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There’s a built in scan option in the Evernote app. If you go to the create screen the middle section of buttons scrolls a bit left and right and you should see scan. You can photograph multi page documents and add them to a note pretty quickly.
I only use Evernote to store receipts for purchases with a guarantee. I just email it to Evernote and tag it, imaginatively enough, with “receipt” and put it into my Main folder.
At the same time, I try to remember to store the pdf of the instruction manual too.
Just an observation - I've just gone to the Downloads page, and the latest desktop version there is still 11.7.2, and this morning the mobile version 11.7.1 arrived on my Samsung Android phone.
The 11.8.0 deskyop version mentioned in the housekeeping doesn't seem to have arrived yet.
The "nightly version"? Tell us more, please, Jon. Is this a version that's made available to EN Experts like yourself and Stacey Harmon in a "pre-release" state before it gets officially launched? Just curious 😄
Yeah. Its kind of pre-release with new features attached. I sometimes get an update twice a day and as I'm using it I report bugs if I see them. A lot of bugs get caught here and fixed before the main release.
I still use the normal stable release on my main PC as I don't want it to break!
After you save a PDF file inside a Note in EN, do you delete it from your hard drive, email, etc? What I’m wondering is, is the PDF embedded or linked?
You mentioned that Scannable is only available for iOS, but I'm still not clear on what the options are for those of us on Android
There’s a built in scan option in the Evernote app. If you go to the create screen the middle section of buttons scrolls a bit left and right and you should see scan. You can photograph multi page documents and add them to a note pretty quickly.
I only use Evernote to store receipts for purchases with a guarantee. I just email it to Evernote and tag it, imaginatively enough, with “receipt” and put it into my Main folder.
At the same time, I try to remember to store the pdf of the instruction manual too.
I'm the same as you. I only keep stuff if its important. The AI stuff works well with instruction manuals. Its saved me having read through them.
Just an observation - I've just gone to the Downloads page, and the latest desktop version there is still 11.7.2, and this morning the mobile version 11.7.1 arrived on my Samsung Android phone.
The 11.8.0 deskyop version mentioned in the housekeeping doesn't seem to have arrived yet.
Ah well spotted. It is indeed 11.7.2. I'm on my laptop today and using the nightly version whichis 11.8 and I forgot :) Updated.
The "nightly version"? Tell us more, please, Jon. Is this a version that's made available to EN Experts like yourself and Stacey Harmon in a "pre-release" state before it gets officially launched? Just curious 😄
Yeah. Its kind of pre-release with new features attached. I sometimes get an update twice a day and as I'm using it I report bugs if I see them. A lot of bugs get caught here and fixed before the main release.
I still use the normal stable release on my main PC as I don't want it to break!
My Evernote-based filing system is, perhaps, a tad simpler.
I have a notebook for each type of document, e.g. Bills, Tax receipts, Correspondence.
I use tags to add the topic or vendor/supplier/store, sometimes a year to group notes together, and sometimes a major brand name of an item I bought.
For bills, the note title follows a standard naming convention: YYYYMMDD Store InvoiceNumber
And, finally, I set the note creation date to match the bill/receipt/correspondence date.
Examples:
20260201 Children’s Hospital Foundation 2891063
tags: 2026 Taxes, Children’s Hospital Foundation
notebook: Tax Receipts
20140503 City Power
tags: City Power
notebook: Bills - Utilities
20200912 Costco 26401783520209121743
tags: Apple, Costco
notebook: Bills
I like that Chris. I tend to use full date format like 13th March 2026. I might test using a DDNMYYY format see if it helps. Nice system.
After you save a PDF file inside a Note in EN, do you delete it from your hard drive, email, etc? What I’m wondering is, is the PDF embedded or linked?