Importing Markdown and pasting from Google Docs

Bring existing content into Workover in one of two ways: import Markdown files in bulk, or paste a single document from Google Docs. Workover does not connect to your Google account, and there is no Google Docs importer.

Import Markdown files

Use this to move documents from Notion, Confluence, GitBook, Obsidian or any other tool that exports Markdown.

Before you start: export your content from the other tool as Markdown files, and make sure you have access to the Workover project you are importing into. Your workspace needs an active plan, because importing creates documents.

1. Open Workspace settings → Import.
2. In Import into, choose the project.
3. In Markdown files, select the files. Workover accepts .md, .markdown, .mdx and .txt.
4. Click Import.

Each file becomes one new document in the project, titled from its first top-level heading (# Title) or, if it has none, from its file name. When the import finishes, Workover lists every file with its result, under a heading such as Imported 18 of 20.

Limits and skipped files

• Up to 200 files per import. Import larger sets in batches.
• A file that is empty is skipped with “The file is empty.”
• A file larger than about 1 MB is skipped with “The file is too large to import.”
• A file Workover cannot convert is listed with “This file could not be converted.”

A skipped or failed file does not stop the others. Fix it and import it on its own.

Paste from Google Docs

For a single document, copy it from Google Docs and paste it into Workover.

1. Create or open a document in Workover.
2. In Google Docs, select everything (Ctrl+A, or Cmd+A on a Mac) and copy it.
3. Click into the Workover document and paste.

Images come across with the text. Just after the paste, Workover copies them into its own media storage, including images Google puts on the clipboard as links to its own servers, so the pictures keep working after those Google links expire and when you publish. If an image cannot be copied, Workover tells you, for example “One pasted image still links to its original source and may expire.”

The paste is a one-time copy. Nothing stays connected to the Google Doc, and later changes in Google Docs do not reach Workover.

If you are pasting Markdown text rather than a formatted document, see Pasting Markdown.

Related

• Pasting Markdown
• Images and media
• Editor basics