How To Level Up Note Taking Using Evernote

Do you ever wonder if it is possible
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to have your thoughts with you
wherever you go?

To be able to document a random
idea while travelling

and be able to work with it on
your desktop

once you are in your house?

Today is a great day for you

because you are about to learn a
wonderful application

that allows you to access your notes
everywhere

and helps you be organized at the
same time.

This amazing application is called
Evernote

Let’s start!

On your desktop,
open your favorite web browser like
Google Chrome

Google Chrome home page is shown

On the address bar, enter
https://evernote.com

Evernote home page is shown

Begin by signing up
for your free account!

You can register via email

Enter your Email

Enter your Password

Click Sign up for free

You are redirected to this page

You need to select your goal of using
Evernote

Is it to organize your life?

To be more productive?

Or to take better notes?

After selection, this window appears
click Continue to Evernote Web >

Notebooks menu is shown by default

What is an Evernote
Notebook?

Notebooks are collections of notes

To start creating notebooks, click
Create a notebook

In this page, enter the title of your
notebook

Then, click Create notebook

Notebook #1 is successfully created

To add content in the Notebook, you
need to add Notes

What is an Evernote
Note?

Notes can contain texts, images,
attachments or links

and every note created is saved to a
notebook

To add notes, click New Note

You can make and edit your note in
this page

Type the title of your note here

And create your content by adding text,
files or images here

Just like this…

You can even add tags in your note,
click Tags

Type the name of your tag here

To activate the tag for this note, click
the created tag

This note is now included in the tag
named Sample

Later, let’s check if the note is tagged
correctly to Sample

In the note, you can perform basic
formatting

to organize your content using the
available toolbar

First, highlight the text to edit

You can change the text’s font here

You can change the text’s size here

You can change the text’s color here

The text’s format is now changed

Other common formatting can be
done such as the following:

Making texts bold

Making texts italic

Underlining texts

And applying strikethrough to texts

You can also add checkboxes to create
a checklist

Add a bulleted list

Or add a Numbered list

Adding links to your notes is also
possible, click Insert link

Type the title of your link

Then add your actual link

Once done, click Apply

The link is now included in the note

If you hover over the link, the
actual link is displayed

And you have the options to
Edit / Remove the link

Adding attachments can be done by
clicking Attach file

Then click Choose file to search for
the file to attach

In your computer, select the file

And click Open

It’s now ready, you can still remove it
by clicking Remove

And the file is removed
from the list

Once you have selected all the files,
click Attach files

The file has been uploaded
successfully

Another way to attach files is
simply by drag-and-drop

First, open the folder where the file is
located

Then drag-and-drop the file to
your note

And wait until the file is successfully
uploaded

Images can be added too!

Let’s use the drag-and-drop method

And the image is successfully added

To move images around the note,
first click the image

Then move the mouse to
position the image

And the image is now in its
new location

If you want to attach files from Drive,
Insert from Drive is available

To make entries in your notes
orderly, you can add tables

To do that, click Table

Then select the table size you
want to insert

And a 3x3 table is inserted
successfully in the note

To create partition in your note, just
click Divider line

And a divider line is successfully
added in your note

Texts can be left / center / right
aligned through these options

And you can indent or unindent texts
through these buttons

Aside from the toolbar

you can use other features in Notes
located in the upper left corner

1. To add reminder for the Note,
click Set reminder

Then click Notify me

In Notify Me,
set the
reminder
schedule

You can select
either Tomorrow,
In a week,
or define a
date and time

After defining the schedule, select
how you want to be reminded

And you have successfully set the
reminder

2. To add a shortcut for the note,
click Add shortcut

And instantly, a shortcut is created
for the note

Later, let’s check if the note is added
to shortcut menu

3. To view/update information about
the note, click Note info

In Note Info,
you can
update URL
and Author fields

Click Save for
any changes
or Cancel to
go back

4. To delete a note, click
Delete note

To confirm deletion, click on Delete or
cancel to go back

Notes can be shared too, to do that
click Share

And select where you want to share
your note
c

You can further explore other
features of Evernote

which you can apply to the notes you
will be creating

For now let’s exit notes page,
click Done

You’re redirected to the notebook
where the note belongs to
c

Congratulations!

You have learned the heart and soul
of using Evernote!

You can now create different
Notebooks and add Notes to it

For example, a notebook for
documenting different business ideas

A notebook for your house needs

And other things that you
can use Evernote for

Let’s now explore other
menus of Evernote!

These are the
different menus
available in
the dashboard
c

1. To search for
Notebooks or Notes,
just click Search

Type the keyword in search notes

Then press Enter on your keyboard to
initiate search

And search result is displayed

2. To display
notes with
shortcuts, click
on Shortcuts
menu

Remember the note that we added a
shortcut with?

As expected,
it is included
in the
shortcut menu

Hovering over
the item gives
you the option
to remove it

3. To view all
your notes,
click on Notes
menu

And all the available notes is shown
c

To edit a note in full screen, click here

Hovering over
a note allows
you to add
reminder/
shortcut and
even delete it

When deleting a note, you have to
click Delete for confirmation

4. To view
all your
Notebooks,
click on
Notebooks
menu

And all the
notebooks
you created
is displayed

Hovering over
the notebook
allows you to
add shortcut
or delete it

When deleting a notebook, you have
to click Delete for confirmation

To view the
deleted notes
and notebooks,
click Trash

All the deleted
notes and
notebooks are
displayed
c

You can
completely
empty the trash
by clicking
Empty Trash

But you need to confirm it by
clicking Empty

Hovering over
a deleted item
allows you
to erase or
restore it

5. Lastly, to view
notes based on
tags, click Tags
menu

All available
tags are listed
in this menu

Hovering over
the tag allows
you to add
a shortcut,
edit/delete it

If you click on a specific tag

All the notes related to the tag
is displayed

We are now done learning the web
version of Evernote!

For you to maximize the use of this
application

You should install the mobile app
version in your phone

This allows you to access your notes
anytime, anywhere

Evernote
on a Smartphone

First and foremost, install the
application on your phone

On your smartphone, open the
application by tapping its icon

Since you
already have
an account,
click Sign In

Enter your email
and password

Then click
Sign In

All your notes
are shown on
the screen

You can update and edit
those notes

And everything are synced between
your phone and web

Before ending this tutorial

Here’s a
simple scenario
on how to use
Evernote

You plan to go to a grocery store

So you listed your grocery list using
Evernote web

Then, you arrive in the grocery store

You don’t need to bring out your
traditional paper and pen

Just bring out your smartphone, and
access Evernote application

From the list
of notes, tap
Grocery List

The note you
created at home
is now on your
smartphone

Update the
note as you
shop

Voila!
You are now done shopping.
Thanks to Evernote!

I hope you learned the basics on how
to navigate

and use this amazing application!

Enjoy using this to help you in your
daily life and future projects!

Thank you for visiting this tutorial!

How To Level Up Note Taking Using Evernote

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