Quick Tip Friday: Capture Multiple Types of Media in a Single Note

Tips + Guides | 18 May 201218 May 12 | By Stefanie Fazzio

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Evernote Quick Tip: Keep multiple media formats in one note

Did you know that you can put lots of different stuff into a single note?
Try it. Create a New Note, then:

Type text
Add a few checkboxes
Record some audio
Drag in a file or two (documents, PDFs, presentations, spreadsheets)
Snap an image

Combining different pieces of content into a note lets you keep all of your thoughts and research in a single visual place. Having everything consolidated makes it easy for you to process the information.

The big added bonus: All of the resources you collect are accessible from any computer and mobile device that you use, without you having to manually transfer anything!

Things to keep in mind
Both Free and Premium users can attach any file type to a note. The maximum single note size for Free users is 25 MB. Premium users get a higher, 50MB, limit.

Have you tried this? What are some creative ways you’ve combined different forms of media in a single note?

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William Clark

Thanks for the whistles & bells.
http://skipperhammond.wordpress.com Skipper Hammond

Much easier, faster, smoother than creating notebooks or assigning tags for every little project, as I’ve been doing.
http://www.freesoftwarecatalogue.com Tim

I’m going to try to record my voice and put it on one of my evernote notes. Will there a feature to create HTML file? It would be a great additional feature, so bloggers can use Evernote as their default HTML editor and just only need copy-paste their files to their WordPress or Blogger.
Andrew

How about video? I would LOVE to be able to clip/tag/attach youtube videos related to stuff. Or at least EMBED them, so they can be watched directly from within the note (online of course)

EVERYONE would love this feature
http://www.bizwritenow.com Audrey Wyatt

I didn’t know about audio! I use Evernote to organize research for my clients. Now, I can send them a little audio about the topic as well. Thanks for the tip. This is truly helpful.
http://Www.jkgroupofcompanies.net Jayant

I believe it will revolutionise the way of using iPad
Robert Harper

I use this feature often my only issue is the 50meg limit. Sometimes I can exceed this with combined notes.
Tami

Can you add more than one audio file? I often times have long meetings (longer than 1.5 hours) so I don’t want to record the whole meeting but would like to record multiple sections – the discussions where major decisions were made or my “homework” came from. I have not been able to figure out how to do this and in the past have deleted the first recording with the second recording.
- Andrew Sinkov
  
  You can add as many audio attachments as you like. You need to make sure that the total note size of the note within the limits of your account type (25MB for Free users and 50MB for Premium).
gail

I downloaded Evernote BUT. I am unable to open or view anything. I have a rectangle with a blue paperclip. Can you tell me what I am not doing correctly. I want to use this for teaching in Aug. But … Thanks Gail
http://www.fictionwriter-johnhamshare.com Grumps

I’m having a problem seeing the audio icon in my Premium Evernote notebook. Am I missing something? As a potential author, I’d love to make use of the facilities mentioned in this Quick Friday Tip.

While waiting for any suggestions, I’ll be looking for any update I might have missed.

Thanks in advance for any help with this.

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