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This guide will show you how to use Evernote for the first time. Evernote is software for taking notes that lets you create and organize digital notes and keep them in sync across all your devices. You can use it as a digital filing cabinet to organize all your notes, whether they are recipes, plans for work, or a daily diary.
It’s a great way to keep track of many different projects at work or in your everyday life. Evernote is one of the most popular apps for taking notes, and it has changed and gotten better over the years. You can organise both your personal and professional life in a lot of different ways with Evernote.
In fact, a lot of people think of it as their digital brain. Note-taking is easy when you can save and share notes across devices and with other users. This makes it easy to manage projects, set goals, and organize just about anything.
Ways to Use Evernote
Run better meetings
Evernote is a great tool for making meetings run better. Evernote comes with a variety of templates, such as standard and expanded meeting agendas.
To start using these templates, make a new Note and then click or tap the Template button to get to Evernote’s list of pre-made templates. Click or tap “Use Template” to make your Note. We used the Meeting Notes template above.
Digitize your contacts list
If you’ve ever found an old business card in a jacket pocket, you already know how easy it is to lose people’s contact information.
To scan a business card, press and hold the green “+” button to open the contextual menu for the Create Note button. Then choose “Photo” mode.
Choose a clean, flat surface that stands out from the card you’re taking a picture of for the best results. If Evernote can’t find the card easily, tap the icon in the upper right corner to turn off Auto Mode.
Once Evernote has scanned the business card, the person’s contact information can be saved in Evernote right away.
Sync-up Evernote with Google Calendar
The calendars in Evernote are useful, but on their own, they can only do so much. Thanks to Evernote’s integrations, it’s easy to link it to Google Calendar.
Either IFTTT or Zapier can be used to link Evernote to your calendar app. Both tools use “trigger” actions that depend on certain conditions to make custom automations for common tasks like making a new calendar event. IFTTT and Zapier can make some pretty advanced automations, and it’s easy to change the way your calendar works to suit your needs.
Make a simple to-do list
Sometimes a good list of things to do is all you need. Luckily, Evernote makes it easy to make them.
Start by making a new Note to make a list. At the top of your Note, you’ll see a list of formatting tools. Click or tap on the checkbox icon to choose it.
Once you’ve made one checkbox, you can hit the Enter key to make another one on the next line. Now, all you have to do is type out your list of things to do (and actually do them).
Use Evernote as an RSS feed
If RSS tools like Feedly don’t impress you, you might be surprised to learn that you can make your own RSS reader with Evernote.
Start by making a new Notebook. Next, connect Evernote to one of the Evernote RSS IFTTT apps. All done! Once you’ve set it up, Evernote will add new articles to your new Notebook whenever it finds a new article.
FAQ
How can Evernote be used?
- Get hold of anything. You can add photos, files, and to-do lists to your notes, as well as text.
- Keep your cool. Make a personal space where you can put all of your best ideas and information.
- Find it fast. Powerful search and keyword tags make it easy to find the right note right away.
- Go anywhere with it.
What is Evernote best used for?
Whether you do research online, in books, encyclopaedias, or magazines, Evernote makes it easy to save all the information you need. You can get all the information you need from the Web by using the Web Clipper feature (article, PDF, image, etc.)
What is the disadvantage of Evernote?
Only two devices can share the same data. Your desktop is the only place where you can save offline notes. Your note can’t be bigger than 25MB, so it will be hard to add pictures, audio, or video files. You can only send a plain text note.
What is the difference between Evernote and OneNote?
Short version: OneNote is better for people who like the way Microsoft Office works and don’t want to pay for a note-taking app. Evernote is better for people who have the money and want to pay for a powerful, beautiful, and easy-to-use note-taking app.