Note Editor

Capture, structure, and polish your ideas—all in one place.

Note Editor

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The Mem Note Editor is where all your ideas come to life. From writing fresh notes to polishing drafts with AI, the editor gives you powerful tools to capture, organize, and share your work. Below you’ll find guides to each action available inside the editor.

Editor Features

On Mac/Windows desktop app and Web app

Create Note Button

Start fresh anytime with a new note!

Click on the ‘Create Note’ button in the top left of the app or the pencil-and-note icon.

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Get Started With Templates

Jumpstart your writing with a pre-made template! Templates help you quickly create consistent structures for meeting notes, journals, or project outlines.

Manage your templates from your profile dropdown menu in the top left corner of the app.

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Note Actions

Organize

Keep notes grouped and searchable by adding them to Collections. No more folders!

You can add a note to a Collection via Mem Chat”

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You can also add a note to a Collection after clipping a web page with the Mem Chrome Extension:

See: Collections

Voice Mode

Record and transcribe conversations or meetings directly into a note!

See: Voice Mode

Clean Up

Turn rough notes into polished text with AI in one click.

See: Clean Up

Pin

Pin your important or active notes to the top-left sidebar for quick access and reference!

See: Pinning

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Click on the 3-dot menu to find more note actions available in the app!

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Share

Collaborate by sharing notes with others! Click on Share from the 3-dot menu. A pop-up will come up to add another Mem 2.0 user’s name or email address. Click on the Share button when you’re done.

Sharing works with people who don’t yet have a Mem account. If you share with someone new, they’ll receive an invite and can register to access the note.

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View Version History

See past edits and restore older versions of your note.

See: Version History

Editor Actions

Formatting Bar

Style your text with bold, italics, headings, and more.

Select a string of text or a word for the formatting bar will appear. Choose how you want to format your text. To remove all formatting, click on the slashed-T icon.

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Markdown

For power users, Mem supports Markdown shortcuts:

h1 - # + space
h2 - ## + space
h3 - ### + space
h4 - #### + space
h5 - ##### + space
h6 - ###### + space
bold - ** bold this ** (enclose text with double asterisks)
italic - * italicize this * (enclose text with single asterisks)
quote block - greater-than, > + space (hit Return twice to get out of quote block)
code block - three back tics, ``` + space (hit Return 3x to get out of code block)
bulleted list - dash, - + space (hit Return twice to get out of bulleted list)
checklist - left and right square brackets, [] + space (hit Return twice to get out of checklist)
numbered list - type 1 + space (hit Return twice to get out of numbered list)\ Hit Tab to indent or Shift + Tab to outdent
**divider - three dashes, --- + space table - vertical bar, | + space

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Slash Menu

Quickly insert tools and content using the forward slash command /.

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Attach Images and Files

Quickly insert images and files into a note:

• Drag and drop from your computer into an open note.
• Use the forward-slash command anywhere in a note:
  • Insert an image with /image
  • Insert a file with @

Mem Search, Chat, and Copilot are not yet aware of the contents of attached images or files.

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Mentions

Link with other notes with @ within a note

In an open note, type @ followed by the title of an existing note. A dropdown list with note suggestions will appear. Click on the note you want to link.

You can also create a new note by typing the title of the new note and clicking on ‘Create a new note’ when the title name is complete. This new note will appear in your Notes view.

Refer to an existing note in Chat

Type @ followed by the note title. A list of note suggestions will appear. Click on the note you want to refer to in the Chat prompt.

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Collections

Use Collections instead of folders to organize your notes. A note can live in more than one Collection at once.

Add a note to a Collection by clicking on Organize and typing the Collection name. You can also create a new Collection to add to the note in this window.

Another way to add a note to a collection is to type # followed by the Collection name. A list of existing Collection names will appear in the dropdown menu. You can also create a new Collection in this window.

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Trash

Deleted notes are stored safely until you empty the trash. View your Trash from your profile dropdown menu at the top right of the app.

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Mem Panel

Heads Up

Find a list of related notes to the active note under Heads Up.

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Chat

Ask Mem questions or interact with your notes conversationally.

From Heads Up, click inside the Chat box at the bottom to switch to Chat. To go back to viewing the Heads Up section, click on the Heads Up tab above.

See: Chat

Tab Actions

Split Button

Open a second panel to view another note, Collection, Search results list, or Home view!

See: Tabs & Split Screen

Work across multiple notes side-by-side.

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