# Atomizing Notes?

**URL:** <https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/atomizing-notes/2051>\
**Category:** Requests\
**Created:** [September 23, 2021, 9:37am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/atomizing-notes/2051 "2021-09-23T09:37:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![imalightbulb](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/imalightbulb/32/930_2.png) [@imalightbulb](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/imalightbulb)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 9:37am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/atomizing-notes/2051/1 "2021-09-23T09:37:13Z")

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Hey guys, just wanted to ask if there’s a way to separate/atomize long notes, if a note grows long, I would like to

1. highlight a header/paragraph
2. create a note
3. transfer the highlighted content from the long note to the new one (which the content is deleted in the long note)

In that way I can create links between the long note and the newly created short note, is there a feature in org roam for that? (or any other similar features?)

Thanks

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**Author:** ![nobiot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/nobiot/32/159_2.png) [@nobiot](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/nobiot)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 8:59am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/atomizing-notes/2051/2 "2021-09-24T08:59:23Z")

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@imalightbulb

There are a couple of threads on this forum.  
probably the following to start with

- [Creating an org-roam note from an existing headline](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/creating-an-org-roam-note-from-an-existing-headline/978)
- [Refactoring items out of a node](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/refactoring-items-out-of-a-node/1857)

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**Author:** ![imalightbulb](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/imalightbulb/32/930_2.png) [@imalightbulb](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/imalightbulb)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 11:58am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/atomizing-notes/2051/3 "2021-09-24T11:58:16Z")

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Thanks for the links 😃  
New to emacs and org mode, loving org-roam