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

Posted by Stefanie Fazzio on 18 May 2012

Posted by Stefanie Fazzio on 18 May 2012

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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, 100MB, 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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  • Grumps —

    Hold everything… I’ve found the update I missed and things are working just fine, making Evernote an even more fantastic utility than before.

    Thanks to all involved in the development, design, and promotion.

    Apologies for the Senior Moment I experienced in my previous post.

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  • John Stacy-Lenz —

    However it seems that dragging and dropping just puts shortcur / link in note. You cannot open them up and view them simultaneously or can you and if so how?

    What I would really appreciate is the ability to gather clips etc in a single note and view them like a collage / montage so that you can see them altogether – maybe also move them around to better express the relationships and better still to print them as a collage. Rather like the late lamented HP Web Smartprint facility

    Is this possible?

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  • John Stacy-Lenz —

    In meantime have read other comments and tried out merge facility which is a “new” for me. It answers part of my need – My merge could well be temporary.

    Would still like to know how to rearrange order. Would also like to know how to de-merge – back to separate notes

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  • Don Hunter —

    I use the audio comment function a lot. Especially when I take a photo of something important I want to remember. Evernote has been a great resource and companion for our document management solution.

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  • Patrick —

    I love THE option but it would be so nice if you could actually scribble something within the same note using a penultimate-type interface

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  • xuzhx —

    when i write a note , i want to attach something(just text), but i don’t want to write that in a text file ,then attach this file into the note.
    how can i do it ?

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  • MikW —

    I don’t get the paper clip icon on my iPad to attach documents. Why is that?

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  • Achim Forst —

    Thanks, I’ll keep the useful info in mind and – even better – save it with Evernote.
    Achim Forst, Mainz, Germany

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  • Karen —

    Too bad you can’t do what you did in this demonstration: use Skitch within Evernote. I want to be able to annotate photos, files, all types of notes, using Skitch. Will this be happening any time soon? I love using Evernote but it would be even a better productivity tool with this annotation ability.

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