actualNoteContentPart: # Extracting text selection to a note
  Yes, there are even more ways to create and link to notes! 💪 Using the contextual toolbar, you can move a selection of text to another note! 
  
  
  Contextual toolbar buttons for extracting text selection [to a Rich Footnote](/help/rich_footnotes_content_preview#Extracting_text_selection_to_Rich_Footnotes)  or to a separate note.
  
  
  Here is the list of rules that govern text extraction in Amplenote 👩‍🏫:
  You can move the text selection to **either a new or existing note**;
  Selected text is **inserted at the beginning of the target note**;
  In place of the text selection from the source note, **a link to the target note is inserted**;
  [Tag-forwarding rules](/help/control_auto_tagging_of_newly_linked_notes)  apply; that is, **all of the selected tags will be added to the target note if it doesn't' exist**.
  
  Below is an example of extracting a section from a note to another **existing note**:
  > This is a section of a blog post that contains useful intel on note collaboration. Using the text extraction option, we can move this block of text to the dedicated help article on note collaboration, leaving behind a link to the article✨. 
  
  And here is an example of extracting a section from a note to a **newly created note**:
  > When looking up a note to move the selection into, Amplenote will let you create another note if no match is found. 
  
  💭 Text extraction is a useful tool to have for:
  ⚛️ [Maintaining the atomicity of your notes]() ;
  🌳 [Converting journal entries to evergreen notes]() ;
  ✔️ [Quickly converting your to-do list into a project]() ;
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  title: 🔗 Note linking guide (at @ and double-bracket [...
  headers: # Extracting text selection to a note
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  Extracting text selection to a note
  Yes, there are even more ways to create and link to notes! 💪 Using the contextual toolbar, you can move a selection of text to another note! Contextual toolbar buttons for extracting text selection [to a Rich Footnote](/help/rich_footnotes_content_preview#Extracting_text_selection_to_Rich_Footnotes)
    or to a separate note. Here is the list of rules that govern text extraction in Amplenote 👩‍🏫:
  You can move the text selection to either a new or existing note
  ;
  Selected text is inserted at the beginning of the target note
  ;
  In place of the text selection from the source note, a link to the target note is inserted
  ;
  [Tag-forwarding rules](/help/control_auto_tagging_of_newly_linked_notes)
    apply; that is, all of the selected tags will be added to the target note if it doesn't' exist
  . Below is an example of extracting a section from a note to another existing note
  : This is a section of a blog post that contains useful intel on note collaboration. Using the text extraction option, we can move this block of text to the dedicated help article on note collaboration, leaving behind a link to the article✨.
  And here is an example of extracting a section from a note to a newly created note
  : When looking up a note to move the selection into, Amplenote will let you create another note if no match is found.
  💭 Text extraction is a useful tool to have for:
  ⚛️ [Maintaining the atomicity of your notes]()
   ;
  🌳 [Converting journal entries to evergreen notes]()
   ;
  ✔️ [Quickly converting your to-do list into a project]()
   ;
noteTitle: 🔗 Note linking guide (at @ and double-bracket [[ notation)