Comments on: Friday Quick Tip: Single Note View and Side-by-Side Notes

By: Ravi Desai

Ravi Desai — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:26:39 +0000

I agree, having this feature in IOS would be really handy – prior to the recent 5 upgrade, I thought I saw a feature, where you could review other notes, and then go back to the note that you are working on – ie it wasn’t tying up the application completely, but with the recent upgrade; looks like that feature (??) is gone

By: adrian

adrian — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 04:35:48 +0000

I Love your products but I hate your invasion and Facebook’s of my privacy. So in the legendary words of EASTWOOD … go do unto yourself what you probably can’t.

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 02:57:56 +0000

Always learning something new with this app…love it.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:57:26 +0000

I’ve been using Evernote for years, and liken myself to a power user, yet still didn’t know about note links.

With this knowledge, I can now use Windows program AutoHotKey to map specific notes to system-wide keyboard shortcuts, so I can open commonly accessed ones quickly. Say I want to open a note by pressing Alt-E:

!e::
Run link-text
Return

By: Lena R

Lena R — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 17:40:43 +0000

I use this feature at least 20 times a day.

I keep my weekly / daily to-do list in Excel and hyperlink any complex task to an Evernote note. In Evernote: right click and use Copy Note Link. In Excel, either paste that content directly into a cell (to generate a hyperlink in which the note’s title is hyperlinked to that note), or if you’d rather use the text that’s already inside a cell, use Ctrl-K to paste only the note’s hyperlink into that cell.

Within the GTD framework (my system is a hybrid of many!), I keep a project list in MindManager. Each area of my life has a different mindmap. I create “Project Notes” in Evernote, each of which contains links to other notes notes comprising “next actions,” support notes, contact info, the works.

To link individual notes to a MindManager mindmap, use exactly the same procedure as in Excel.

So, I have visual representations of what’s on my plate actively (Excel) and what’s about to be on my plate (MindManager). If you’re not into mindmapping, a project list can easily be kept in Excel. Or Word. Or even a notepad application that accepts hyperlinks. (Probably in Outlook too… might enable notes attached to projects to be searchable in a different way. I don’t use Outlook but perhaps someone could try that.)

What enables this system to work is the fact that when I click on any of these links — in Excel or in MindManager — a single note pops up. What would be nice to support this way of working even further would be the capability to have not only CopyURL as a toolbar choice, but also CopyNoteLink. Right clicking or typing Alt-N-L all the time can get obnoxious if I’m mousing… as I am when compiling these graphical “command centers.”

By: gewappnet

gewappnet — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 22:26:27 +0000

Please find a way to make this work in the iOS version! It is really a pain in meetings to switch between douments and the current notes document on the iPad. That is currently the main problem for me in using Evernote.

By: Dmitriy Goldner

Dmitriy Goldner — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 21:52:24 +0000

Also, in Windows 7 you can use Windows Key + Left or Right Arrow to arrange two single view notes windows side by side like you can with any other windows. No Dragging need it.

By: Evernote user

Evernote user — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 20:29:31 +0000

One word: Tabs.

By: Michael Cogliano

Michael Cogliano — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 19:49:37 +0000

I use this feature regularly when preparing in advance for meetings. I create a new note for that meeting, open it as a single note, and put it on one of my main montor. I then have Evernote up on my secondary monitor and can easily copy note links, drag agendas, etc from the main program to my prep note. Saves a lot of flipping back-and-forth.

Also, thanks for the lastest IOS update. The ability to edit with just a tap of a note is priceless.