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52 links in 13 topics · Updated 17 October 2026
- Notion Help Center · Help CenterNotion basics
Notion's starting point for new users.
- Notion Help Center · Help CenterCreate your first page in Notion
Pages, sub-pages and the / menu.
- Notion Help Center · Help CenterIntro to writing & editing in Notion
Formatting, headings and moving blocks.
- Notion Help Center · Help CenterIntro to workspaces in Notion
How workspaces, teamspaces and members fit together.
- Notion Help Center · Help CenterFirst steps when introducing Notion to a new teammate
Onboarding someone else into your workspace.
- Notion AcademyNotion Academy
Notion's free courses, paths and badges.
- Notion AcademyEssentials Path
The beginner path: navigation, blocks, databases and wikis.
- Notion AcademyAll learning
Every Academy course in one catalogue.
- Notion AcademyNotion for personal use
Setting up Notion for your own work and life.
- Notion Help Center · Help CenterWhat is a block in Notion?
The building block behind every page.
- Notion Help Center · Help CenterNavigate Notion with the sidebar
Organising and hiding the sidebar.
- Notion Help Center · Help CenterNotion keyboard shortcuts
The full list of shortcuts for Mac and Windows.
- Notion Help Center · Help CenterSearch for pages & content in Notion
Finding anything with search and filters.
- Notion Help Center · Help CenterStyle & customize your Notion page
Icons, covers, fonts and page width.
- Notion Help Center · Help CenterThe best way to set up your team's sidebar
A sidebar structure people can navigate.
- Notion Help Center · Help CenterIntro to databases
Creating a database, properties and views.
- Notion Help Center · Help CenterAll database articles
Every database article in one list.
- Notion AcademyAdvanced Path
Database structure and data modelling for experienced users.
- Notion AcademyOrganize information with databases
A course on database structure, menus and linked databases.
- Notion AcademyIntro to databases (lesson)
A single lesson introducing databases.
- Notion Help Center · Help CenterViews, filters, sorts and groups
Saved views over the same data.
- Notion AcademyUsing data
Layouts, sorting, filtering and synced databases.
- Notion Help Center · Help CenterRelations and rollups
Linking databases and summarising linked records.
- Notion Help Center · Help CenterIntro to formulas in Notion
Formula properties and the formula editor.
- Notion Help Center · Help CenterHow to write Notion formulas that extend your databases
Worked formula examples.
- Notion Help Center · Help CenterThe ultimate guide to Notion templates
Every kind of template Notion supports.
- Notion Help Center · Help CenterStart with a Notion template
Adding a template from the gallery.
- Notion Help Center · Help CenterDuplicate public Notion pages
The Duplicate button, where copies land and 'No access' blocks.
- Notion Help Center · Help CenterDatabase templates in Notion
Reusable starting points for new database pages.
- Notion Help Center · Help CenterUsing database templates to cement your team's process
Standardising recurring pages.
- Notion Help Center · Help CenterGetting started with templates for your team
Choosing and rolling out team templates.
- Notion Help Center · Help CenterGetting started with projects and tasks
Notion's built-in projects and tasks templates explained.
- Notion Help Center · Help CenterProject management guides
All of Notion's project management guides.
- Notion Template Gallery · Template galleryProject management templates
Notion's gallery of project templates.
- Notion Help Center · Help CenterGet started with your Notion Agent
What the agent does and which plans include it.
- Notion Help Center · Help CenterGetting started with skills in Notion
Reusable instructions for Notion AI.
- Notion Help Center · Help CenterGetting started with Notion Calendar
Install, connect calendars and add databases.
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Notion for architects and designers
Official guide: A designer's ultimate guide to using Notion
- Notion Help Center · Help CenterA designer's ultimate guide to using Notion
Notion for design work, from Notion itself.
- Notion Template Gallery · Template galleryFree interior design firm templates
Free gallery templates for design studios.
- Notion Template Gallery · Template galleryTop 10 free interior design templates
A curated collection from the gallery.
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More in the Notion learning library
- How to use NotionThe complete beginner guide, written for design studios, with embedded videos.Open
- Set up a Notion templateDuplicate, customise and launch a Notion template, including ArchitectOS and InteriorDesignOS.Open
- Video tutorialsCurated YouTube lessons by topic, from first steps to studio workflows.Open
- ShortsOne feature per minute: shortcuts, database tricks and automations.Open
- Articles and blogsWritten beginner courses, database explainers and formula references.Open
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