Evernote: An IntroductionEvernote: An Introduction

Digital Notebooks

• Give you a place to store any kind of electronic information in the same place

– Email messages

– Web pages– Web pages

– PowerPoint presentations

– Word, Excel, PDF, files

– Pictures

– Screen clips

– Audio and video files

Evernote

• Evernote is available on the web

– http://www.evernote.com/

– Two versions: free and Premium ($45/year)

– Several platforms– Several platforms

• Mac OS X Leopard

• Windows

• iPhone / iPod Touch

• Windows Mobile

Evernote

• Evernote stores notes in Notebooks

• Its most important classification feature is tagso Tags are keywords you define to classify notes

Tagging a Note

• Evernote uses tags (descriptive words) rather than sections or folders to classify notes

• You can assign one or more tags to a note.

• You can enter additional tags when needed.• You can enter additional tags when needed.

Tagging a Note

• The tags are stored with the note

• Tags have advantages

– One note can have more than one tag

• Equivalent to filing the note in two “folders”

– Tags can be added and removed at any time

Saving an Email Message

• To save an email message click on the “Evernote” tab and

then on “Add to Evernote.”

Saving from a Web Page (IE)

• You can save an entire web page or a portion

Internet Explorer

has buttons to

save informationsave information

With Firefox,

copy and paste

information

Saving from a Web Page

One of the best things about digital notebooks is that

they automatically save the URL of the web page

Saving Files

• Word

• Excel

• PowerPoint

• PDF• PDF

• Picture

• Audio

• Video

• Use drag and drop to save the files

Adding Files by Drag & Drop

• This is the best way to save all files in Evernote

Screen Clips

• Evernote will save a portion of the screen

• Click on PrtScrn key

• Use mouse to select portion of screen to copy

Screen Clips

• When you click on the Clip icon, picture of the screen clip is saved in Evernote

This is particularly This is particularly

useful if you want to

save two separate

windows at once (as

in the example at the

right)

Searching

• One of the most powerful features of digital notebooks

• Suppose we want to find all documents dealing with TNT

lunches

• Search for “TNT”

Searching: Screen Clips

• Screen clips are example of pictures that can

be searched

Using Tags to Find Notes

You also can use tags to find notes in Evernote

Search , Don’t Sort

• This is an alternative to filing your notes in

separate notebooks

• Some people use only one notebook, without

sorting items

• Use the Search function or tags to find the

items they need

Digital Notebooks: Comparison

• OneNote– Available only for the PC

– Tightly integrated with Microsoft Office applications• Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, IE

– Allows markup of notes– Allows markup of notes

– Better if you like the “sections” model

• Evernote– Available for Mac and PC

– Can save notes in the Internet “cloud”, so they are available anywhere

– Better if you like the “tags” model

Digital Notebooks

• If you are interested in Evernote• http://www.evernote.com/