You Can Remember Everything with these Evernote Tips
Evernote is also your brain-dump tool that works.
Having more than 250 million users, Evernote is one of the most popular note-taking apps because it lets you save any information.
It's much more than a note-taking app.
Throughout this guide, you will learn about the best features of Evernote, shortcuts that will save you time, and tips for managing your notes and taking full advantage of this powerful productivity tool.
A breakthrough idea just struck you, you found a fascinating article, or you have been entrusted with taking notes at your team meetings.
What do you do with it all? Consider Evernote.
Accelerate your capture process with keyboard shortcuts.
Nothing is more exciting than learning keyboard shortcuts to feel like an app ninja.
The Evernote desktop apps for Mac and Windows come with over 50 keyboard shortcuts.
The following are the ones you should memorize to get your ideas or information into Evernote faster than hunting through system menus.
- Control + N (Windows) or Command + N (Mac): Create a new note
- Control + Shift + N (Windows) or Command + Shift + N (Mac): Create a new notebook
- Command + Control + N (Mac only): Create a new note from the menu bar using the Evernote Helper menubar app, even if the Evernote app isn't open. (You could also access the Helper app by clicking on Evernote's icon in the menubar.)
- F6 (Windows) or Command + Control + E (Mac): Search in Evernote
- Control + F (Windows) or Command + F (Mac): Search in your current note
- Alt + Shift + T (Windows) or Command + Shift + T (Mac): Search tags or jump to a tag
- Command + Control + N (Mac only): Move a note to a different notebook
- Command + ‘ (Mac only): Add tags to a note
- Control + Shift + T (Windows) or Command + Shift + T (Mac): Insert a to-do checkbox
- Control + Shift + U (Windows) or Command + Shift + U (Mac): Insert a bulleted list
- Control + Shift + D (Windows) or Command + Shift + D (Mac): Insert today’s date
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Evernote Web Clipper — the best in business.
Evernote web clipper is one feature I have stuck with this platform for the last 12 years. I love it, and it has matured immensely over the years.
I capture anything and everything using the web clipper with just two clicks of my mouse or the keyboard shortcut.
Dragging and Dropping Files Into Evernote is Like a Breeze.
Notes in Evernote can contain all files, including images and PDFs. The easiest way to add them into Evernote is by dragging them from Windows Explorer or Mac's Finder window into the Evernote icon in your taskbar, dock, or, in OS X, the menubar.
Multiple files can be dropped onto the Evernote icon for each one to be generated as a separate note.
- If you drag an entire folder to the icon, Evernote will create a note with all the files zipped in one file.
- This tool is straightforward to add documents or images to a shared notebook or back them up to Evernote.
Capture Notes Without Typing.
The Evernote app does not require a keyboard to take notes or capture ideas.
Make an audio recording and save it as an Evernote note on your phone or computer. With the speech-to-text feature of your device, you don't have to use a dedicated dictation tool to convert your voice to text.
You can even use Evernote's ink mode to scribble or draw a note directly in the app, allowing you to search for your handwritten note!
Final Thoughts.
The user community has had a love and hate relationship with Evernote. However, Evernote leadership and Ian Small have made an enormous transition in the last few years and are in a transition mode.
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