Evernote for Windows Update: Major PDF Improvements

Product updates | 24 Jan 201224 Jan 12 | By Andrew Sinkov

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Today’s Evernote for Windows update (4.5.3) is full of PDF-related improvements. So if you store PDFs in Evernote, this update will make you very happy. Everything about the way PDFs work in Evernote for Windows is better than ever.

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The new PDF functionality lets you do things that weren’t possible before. Search results will be highlighted inside of PDFs, you can easily drag PDFs out of Evernote, and you can even copy text. Also, when you mouse over the PDF, you’ll notice a new toolbar. Here’s how it all works.

Search inside PDF
If you have a scanned document or a digital PDF in Evernote, then search results will be highlighted in yellow right inside the PDF. You can also use CTRL+F to search inside a specific note.

Drag PDFs out of Evernote
Besides allowing you to move from page to page of your PDF, the new PDF toolbar also lets you drag a PDF out of Evernote and into other apps, your desktop, or just about anywhere you like. To do this, click and drag the middle section of the toolbar, then drop the file.

Copy and paste
If your PDF contains text that can be selected, you can now copy that text and paste it into other programs right from the note pane.

PDFs are even better with Evernote Premium

One of the great features of Evernote Premium is that it automatically performs OCR on any scanned document PDFs in your account and makes them searchable. This feature is made all the more powerful now that search results are highlighted right inside the PDF. Learn more about Evernote Premium »

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Debbie

This sounds wonderful. I plan on going back to school. next Sept. and this sounds great.
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I’ve got a number of PDFs loaded in my Evernote (not the premium) and its great that I can now do a search for a term and pull up material that’s in these PDFs. Shouldn’t I have to be using premium to be able to do this though (OCR)?
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Ron Haggin

I can’t get the search to work consistently in my pdf files. Sometimes Evernote will highlight the occurences – sometimes it won’t. I must be doing something wrong?
Jimmy

Fantastic! Evernote is the first choice for our Chinese friends. Thanks and keep moving!
Travis Weaver

Great update. REQUESTED FEATURE(S):

1. I’d love to be able to copy/cut the embedded PDF from one note and then paste it into another. It’s certainly possible to save the PDF, then move it, but I do this often enough I’d appreciate the convenience.

2. If guys can ever implement basic PDF notation (notes, highlighting, strikethrough) in the iPad app, it will pretty much be the greatest thing ever.
- Sydney
  
  What I’ve been doing is using Jing to do a quick capture of a section of a page for note-taking when I read on my computer. When I read PDF’s on my iPad, I use iAnnotate, which allows me to send my highlighted sections to EN via email. I am moving that way as it gets me both search capability on my notes, but retains highlighting. The PDFs are stored in a Dropbox folder and accessible to Endnote that way.

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