# Zettelizer

> Create a linked note from each heading of a chosen level in your active file, naming it after the heading text

This macro turns the headings of your active note into separate linked notes. For each heading of the level you choose, it creates a new note named after the heading text and links back to that heading - a fast way to break a big note into atomic, connected notes.

![Zettelizer Demo](../Images/zettelizer_demo.gif)

## Setup

Get the `.js` file for this user script <a href="/scripts/zettelizer.js" download>here</a>, then add it to a Macro choice. To install it, follow the same process as in the [fetch tasks from Todoist example - with video](/docs/Examples/Capture_FetchTasksFromTodoist/), and see [the Macro choice docs](/docs/Choices/MacroChoice/) for a full walkthrough of creating a macro.

Next, define the folder you want the script to place the new notes in.

This can be done on line 19, where it says ``const folder = "..."``. Change the text inside the `""` to match the desired folder path.

Currently, the script _only_ looks for level 3 headers. This means headers with three pound symbols, like so ``### header``.

You can freely change this. On line 29 it says ``if (heading.level === 3)``. You can change this to any other number, denoting the heading level desired. You can also, rather than checking for equality (`===`), check for other conditions, such as `heading.level >= 1`, which denotes headers of level 1 or greater.

The script looks for headers in your active file with the desired level.
If such a header is found, it will ignore the first 'word' (any sequence of characters - i.e., letters, numbers, symbols, etc - followed by a space). Then, it will create a file with a name containing the remaining text in the heading.

In that file, it will link to the heading it created the file from.