How do I turn Notion pages into one manuscript?

Combining the pages inside Notion

Notion has no command that merges pages. It will move blocks between them, though, and a chapter is only a run of blocks. Make an empty page for the manuscript, then for each chapter in order:

1. Open the chapter page and click into its text.
2. Press Ctrl+A (⌘+A on a Mac) until every block on the page is highlighted.
3. Open the block menu from the ⋮⋮ handle beside the selection and choose Move to, then pick the manuscript page.

Check where the moved blocks land before doing the next chapter. If they arrive somewhere other than the end of the page, drag them into place or fall back on copy and paste, which is slower but leaves the chapter pages untouched. Add a heading at the top of each chapter as you go if the page title was the only place the chapter was named, because the title does not travel with the blocks.

Getting one file out

If what you need is a file to send or print, keep the chapters as subpages of one parent page and export the parent from its ⋯ menu with Export, turning on Include subpages. A Markdown or HTML export arrives as a zip. Inside is a file per page, not one document. A PDF export offers Include subpages only on the Business and Enterprise plans. Printing goes through the browser's File → Print and covers the one page; the desktop app has no print command, so you export to PDF first.

In Tabularia

Tabularia imports a Notion export directly. Export the parent page as Markdown & CSV with subpages included, then hand the zip to the file import, or unzip it and give the folder to the folder import. The page nesting becomes the structure of one continuous manuscript, and anything that lands in the wrong place moves by dragging its row in the Outline.

Limits worth knowing first:

• A Markdown export does not record the order your sidebar showed, so chapters arrive sorted by page name within each level. Numbering the page titles before you export (01 Arrival) keeps the order; otherwise, drag the rows into place afterward.
• Databases export to CSV files, and those are left out of the manuscript. The import review names them, so nothing disappears unannounced.
• Only the Markdown & CSV export is recognized as a Notion project. An HTML export is not read that way.

After the import, the guide's three checks are worth the few minutes they take, especially reading the Outline against your Notion sidebar.