Evernote for Windows update

Product updates | 03 Jun 201003 Jun 10 | By Andrew Sinkov

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Evernote for Windows just got a fantastic update. This release (v 3.5.4) introduces a bunch of new functionality aimed at making Evernote more pleasant and easier to use. That’s all on top of tons of performance and stability improvement. Let’s get into what’s new.

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Hiding unassigned tags

Some people like seeing all of their tags in the tag list. Others would prefer to only see those that are assigned to notes. Now you get to choose. Right click on the tag panel, or click on the View menu, and select Hide Unassigned Tags. Doing this makes the tag panel dynamic, only showing you tags that are assigned to notes related to your filters and searches. For example, if you choose a notebook or perform a search, only tags that are assigned to the resulting notes will display.

Tip: Finding tags fast with the Hide Unassigned Tags feature
A power-user request that we get fairly frequently is tag search. The Hide Unassigned Tags feature together with Evernote’s search gets you pretty close. With the Hide feature enabled, type a tag name into the search bar. Instantly, all tags that (a) do not contain that word and (b) aren’t assigned to notes that contain the word will disappear. This is particularly effective for uniquely named tags.

Easier to use interface

We’ve made a number of, immediately obvious, improvements to the note panel.

The note title is now much easier to edit
The notebook selector is now next to the note title, letting you easily move the note
New magnifying glass icon shows you when images and PDFs have been indexed

Premium feature: Note history

Recently, we unveiled the Note History Premium feature, which allows you to access previous versions of your notes (read about it here). The new Windows updates lets you easily view your note history without leaving the application. Click on the chevrons to the right of the note title to expose the note info panel. Next, click on the note history link. Please note, you need a network connection in order to view your note history.

Where in the world…

Whenever possible, Evernote attaches location information to your notes. If you create a lot of notes on your phone, then chances are that they have a location assigned. Previously, this location information was represented as longitude and latitude coordinates. In this new release, we do some geo-magic on those coordinates, and figure out the actual city or region that you were in. This makes it a lot easier to jog your memory without forcing you to jump to a map. Of course, the map option is always available, if you need it.

Default font

This is a fairly nuanced feature, but one that’s worth knowing. Not all computers and devices have the same fonts available. To keep your notes looking right, Evernote for Windows lets you select “default” as a font option (it’s the first one in the font drop down). This means that the typeface of the note will be whatever the default font is in the version of Evernote that you are using. If the default font is set to Arial on computer A and Trebuchet on computer B, then the text of the note will appear in Arial on A and Trebuchet on B. You can set you default font under Tools > Options > Display.

Better tables

Tables received a welcome upgrade in this release. You have been able to create them for some time, now you can easily add or remove columns and rows.

More to come

We have a lot more Windows update excitement in store this summer. Get ready.

Henry

I see you often get the request for tag search. Please also add my vote for that.

Probably suggesting this two years too soon:

Please add a the ability to show the tags list as a mindmap view. That would make (re)organizing and finding tags very easy. You might have a lot of mindmapping and GTD fans for this idea.
Perhaps your partner Mindmeister can help. Although considering you have nested tags the logic seems almost there already in Evernote.
http://chrisdoig.net Chris Doig

How about folders so we can group saved searches? My list of save searches is used all day, but it has got too long. The ability to group saved searches in folders would help a lot.
Adam W

Hi, I was wondering what ever happened to the ability to edit an image, a good while ago I could resize images from the windows application but now I can’t seem to figure out to change the size. Use case is I take a large picture on my phone and then resize the image to what I want on the desktop.

Thanks!
Adam
Mark

I check every new release for the restoration of “Subject Date”, but remain disappointed that I have to stick with 3.1. Evernote’s repeated “vanishing feature” strategy keeps me hoping that a competing product will surface that shows more respect for user’s existing data.
Chris

How about a fix for NVIDIA Quadro NVS video card compatibility issue?

is this still an issue?
Amnon Greenfeld

I cannot upgrade my Evernote for Windows XP. Tried several times, but always get rejected because the Microsoft .net Framework 3.5 SP1 cannot be installed on my computer.
How can I work around this matter?
Thanks in advance for any helpful tips,

Amnon
Sergei

one lacking feature that prevented me from using 3.5 and onwards in the past was inability to easily select a tag by starting typing (when I am in tags section), which I have in 3.1 and which is very useful and easy to use. Has it been fixed now?
Jeff

that’s great news
M. Liebermann

Finally Evernote (optionally) only shows tags assigned to one notebook. I love this feature – have been waiting for it. But to me it looks like you have only gone half the way to implement it properly.

As soon as one works with nested tags, the feature gets confusing. Evernote shows the complete tree structure up to the final tag, and also the numbers of notes tagged – but for ALL notebooks. If I click on that tag, of course no notes show (if the tagged notes belong to another notebook). Also, all tags disappear from the list and I have to reset the viewing options so all tags are shown again.

* The number of notes assigned to a tag should only show those of the chosen notebook.
* I also very much preferred the tag view of version 3.1., where the tags assigned to a certain notebook were marked black, but all other tags shown in grey. Instant visual control!
* To me this issue is part of another problem. EN allows nested tags, but the respecting parent.tags are not assigned. This effectively hinders a consistent categorization and slows down tagging.

Otherwise I’m quite happy with the Beta. Hope to see a “due date” or something similar soon.
- ScottL
  
  I’ve been using EN for about a month and am really enjoying it – I’d love to see tag search inheritance for sub tags. In other words, when I search on a parent tag, notes with children tags appear in the search. As it stands, you need to tag a note with both the parent and child tags to get the note to appear when searching for notes with a parent tag.
  - http://www.lubetkin.net Steve Lubetkin
    
    I would also vote for category inheritance. If I have a category hierarchy like this:
    
    Main Topic
    – Subtopic A
    – Subtopic B
    
    and either of the Subtopic tags is checked, then a search on the Main Topic should show any items that are associated with the subtopic. That would be a great enhancement.
Robert Siekmann, Jr

Still no “Draw”, no adjusting of capture area, no below-the-fold capturing, not the old skool balloon with straight to email/delete/tag, no save-image-to-file, no left-mouse click on system tray logo, etc. etc.

3.1 FTW, 3.5 sucks hard.

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