It’s been ages since I rounded up the little Evernote tricks that make people say ‘I never knew you could do that’, so here are five desktop gems to save time fast.
I use another app (Dynalist) and there are two options it provides which I think Evernote could helpfully steal:
1. Opening & closing collapsible content via a keyboard shortcut
2. Moving content up or down via a keyboard shortcut. Use this all the time in Dynalist and so much quicker and easier than having to use your mouse to click on the four dot icon etc
For some reason I hadn't realised you could create a note from anywhere with Ctrl+Alt+N. That will improve my workflow! Similarly, I had missed the Ctrl+Alt+V to paste clipboard content into a new note - although I had become aware of notes appearing in my default notebook after using copy from a source and then opening a new note to paste the content there - all makes sense now. One observation is that when you paste your clipboard content this way, the created note doesn't open up in a new window, allowing you to modify the note title and move the note to a new location. That would make this more usable in my mind.
No, the paste just silently copies into a new note. I've sometimes pasted a few different items in one go and then merged all the notes into one and edited.
Hmm... personally I still felt it would be useful for the new note with the clipboard content to be opened after creation to allow for title editing and moving to another notebook. Just feel, having to go back into the default notebook adds time to the process.
Yes. I view that header stealing to be a serious flaw because it's easy to miss and can lead you to mis-cite later on, among other dangers. I wish they'd fix it soon.
great, picked up a new shortcut.
Collapse all headers is something I do often, that's very useful indeed. I would love that they would make a shortcut for this!
Very helpful, thanks!
I use another app (Dynalist) and there are two options it provides which I think Evernote could helpfully steal:
1. Opening & closing collapsible content via a keyboard shortcut
2. Moving content up or down via a keyboard shortcut. Use this all the time in Dynalist and so much quicker and easier than having to use your mouse to click on the four dot icon etc
Agree. Its been mentioned a few times and I think it may be on a list. Hopefully it will come.
And one other thing, like being able to move collapsed headers around, I presume this can also be done with collapsed toggles?
Just tested and yes, toggle when closed move all the content inside of them. Useful.
Jon – Thanks for these useful tips.
For some reason I hadn't realised you could create a note from anywhere with Ctrl+Alt+N. That will improve my workflow! Similarly, I had missed the Ctrl+Alt+V to paste clipboard content into a new note - although I had become aware of notes appearing in my default notebook after using copy from a source and then opening a new note to paste the content there - all makes sense now. One observation is that when you paste your clipboard content this way, the created note doesn't open up in a new window, allowing you to modify the note title and move the note to a new location. That would make this more usable in my mind.
Again, thanks for these useful ideas.
No, the paste just silently copies into a new note. I've sometimes pasted a few different items in one go and then merged all the notes into one and edited.
Hmm... personally I still felt it would be useful for the new note with the clipboard content to be opened after creation to allow for title editing and moving to another notebook. Just feel, having to go back into the default notebook adds time to the process.
Nice tips.
I love the, "Paste clipboard contents directly into a new note anywhere". I did not know that one.
Note: be careful with the, "Drag all the contents of a header around"
If you move a header below the last "collapsed" header in the note, the moved header will steal the content of the last header and leave it empty.
Yes. I view that header stealing to be a serious flaw because it's easy to miss and can lead you to mis-cite later on, among other dangers. I wish they'd fix it soon.
Didn't know this... I'll mention it as a bug.