Hi,

I did something similar a while ago. I can't just post the exact 
instructions now, but you should find this conversation 
useful https://groups.google.com/g/tiddlywiki/c/qbnKoBoGYfw/m/06ZgEuPgBQAJ

Regards
Jon

On Tuesday, 3 August 2021 at 09:27:06 UTC+1 maxhi...@gmail.com wrote:

> UPDATE : I've managed to convert everything to txt using pandoc. Now i 
> mostly just need to figure out how to get the date modified to match up 
> with the date in tiddlywiki. Anyone know how? 
>
> On Tuesday, August 3, 2021 at 1:32:15 PM UTC+8 Radish Records wrote:
>
>>
>> It's two separate zip files one with pdfs and one with docxs, separate 
>> files for every entry i wanna put in, naming scheme is like (Month Day - 
>> title.pdf) although not everything is formatted identically.
>>
>> The timestamps for date of modification are correct, so ideally i'd sort 
>> using those. 
>> It's not strictly one per day, sometimes they'll be multiple entries per 
>> day.
>>
>> All plaintext, very few have images and i'm okay losing them in the 
>> transfer. 
>>
>> All in all it's only a few megabytes. 600 unique files. 
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, August 3, 2021 at 1:07:17 PM UTC+8 TW Tones wrote:
>>
>>> Maxhi,
>>>
>>> I think you need to share more information about the arrangement of your 
>>> data. 
>>>
>>> PDF and docx are less easy to transfer from than other formats, do you 
>>> use one or more files? or spreadsheets, are these files based on some time 
>>> period or every day, or by subject. However you organise these is it easy 
>>> to identify the breaks such as the difference between two days? Can you 
>>> download all your data in a zip where they can be accessed as files?....
>>>
>>> What is the total size of files, does it include images or Audio, are 
>>> they plain text or something else.
>>>
>>> My experience has taught me you start doing it and find ways to make it 
>>> faster or more automated if possible. But if you don't explain the first 
>>> step - understand your data we can help much.
>>>
>>> Never the less you can use special import tools, import multiple files 
>>> at once, import JSON, CSV, TEXT and more, and manipulate content after 
>>> import.
>>>
>>> Tones
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, 3 August 2021 at 13:12:36 UTC+10 maxhi...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've kept a digital journal on google drive for 2 years or so, and want 
>>>> to move everything onto tiddlywiki. I've done the basic setup, and 
>>>> exporting my google drive files into docx and pdf. 
>>>>
>>>> Whats the fastest way to get everything on? 
>>>
>>>

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