[Illustration] How to insert square cards or text links when you want to introduce another note in note

Do you ever wonder, "How do I introduce someone else's note in my own note?"

For example,

There is a way to display it as a "square card" like this 👇,

👉Riako-san's cute parakeet note is here

or a way to introduce it using text, as shown above.

However, even after looking it up and trying it yourself, you might find that

it doesn't turn into a square card for some reason,
only a strange string of characters (URL) is displayed,
or you don't understand the explanation articles...

Aren't there some of you who end up feeling confused?

So today, I will summarize the "square card display" and "text introduction method"
for when you want to introduce another note in note,
using easy-to-understand illustrations.

*This explanation is for those who use note on a smartphone (app or browser).

How to display a square card when you want to introduce another note in note (How to paste a link card)

First, I will explain "how to display a square card."

❶ Open the note you want to introduce

First, let's open the note you want to introduce.

For this example, I will use my note "Three-legged race" to explain.

❷ Tap the share icon

Please tap the "share icon (upward arrow icon)" located at the bottom of the note.

❸ Tap "Copy URL" or "Copy link"

If you are viewing the note in the app, tap "Copy URL".

If you are viewing the note in a browser (Safari or Google Chrome), tap "Copy link".

👇 If a message like "Copied to clipboard" or "Link copied" appears, it has been copied successfully.

❹ Open the note you want to write in.

Next, let's open the note you want to write in. (This is the note where you want to introduce the Three-legged race note.)

It can be a new note you are writing, a draft note, or the edit screen of a note you wrote in the past.

For this explanation, I will use a new note (new post).

If you are writing a note on the app, tap "Create" -> "Write an article".

If you are writing a note in a browser, tap the "pencil icon".

❺ After writing something in the body, "press Enter twice".

Have you opened the note you want to write (the new note)?

Then, just write something in the body—anything will do—and then
"press Enter twice".

⚠️ The key is to "press Enter twice".

❻ Lightly tap the screen -> tap "Paste"

If you lightly tap near the cursor with your finger,
(it feels like gently long-pressing the screen with your finger)
"Paste" will appear, so tap that.

❼ You have successfully displayed the square card (link card)!

If it appears like this, you have succeeded 👏👏👏

Publish (or preview) your note and check if the link card is displayed.

When you tap the link card, the note you want to introduce should open.

⚠️ Points to note if it doesn't become a link card for some reason

Even if you try the operations above,
for some reason the link card doesn't appear...

Perhaps, when you view note, are you
switching back and forth between the app and the browser?

For example,
you use the app when writing a note, but

you open a browser (such as Safari or Google Chrome) when looking for a note you want to introduce.

If you copy the link from
"Share" for the note you want to introduce in the browser,

and paste it into the note app—

Such a long URL might be displayed as is,
and it may not become a link card.

This is because a "special URL for sharing" has been copied.

✅ Solution

If you want to introduce a note across the app and browser,
please try operating your smartphone as follows.

First,the note you want to introduceshould be opened in
a browser (Safari or Google Chrome).

Tap theURL displayed in the browser's address bar,
(lightly press the area where note.com is written with your finger)

Once more, if you gently long-press the area where "https://note.com/〇〇〇〇" is written with your finger,

a menu will appear,
so please tap "Copy".

(*Up to this point, this is the operation on the screen of the note you want to introduce)

Once you have done this, next,
open the note app (the note you want to write).

After writing something random in the body,
press "Enter twice,"

and if you gently long-press near the cursor with your finger,
a menu will appear, so please tap "Paste."

By doing so, the link card will be displayed properly.

🔗 You can also use this when introducing web pages other than note.

By the way, the method of creating a link card by copying and pasting the browser URL

can also be used when introducing web pages other than note.

For example,
if you want to share a Yahoo! News article on note, or
if you want to introduce a recommended recipe from Cookpad on note,
and so on.

When introducing web pages other than note,
you cannot use the "Share" button on note.

Therefore, the key is to copy the URL displayed in the browser's address bar.

This is a basic trick that can be used on both smartphones and computers.

✏️ How to "introduce another note with text" in a note (how to insert text links)

Next is how to introduce another note as a text link.

👉Riako-san's cute parrotlet's note

This is called a "text link".

If you can display a square card, you can easily create a text link too.

❶ Perform the same operations as ❶ to ❺ for the square card

The operations for displaying the square card from ❶ to ❺ are the same.

(*Please complete the same steps up to this point: copy the URL (link) of the note you want to introduce, open the note you want to write in, and press enter twice after writing something in the body.)

❷ Write the "introductory text"

Next, write the introductory text.

Here, I will try entering "Click here for Riako-san's cute parakeet".

❸ Select the text you want to turn into a link

Select the text you want to make into a text link.

This time, I will try selecting the text excluding "Click here".

❹ Tap "Paste"

When you select the text, a menu will appear, so
when you tap "Paste"...

❺ It has become a text link!

An underline has been added, and it has become a text link.

Let's check that the note you want to introduce opens in preview or after publishing.

🔗 How to paste a URL using the link icon

If you couldn't do it successfully, let's use the method of pasting the URL from the link (🔗) icon.

Please complete the operation up to the point of selecting the words you want to make into a text link (the words you want to introduce) in step 3.

Try gently pressing and moving the row of icons that appears in the middle of the screen to the left with your finger.

You will find the "🔗" icon. Please tap the 🔗.

Since it says "Please enter the URL",

If you gently press around the cursor with your finger,
a menu will be displayed, so tap "Paste".
Once the URL is pasted, tap "OK".

An underline has been added, and it has become a text link.

Finally. Thank you, Soto-san!

The reason I decided to write this article was
because of Soto-san's note,
which introduced my note.

Since they mentioned it was their first time trying to share,
I was very happy to hear that.

However, I didn't know at first why the URL wasn't converted into a link card and remained as a text string.

This time, while operating note in various ways on both the app and browser, I was happy to be able to reproduce a similar situation.

Also, thanks to this event,
I thought, 'Maybe there are other people struggling with the same thing,' and was able to summarize how to use links in a note.

I hope someone's '???'
turns into 'I did it!'

I hope the connections and enjoyment of note
will continue to expand even more.

Soto-san, thank you so much for the introduction and for giving me the opportunity!