How to use Evernote and makes taking notes much easier.
- 1. HOW TO USE EVERNOTE Nezel P. Yurong https://purposiveninja.wordpress.com
- 2. INTRODUCTION
- 3. Evernote is the easy and powerful way to remember everything, like:
- 4. -lifelong memories -vital information -daily reminders -to-do lists
- 5. Uses of Evernote: -automatically synced your account across all of your devices
- 6. -makes it easy to capture, browse, search and edit your notes everywhere you have Evernote
- 7. Devices Evernote works with: -smartphones -tablets -computers -on the web
- 9. Open your browser and go to Evernote.com
- 10. For this Tutorial we will learn the Basic
- 11. Click SIGN UP
- 12. Enter your email, password and click Create Account
- 13. Download Evernote to your desktop
- 14. Click Save File
- 15. THE HOMESCREEN
- 16. From the Home Screen you can create new notes and notebooks, as well as browse, organize, and search your Evernote account.
- 18. Sidebar: Offers many ways to browse the contents of your Evernote account.
- 19. Note List: Displays all of the notes in your Evernote account, with the most recently updated notes shown first.
- 21. Note Editor: Where you view and edit the note currently selected from the Note List.
- 22. By default, your most recently updated note will be displayed when you launch Evernote.
- 24. Search: Search your notes for keywords, locations, tags and more.
- 25. New Note Button: Creates a new note in a specified notebook
- 26. When clicked, a blank note will appear in the Note Editor where it can be edited immediately.
- 28. Activity Stream Button: Click to view your Activity Stream,
- 29. which shows updates that have occurred in your Shared Notes, Shared Notebooks and Joined Notebooks.
- 30. Sync Button: Click to manually sync your Evernote account.
- 31. Evernote automatically syncs regularly, so using this button is optional.
- 33. Account Info Button: Click to add a new Evernote account, sign out, or view information about your account.
- 36. Click the New Note icon
- 37. By default, the note will be created in your default notebook.
- 38. You can also click the drop-down menu to create the note in another notebook.
- 39. Once created, your note will automatically be saved to Evernote and synced across all your devices.
- 41. To add an attachment, drag and drop it into the body of your note
- 42. or use any of the following buttons in the Note Editor:
- 43. Click to attach audio using any compatible microphone.
- 44. Click to attach an image or any file.
- 45. FORMATTING TEXT
- 46. To format text in a note, use any of the formatting tools as you would in a normal word processor:
- 47. Font Tools: Click to change the font, font size and font styles.
- 48. Layout & Special Element Tools Click to align text or create bulleted and numbered lists,
- 49. or to insert special elements such as a checkbox, table or horizontal rule.
- 52. Sometimes you may prefer to paste text into a note and remove all formatting on that text (remove bold, italics, sizes, and other rich text).
- 53. Paste as Plain Text: Instead of pasting into the note as usual, select Edit > Paste as Text.
- 54. The pasted text will be inserted into the note without any formatting whatsoever.
- 55. Simplify Formatting: Select Format > Simplify Formatting to convert an entire note into a default font size, font color, and line spacing.
- 57. Remove formatting: Select Format > Remove formatting to convert an entire note into a plain fixed-width font and size with no text formatting whatsoever.
- 59. EDITING A NOTE
- 60. Click the Note List to display its contents in the Note Editor
- 61. Then click anywhere in the body of the note to make edits. You may also double-click the note to open it in a separate window.
- 63. DELETING A NOTE
- 64. To delete a note, simply click it in the Note List to select it,
- 65. Then hit the Delete key on your keyboard.
- 66. The note will be moved to your Trash Notebook.
- 68. To edit information about a note, click the i Note Info button
- 69. You can change a note's location details, created and updated dates, view Note History (Evernote Premium feature), and other details.
- 72. Reminders are a great way to keep track of notes that contain time-sensitive information, or that you need in order to accomplish tasks.
- 74. Select a note from the Notes List and click the Reminder button
- 75. Click Done when the Reminder Added box appears.
- 76. Your new Reminder will appear in the Reminders List where it can be sorted, ordered, edited and more
- 77. ADDING AN ALARM
- 78. If you would like to be notified when a Reminder is due, click the Reminder icon
- 79. Select Add Date to set up a deadline or due date.
- 80. There are two different ways to be notified when a Reminder is due:
- 81. Notification Pop-ups: Alarms appear as pop-up boxes on your device. You are given the option to clear the alarm or open up and view the note.
- 82. Email Notifications: You can opt to receive an email on the day timed reminders are due.
- 83. To manage Reminders preferences such as configuring email reminders and time zones do the following:
- 84. Select Tools > Options
- 85. Select the Reminders tab
- 86. Tick the Receive reminder emails checkbox.
- 88. Reminders are a powerful tool for calling attention to and tracking your notes
- 89. The following lists some ways you can manage your Reminders:
- 90. To view a list of Reminders: Open the Notes List
- 91. Click the Reminder button
- 92. A number appears at top of the list indicating the number of reminders that have been created.
- 94. To mark a Reminder as completed: Click the checkbox to the left of a Reminder to mark it as completed.
- 96. To cancel a Reminder, change or remove the notification date: Open the note in the notes editor
- 97. Click the Reminder icon and select the appropriate option: Clear Reminder, Change Date, or Remove Date.
- 99. To reorder Reminders in your Reminders list: Click and drag the Reminders to move them up and down the list.
- 101. BROWSING YOUR NOTES
- 102. You may browse notes easily by note, notebook, tag, location, and more using the Sidebar.
- 103. To browse all the notes in your Evernote account, click Notes in the Sidebar.
- 104. The Note List will be displayed.
- 105. Note View Options
- 106. The Note list can display your notes in three different views.
- 107. To switch between these, click the Note View Options button
- 108. Then select a desired view.
- 109. List: Displays a list of your notes that includes the note title and other information about the note.
- 111. Snippet: Displays your notes as a list that includes excerpts next to a thumbnail of an attached image.
- 113. Card: Displays your notes as cards that include excerpts from the note above a thumbnail of an attached image.
- 115. NOTEBOOKS
- 116. Click Notebooks in the Sidebar to see the list of all notebooks.
- 117. To view all the notes in a notebook, double-click it.
- 118. Notebook Views
- 119. You can choose whether to view all your notebooks (including any business or shared notebooks),
- 120. only your private notebooks, or only your personal notebooks.
- 121. To switch between these, select them from the drop-down list
- 122. TAGS
- 123. To view all of the tags in your Evernote account, click Tags in the Sidebar.
- 124. Please note that if there are no tagged notes in your Evernote account this option will not be visible in the Sidebar
- 125. ATLAS
- 126. Atlas lets you browse your notes based on where they were created.
- 127. To open Atlas, click Atlas in the Sidebar.
- 128. Place Card View In Atlas, you can view the location of all your notes at once by clicking the All Notes card.
- 130. Map View The map view will be displayed when you click any of the Location Cards.
- 131. This view displays the locations of your notes on an interactive map that allows you to zoom-in and zoom-out.
- 132. You may also move around the map by clicking and dragging or using the Current Location button on the bottom-left.
- 134. Numbered flags indicate how many notes were created in a given location.
- 135. To review notes, click any of the flags.
- 136. If multiple different types of notes are listed in one flag, you may select your desired note type from a list of options.
- 137. You may also click the Note Count button in the lower-right corner of the map view to display all of the notes that are currently shown on the map in the Note List.
- 138. SHORTCUTS
- 139. Click any note, notebook, Notebook Stack, or tag in the Shortcuts portion of the Sidebar to display it in Evernote.
- 141. Shortcuts are the easy way to navigate directly to the items in your Evernote account you use most.
- 142. ACTIVITY STREAM
- 143. The Activity Stream lists all of the activity that has taken place in any Shared Notes or Shared Notebooks that you have shared
- 144. The Activity Stream includes information about what notes others have created or updated and when.
- 146. When new updates are posted to your Activity Stream, the Activity Stream icon will turn blue,
- 147. and show the number of events that have occurred since you last opened your Activity Stream.
- 148. Click on the button to show a list of which notes were updated.
- 149. ORGANIZE YOUR NOTES
- 150. Notebooks
- 151. Notebooks are the most common way of organizing notes in Evernote, and are commonly used to separate notes by category, location or purpose.
- 152. For example, you might create one notebook called 'Work Notes' and one called 'Personal Notes' to keep these types of notes separate and easier to find.
- 153. All Evernote accounts have one default notebook that is automatically created when the account is created
- 154. Shared Notebooks can also be used to selectively allow others to see and edit the contents of your notebooks.
- 155. Creating a New Notebook
- 156. In the Sidebar, click Notebooks. The Notebook List will be displayed.
- 157. Click the + New Notebook button.
- 158. Enter a name for your new notebook and press the return key. You can add notes to your new notebook immediately.
- 160. Adding Notes to a Notebook
- 161. By default, all new notes will be saved to your Evernote account's default notebook.
- 162. In the Sidebar, click Notes. The Note List will be displayed.
- 163. Click the note you want to move. The note will be displayed in the Note Editor.
- 164. Click the Notebook selector drop-down in the upper-left corner of the Note Editor
- 165. Click the notebook that you want to move the note to. Evernote will automatically save and sync the change.
- 166. Renaming a Notebook
- 167. Select it in the Notebook List
- 168. Then right-click on the notebook name and select 'Rename Notebook'.
- 169. Deleting a Notebook
- 170. Click the Notebooks icon in the Sidebar.
- 171. Control-click or right-click the notebook you want to delete in the Notebook List
- 172. Click Delete Notebook... A confirmation box will be displayed.
- 173. Click Delete. The notebook will be deleted and any notes in it will be moved to the Trash Notebook.
- 174. Notebook Stacks
- 175. Notebook Stacks are an optional way to organize multiple notebooks by grouping them into sets.
- 176. Notebook Stacks are an optional way to organize multiple notebooks by grouping them into sets.
- 177. For example, you might create a Notebook Stack called 'Recipes' then add Notebooks to it called 'Breakfast Recipes,' 'Lunch Recipes,' and 'Dinner Recipes'.
- 178. Each Notebook Stacks appears in the Notebook List as a notebook
- 179. with larger box that displays the name of the Notebook Stack and the number of notebooks it contains.
- 180. Creating a Notebook Stack
- 181. Click the Notebooks icon in the Sidebar.
- 182. Drag and drop any other notebooks you want to include on to the new Notebook Stack.
- 183. Drag and drop one notebook on to another notebook. A new Notebook Stack containing both notebooks will be created automatically.
- 184. Adding a Notebook to a Notebook Stack
- 185. Just drag and drop the notebook on to the Notebook Stack you want to add it to.
- 186. Deleting a Notebook Stack
- 187. In the Sidebar, click Notebooks.
- 188. Control-click or right-click the Notebook Stack you want to delete.
- 189. Click Delete Stack... A confirmation box will be displayed.
- 190. Click Delete
- 191. SHORTCUTS
- 192. Shortcuts are listed beneath the Shortcuts heading at the top of the Sidebar.
- 193. You can create Shortcuts for notes, notebooks, Notebook Stacks and Tags, which will each be listed with a corresponding icon.
- 194. Adding a Shortcut
- 195. Just drag and drop a note or notebook to anywhere on the Sidebar.
- 196. To create multiple shortcuts at the same time, hold the Shift key,
- 197. Then click multiple items from your Evernote account to select them and drag them to anywhere on the Sidebar.
- 198. Deleting a Shortcut
- 199. Click and drag it to anywhere outside the Sidebar.
- 200. TAGS
- 201. Tags are an optional way to associate keywords to notes and improve searchability.
- 202. To view all of the tags used in your Evernote account, click the Tags icon in the Sidebar
- 203. Tagging a Note
- 204. Open a new or existing note.
- 205. Click the Click to add tag... field.
- 206. Begin typing the tag you want to add.
- 207. Click OK
- 208. The tag will be highlighted in blue.
- 209. Creating a New Tag
- 210. In the Sidebar, click Tags.
- 211. Click the + New Tag Button in the upper-left corner of the Tag List. A new tag will appear in the Tag List.
- 212. Enter the name for the new tag.
- 213. Deleting a Tag
- 214. In the Sidebar, click Tags.
- 215. Control-click or right-click the tag you want to delete.
- 216. Click Delete Tag
- 217. Click Delete
- 218. SEARCHING YOUR NOTES
- 219. TypeAhead Search
- 220. TypeAhead Search makes finding the exact notes you're looking for easier than ever.
- 221. Just start typing in the Search notes the field you're looking.
- 223. a drop-down will display search suggestions based on the contents of your Evernote account,
- 224. including: Keywords and phrases Notebooks Tags Recent searches
- 226. Document & PDF Search (Evernote Premium Feature)
- 227. Evernote Premium and Evernote Business subscribers may also search for typed and handwritten text inside the following attached file types:
- 228. Scanned PDFs Documents (Microsoft Office, and iWork) Spreadsheets (Microsoft Office, and iWork) Presentations (Microsoft Office, and iWork)
- 229. Search Options
- 230. Recent Searches Evernote automatically saves your five most recent searches and makes them available with just a couple clicks.
- 232. SHARE YOUR WORK
- 233. Share notes and request feedback
- 234. To invite others to view or edit a note:
- 235. Select a note from the note list.
- 236. Tap the Share button at the top of the note editor
- 237. Set the permission level to 'Can edit and invite', 'Can edit', or 'Can view'.
- 238. Make sure there's at least one recipient, type a message, then click or tap Send.
- 240. To share a notebook and invite others to add or edit content using Work Chat:
- 241. Open your list of notebooks and find the notebook you want to share.
- 242. Select the notebook and click Share.
- 243. Select one or more recipients, select an existing chat group, or enter at least one email address.
- 245. Set the permission level to 'Can edit and invite' or 'Can edit', add an optional note, then tap Send.
- 247. Present or project your notes
- 248. When you're in a group setting or at a meeting,
- 249. you can use presentation mode to share a full-width version of your notes on your desktop or laptop computer, or secondary monitor.
- 250. Notes you're working on at the moment can now be easily viewed by everyone at your meeting.
- 251. Congratulations! You are now an expert of Evernote.