TOP 8 tips for Evernote power user
Evernote is the ultimate productivity app for keeping your notes, reminders and to-do lists all in one place. Essentially a notebook stored in the cloud, the app helps you get organized.
For those of you who have been using the app for a while now, and are looking to get even more out of it, check out our tips for power users below.
1. Integrate With Other Evernote Apps
Evernote's Trunk collection allows you to integrate with other productivity and note-taking apps in the Evernote family. The following are some of our favorites.
Skitch allows you to annotate your notes visually. You can annotate an image or turn a text note into a PDF, and then mark it up with different colors accordingly.
Evernote Web Clipper is a web browser extension that makes it easy to save text, photos and links from your favorite websites. These web clippings are then saved to folders within Evernote, which you can access from your desktop or mobile device.
Penultimate is a handwriting app for the iPad. It allows you to use a stylus to take notes directly on your screen. The benefit of using Penultimate is that it makes your notes searchable and syncs with your desktop and mobile device.
2. Highlight Text in Your Notes
The in-app highlighting function is a recent addition, hitting Evernote last month. Now you can select text within your notes and highlight the most important information.
3. Set Reminders
This is another great, newly-added feature deemed one of Evernote's most requested features of all time. The feature helps you stay on top of your extensive to-do list by setting deadlines and digital reminders to keep up with your tasks.
You can set up a text reminder, smartphone notification reminder and even an email reminder. Never worry about forgetting to pick up milk or get a regular dental checkup again.
If you're using Evernote on your Mac, you will see a small alarm clock icon in the upper right hand corner of your app. Within the iOS app, the alarm clock is located in the lower right corner of the screen. Unfortunately this feature has not yet rolled out to Windows or Android clients, but we can assume it will be available in just a short matter of time.
4. Create Audio Notes
Creating an audio file is another way you can take full advantage of Evernote's multimedia note-taking capabilities. To do so, create a new note and click the audio button, which is located on the top right for both the desktop and mobile versions of Evernote.
5. Create Note Links
The Note Links function lets you create hyperlinks to other notes. This function is helpful if you want to be able to access several different notes from one landing page, such as a table of contents or a to-do list with specific instructions for each item saved on separate notes.
You can only create a note link on the desktop version of Evernote, but you can access the linked notes from any device. This function does not work for linking externally. Only people with whom a notebook has been shared can see note links.
In order to create a note link, right click on the thumbnail image of a note and select "Copy Note Link."
6. Encrypt Pieces of Text
When sharing notebooks (or sensitive information in general), you may find that you need to encrypt certain parts of text in Evernote. To do so on your Mac, hold Command + Shift + X. For Windows, hold Control + Shift + X.
Evernote will prompt you to create a passphrase. You can also create a passphrase hint. Note that the passphrase is case-sensitive.
7. Use Twitter to Save Articles for articles for later
If you link your Evernote account with Twitter, you can tweet @myEN or DM your account with a link to an article. Evernote then creates a new note for this link, so you can remember to read it later, or reference it in an essay or presentation.
8. Keyboard Shortcuts
Use these keyboard shortcuts to navigate the app quickly, without having to switch back and forth between mouse and keyboard.
For Macs:
To switch between shortcuts: Command + [number of Shortcut]
For Windows:
For those of you who have been using the app for a while now, and are looking to get even more out of it, check out our tips for power users below.
1. Integrate With Other Evernote Apps
Evernote's Trunk collection allows you to integrate with other productivity and note-taking apps in the Evernote family. The following are some of our favorites.
Skitch allows you to annotate your notes visually. You can annotate an image or turn a text note into a PDF, and then mark it up with different colors accordingly.
Evernote Web Clipper is a web browser extension that makes it easy to save text, photos and links from your favorite websites. These web clippings are then saved to folders within Evernote, which you can access from your desktop or mobile device.
Penultimate is a handwriting app for the iPad. It allows you to use a stylus to take notes directly on your screen. The benefit of using Penultimate is that it makes your notes searchable and syncs with your desktop and mobile device.
2. Highlight Text in Your Notes
The in-app highlighting function is a recent addition, hitting Evernote last month. Now you can select text within your notes and highlight the most important information.
3. Set Reminders
This is another great, newly-added feature deemed one of Evernote's most requested features of all time. The feature helps you stay on top of your extensive to-do list by setting deadlines and digital reminders to keep up with your tasks.
You can set up a text reminder, smartphone notification reminder and even an email reminder. Never worry about forgetting to pick up milk or get a regular dental checkup again.
If you're using Evernote on your Mac, you will see a small alarm clock icon in the upper right hand corner of your app. Within the iOS app, the alarm clock is located in the lower right corner of the screen. Unfortunately this feature has not yet rolled out to Windows or Android clients, but we can assume it will be available in just a short matter of time.
4. Create Audio Notes
Creating an audio file is another way you can take full advantage of Evernote's multimedia note-taking capabilities. To do so, create a new note and click the audio button, which is located on the top right for both the desktop and mobile versions of Evernote.
5. Create Note Links
The Note Links function lets you create hyperlinks to other notes. This function is helpful if you want to be able to access several different notes from one landing page, such as a table of contents or a to-do list with specific instructions for each item saved on separate notes.
You can only create a note link on the desktop version of Evernote, but you can access the linked notes from any device. This function does not work for linking externally. Only people with whom a notebook has been shared can see note links.
In order to create a note link, right click on the thumbnail image of a note and select "Copy Note Link."
6. Encrypt Pieces of Text
When sharing notebooks (or sensitive information in general), you may find that you need to encrypt certain parts of text in Evernote. To do so on your Mac, hold Command + Shift + X. For Windows, hold Control + Shift + X.
Evernote will prompt you to create a passphrase. You can also create a passphrase hint. Note that the passphrase is case-sensitive.
7. Use Twitter to Save Articles for articles for later
If you link your Evernote account with Twitter, you can tweet @myEN or DM your account with a link to an article. Evernote then creates a new note for this link, so you can remember to read it later, or reference it in an essay or presentation.
8. Keyboard Shortcuts
Use these keyboard shortcuts to navigate the app quickly, without having to switch back and forth between mouse and keyboard.
For Macs:
- To create a new note: Command + N
- To create a new tag: Command + T
- To change font: Command + T
- To merge lists: Command + Shift + M
To switch between shortcuts: Command + [number of Shortcut]
For Windows:
- To create a new note: Ctrl + N
- To create a new tag: Ctrl + T
- To clip a section and insert into note: Win + a
- To start a new Evernote search: Win + Shift + f
- To paste clipboard into Evernote as a new note: Ctrl + Alt + V
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