Category: Evernote
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How I Use Evernote to “Collect Ideas” As Recommended by GTD
We all forget things that we promise ourselves we will remember. I’ve developed a system using Evernote and a few other tools to remember my ideas.
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More on Using “Recurring Tasks” In Evernote
Since Evernote launched its new ‘recurring task’ feature, I’ve been getting questions on how to use it most effectively. So in this episode, we look at ways in which you can use this new addition.
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Some Cool New Features In Evernote
Evernote has made it easier to insert links into your notes. They will allow to add more data to your notes with very little effort.
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An Insiders View of the New Evernote Task Feature: Recurring Tasks
No productivity system is complete without a robust task manager. Evernote’s task manager has been around for some time but they have just released a ‘recurring task’s’ function. Dave Edwards got an insider’s view from Jack Lynch, project manager at Evernote.
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Using Templates In Evernote
One of many of Evernote’s strengths is that you can design your notes any way you want them. But Evernote has now created a lot of helpful templates, so you can have nice looking notes when you want to distribute them or keep them on file.
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Setting Up GTD In Evernote (part 2) “My System”
We continue our series on using GTD – the Getting Things Done methodology – inside of Evernote. It’s simple to set up, and even simpler to use
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Finding New Workflows To Save Time
A reexamination of the way you handle things can save you time. Here is how it worked for a client of mine.
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What I Keep In Evernote
If you’ve ever needed to remember your license plate number or need to show your Covid vaccination card, a notebook in Evernote could be a life-saver. Here are some of the things that I store inside Evernote.
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Getting Stuff Into Evernote
While Evernote is most commonly used to store documents and track projects, it can be very helpful at storing everything from PDFs, emails to audio files. On this edition of Evernote Tips and Tricks, we look at inputting data into Evernote.
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Scanning Notes or Documents Into Evernote
Have you ever lost notes you’ve taken during a meeting? Are you keeping daily journals that eventually sit in the bottom of a drawer? You can bring them alive in Evernote even if they are handwritten.
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Advanced Searches in Evernote
The value of Evernote is not only in its ability to store lots of material, but its ability to quickly search your files when you need specific information. In this episode, we learn basic and advanced search techniques.
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Backing Up Your Notes in Evernote
Whenever you create a note in Evernote, it stores the information in the cloud. How safe is your data? On this episode we show you how to backup your Evernote files as a safety measure, and how to restore a file.
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Evernote: Using Shortcuts As Part of My Organizational System
You can save important notes as shortcuts on your home screen. Using them and tags are very helpful when planning a vacation.
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Evernote Tips: A Caution About Using Tags
One of the most popular features in Evernote is the ability to create tags inside of notes. They allow you to quickly find things that have something in common. But, there is a problem that if you use tags incorrectly it can complicate your system.
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Saved Searches In Evernote Saves Time
If you store a lot of notes in Evernote, you will find the ‘search’ function to be extremely helpful. Today, how to save your searches for faster and repeated use.
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Evernote Tips: Drag & Drop and Assigning Tasks
Evernote is a great place to store meeting notes and even images of whiteboards. Here is how you do it.
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Use Evernote To Build A Contact Data Base
Did you ever receive a business card and lose it before you could input in to your contact management system? Now you can scan your cards and build a powerful data base in Evernote.
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Product Review: Evernote Web Clipper
There’s a great tool that you can use to pull articles or excerpts from your browser into Evernote. It’s called the Evernote Clipper. We review its effectiveness in this episode. Watch my entire series on EVERNOTE, HERE
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Dictate Your Text Into Evernote
Software that converts your voice into text isn’t very popular, but it can be a real time saver. Today, we look at how you can use voice recognition in Evernote.
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Creating Links In Evernote
One of the ways you can keep track of various parts of a project in Evernote, or if you want to share a note with someone else, you can do so by creating a link to that note.
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Why Is Evernote Duplicating My Notes and Creating Conflicts?
A viewer wrote about her frustration that when she opens Evernote, that notes have been duplicated and some are marked as ‘conflicting notes.’ Today, we explain what is going on.
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Now You Can Link Your Calendar to Evernote
Evernote has announced yet another new feature. You are now able to link your Google calendar to Evernote. This video will show you how.
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Sharing Client and Meeting Notes In Evernote
Evernote is not only ideal for taking notes about your projects and clients, but you can also share them with others.
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Creating Client Notes in Evernote
If you aren’t using a client management system, Evernote can provide some of the basic features to track what people need and the work you are doing with them.
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Embedding Audio Into Evernote
In addition to being a powerful notetaking tool, you can record audio into your notes that will improve your ability to remember details of a lecture or items discussed in a meeting.
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Merge and Manipulate Notes in Evernote
Evernote can be a great help in keeping track of your notes, records, and ideas. On this episode, we look at how you can manipulate, move, combine, and export notes.
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Upload Files To Evernote
Evernote has now made it simple to move files from your desktop into its app. That makes it easier when you want files in both places. Dave Edwards shares how you can set up the system.
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Evernote’s New Task Management System
Evernote has just introduced a new feature that is likely to make the program even more valuable. It has now added a ‘task’ system that may replace your current task management system. Let’s take it for a test drive.
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Things I Keep In Evernote
So far in this series, I’ve mostly concentrated on the technical aspects of downloading, setting up, and using Evernote to keep you better organized. But let’s look at some of the things I keep in Evernote that might give you ideas on how to use it too.
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How Evernote Clipper Can Increase Your Productivity
When you find an article online that you want to keep, you can bookmark it, print it or take a screenshot. But with Evernote there is a powerful tool that allows you to clip any webpage or highlight a portion of it so that it is readily available to you….and searchable. Today, as we continue…
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Evernote Basics: How To Use Tags
We continue our series looking at the productivity app, Evernote. Among the many helpful things built into Evernote is its tagging system. It allows you to quickly bring up any collection of notes that you need long after you’ve entered a note into your system.
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How To Use Evernote’s Home Screen
Today we continue our periodic series on the popular Evernote productivity app. Following a significant rebuild of Evernote, the company has now added a new “Home” screen that functions as your productivity dashboard. Here’s a look at how it works as well as some ideas on how you can increase its functionality.
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Tracking Projects and Clients with Evernote
If you are looking for a digital system to track your projects and clients, I’d like to show you how I use Evernote. It has also helped me reduce the amount of paperwork I need to keep.
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Creating Notes and Tags In Evernote
Continuing our series on how you can use Evernote to be more productive, we explore setting up notes and tags. Plus important emails.
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