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Remember your perfect monitor display settings in Evernote.
After you get your monitor setup just the way you like, take a screenshot and add it to Evernote so you will always have it. If you accidentally change the settings, switch monitors or reconfigure your setup you can easily reference the note.
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Are your notes in sync?
If you are adding content to the Evernote desktop and need it to be available on your other devices right away, be sure to hit the sync button before you close Evernote. You can hit the sync button at any time to force sync your account by simply clicking on the sync button.
*Evernote for desktop automatically syncs on its own every few minutes. This is the default setting, to change this go to Preferences>Sync - then select the preferred interval from the drop down menu.
Use Evernote to avoid the dreaded 404 error
If you’ve ever tried to get back to a webpage only to see a 404 error, you know how frustrating it can be. Use the Evernote web clipper to clip the page so that you always have the original content safely in your account even if it is no longer on the website.
Did you know Evernote can recognize words in pictures?
When you upload a picture to Evernote, we will automatically index it and make it searchable, so you can always easily find what you’re looking for. This works for printed as well as handwritten text.
Pro tip: to improve results write clearly and use a camera with zoom to reduce blurriness and get a crisp image.
Add PDF’s to your Evernote account.
You can easily add PDF’s to your evernote account by simply dragging them into the desktop application. Evernote will add the PDF to your account as a brand new note, with the title already filled in.
Make a packing list in Evernote
Big trip coming up? Be sure to bring everything you need with a packing list of items in Evernote. In the time leading up add new items as you think of them, then check them off on your phone as you add them to your bag.
![Email into Evernote more effectively
When emailing into Evernote you can now designate which notebook you want the email to go into and also what tags to include.
Here’s how
Find your Evernote incomimg email address. It”ll look something like [username].1234m.evernote.com, find directions here.
In the subject line write the title of the note as you want it to appear in you account.
You can specify which notebook to add the note to by using an @symbol followed by the name of your destination notebook.
To also add tags use a # symbol followed by the tag or tags you wish to assign.
Pro tip: add this email address to your address book or contact list.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0zg53hUA91qzsoymo1_400.png)
Email into Evernote more effectively
When emailing into Evernote you can now designate which notebook you want the email to go into and also what tags to include.
Here’s how
Pro tip: add this email address to your address book or contact list.
For my purposes in record keeping for rental property, I’ve created a note titled with a property address. In that note I’m capturing date and detail of purchases, mileage, and maintenance, etc.
Source: Evernote for Property Management or Use #36
I recently started a massive landscaping project at my house…It also involves putting in a new driveway, parking court and patio, as well as a new privacy fence. To get everything we want, I’m serving as general contractor, and I needed a single place to store notes, shopping lists, links to websites with products or inspiration, task lists, and more…
..A few times recently, my wife and I have seen examples of something we like that we might want to incorporate into our landscape, so I simply create a Snapshot note to add to the project notebook..
Source: theAppleblog
Coordinate Your Move with Evernote
Take some stress out of moving day by using Evernote to keep track of all the details.
Snap a photo of those sticky notes you make, so you’ll have them in your Evernote account available no matter where you are. Evernote will also make the handwriting searchable through our image recognition.
Here are 50 ways in which i use Evernote in my real estate business…
4. Document new home construction progress with pic/text messages to special Evernote address.
29. Take cell picture of electric and gas meters for numbers and readings for utility swaps.
Source: About.com: Real Estate Business
For best results when using the Evernote web clipper, highlight the portion of the page you want to clip first (both text and images) to get a nice clean web clip.
*Safari users can clip the entire page as a PDF with one click. Directions here.
View notes by notebook in Evernote for easy viewing on your iPhone. If you want to see a specific notebook such as “recipes”, you can view your notes that way by selecting “notebook” from the note grouping screen.
