Getting Started

While Roam's ecosystem lets you build incredible workflows, the app is also extremely powerful out-of-the-box. Learn to master the basics of Roam with these tutorials.

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The Complete Guide to Mastering Roam Markdown

Ramses Oudt

Roam is a note-taking tool with an important principle: frictionless entry of information. The Daily Notes Page is one application…

6 min read Oct 8, 2021

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How to Get Help Within Roam Research

Ramses Oudt

One of the goals of RoamStack is to provide you with all the answers to your Roam-related questions. But sometimes…

3 min read Oct 1, 2021

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Starter Course Lesson 4: Filtering for Overview

Ramses Oudt

In the previous lessons, we looked at why links and indentation matter to retrieve information. But as your Roam database…

2 min read Jan 22, 2021

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Starter Course Lesson 3: Indentation For Association

Ramses Oudt

Indentation is one of the fundamental aspects in Roam. It's the feature that allows block references and queries to work.…

2 min read Jan 21, 2021

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Starter Course Lesson 2: Link Your Thinking

Ramses Oudt

How is writing on the Daily Notes page going? Hopefully you're getting used to writing in an outline and are…

4 min read Jan 20, 2021

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Starter Course Lesson 1: First Login to Roam Research

Ramses Oudt

Logging into Roam for the first time may be confusing. Where are the documents and folders, and what’s up…

2 min read Jan 18, 2021

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Starter Course: Introduction and Overview

Ramses Oudt

Welcome to this Roam starter course! Here I’ll take you through Roam’s basic functionality without overwhelming your with…

2 min read Jan 15, 2021

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How to Search in Roam Research

Ramses Oudt

One of Roam’s goals is to encourage networked thought, so it’s important to learn how to use search to connect your ideas. In this article we'll look at all the different ways you can search in Roam Research.

6 min read Nov 27, 2020