Tags
Pinned Note Taking
Pinned Scratch Pad for Quick Access
Preserve Transparency with Image Copy/Paste
Preventing "Map Shock"
Print / Export Notes
Private Thoughts in a Publicly Shared Brain
Quick Access to Frequently Used Tags
Quick Drop Thoughts = BrainBox Alternative
Quick Start Tips
Quickly Add Thought Links into Notes
Quickly Assign Thought Types
Quickly Switch Between Plex & Notes
Recent Thought List in Reports
Reduce Sibling Congestion in the Plex
Remove Callout Formatting
Remove Footer Backlink
Rename Multiple Thoughts to Add Parent Name at Once
Renaming Backlinked Thoughts
Restore Changed Notes
Retrieve Images from Notes
Review Recent Activity
Right Click to Open Attached Links In the "Wayback Machine" of the Internet Archive
Roaming & Writing at the Same Time
Roll Back to Earlier Version on Beta Channel
Save Entire Web Pages in a Single File
Save Selected Thoughts Using Tags
Save To-Do Items in a Thought Note on Your Desktop
Saving Reports & Reordering Selections
Scratch Pad in TheBrain
Search by Contents of Attachments
Search Child Thoughts Only in TB14 & Earlier
Search Child Thoughts Only in TB15
Search for Commands | Command Prompts
Search Related Thoughts
Search Selected Thoughts in TB15
Search Within Notes
Searchable Pull-down Tag List
Select Access & Manage a Group of Thoughts
Select Groups of Thoughts
Select Path Between Thoughts
Select Range of Items in Reports
Selecting & Copying Parent & Children
Selectively Capture Web Page Text with BrainBox
Send Captured Text into BrainBox
Sequenced & Nested Tags
Set Custom Date Format
Share Private Access to Your Brain Via Email
Share Thoughts in the Web Client
Share Your Brain
Sharing Public Brains with Optional Password Access
Shortcut for Adding Link Types
Show File Path on Attached Images
Single Brain Single User Mode
Sort Backlinks & Unlinked Mentions
Storing PDFs in TheBrain
Structuring Content in TheBrain
Swap Plex & Content Area
Switch to the Alpha Channel
Sync Required for BrainBox Ultra Features
Tags Display in Alphabetical Order
Task Management Dashboard in TheBrain
TB12 Ignore Common Words in Mentions
TB13 Copy Favicon to Icon
Template Management
Text Outline Import
TheBrain 15.0.527| Presentation Hints & Tips
TheBrain Tips Collection
Thought History vs. Version Control
Thousands of Types/Tags Not Recommended
Tips for Fixing Search Problems
Tour Hints & Tips
Transparent Wallpaper Overlay (Korm's Suggestion)
Trash | Deleted Content
Troubleshoot Spell Check & Note Links
Turn OFF AI features in TheBrain
Turn OFF Public Search in Your Web Client Brains
Turn ON Share Thought Page Feature on ALL Pages
Types & Tags Can Have Events & Attachments
Unlink Thoughts Using a Keyboard Shortcut
Update Spell Check
Use [[ to Create Links in Notes
Use Backlinks to Find Common To-Do Items
Use Comma Trick on Existing Thoughts
Use Footer Links for Navigation Without Plex
Use Selections like Temporary Pins to Hold Thoughts
Using Link Types for Process Mapping
Using Obsidian + TheBrain
Using TheBrain for GTD
Using Web Client as Interim Backup with Manual Sync
View Attachments
View Embedded Browser Area On Hover when Note is Empty
View Forgotten Thoughts in TB15
View Notes Above Plex
Viewing ALL Tags
Voice Navigation | Voice Typing
Voice on iOS for Daily Journal
Voice to Text Software & TheBrain
Wander Hints & Tips
Wander with Plex Hidden
Warning About Exceeding Cloud Capacity on Unsynced Brain
Web Client Performance & Brain Size
Writing a Book in TheBrain