How to Use Evernote for Writing and Research: Writing Skills, #3
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Evernote® : The Free Online Service for Organizing Your Projects
If you scribble notes on the back of envelopes and napkins and then manage to forget the idea or where you put the napkin - you need Evernote. This service will organize all of your projects and ideas into online file folders, keeping them safe until the day you hit the Delete key.
Evernote : The Key to Uncluttering Your Desktop, Your Browser and Your Brain
If you're a writer you won't believe how you survived before you started using Evernote. And I'm not only talking about people who write for a living - I'm also talking about people who write for business or school. Evernote really is the storehouse of
- random thoughts
- meeting notes
- research
- images
- book outlines
- project outlines
- audio interviews
- deadlines
- assignments
- collaborative notes
in other words - anything you need to remember. In fact, Evernote is so good at what it does that the company's motto is Remember Everything.
Don't Risk Losing Important Writing or Research
Back in the day it was easy to stuff pieces of paper into a filing cabinet. Chances are that once the paper was filed you rarely went back to it. Even now, you may use your computer as a filing system - exchanging metal file drawers for hard drive Folders and Sub-Folders. But even that system has its limits. That's because it relies on you remembering the names of folders and files.
With Evernote, the entire system is graphical - that means you can click on an Evernote folder and instantly see the picture of the website, screenshot or image you saved. Which reminds me - did I mention you can also save audio and video files? And, Evernote syncs perfectly with your tablet, iPhone or Android. Evernote has such a powerful on-board search engine that all you have to do is enter a word or two and it will pull up everything you've saved that fits the search criteria. You don't have to remember anything because it remembers everything.
What You'll Learn
- how to set up your account
- downloading Evernote for your mobile device or desktop
- syncing between devices
- setting up Folders and Notes
- the value of tagging
- how to be an Evernote power searcher
- setting up research notebooks
- mobile Evernote
- Evernote apps
- how to collect digital content
- how to use Skitch - the free Evernote mark-up app
- tagging geolocations
- how to use Evernote with the iPhone's Siri
- free ways to store tweets, Facebook posts and more to Evernote
and bunches more.
Written for Writers But Useable by Anyone
How to Use Evernote for Writing & Research was created for writers - but the truth is, if you need to remember anything, save anything, or return to any website, Evernote is your perfect go-to assistant. That's probably why Evernote is popular with writers, artists, bloggers, podcasters, business people, students, and researchers. That includes YOU!
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5very nice and explicit book for beginners. however, I would like it to give more examples on writers' and researchers' work.
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How to Use Evernote for Writing and Research - Nancy Hendrickson
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Who Am I and Why Did I Write This Book?
I’m both a self-published and traditionally published author, who maintains a fulltime writing business. I write about topics as diverse as self-publishing, writing, history, genealogy, and technology. When not writing, I’m off building WordPress websites or photographing the frontier west.
Because I work on so many different projects and for such a variety of clients, I quickly discovered the need to organize all of my research and writing in one place. As I no longer keep paper files, I needed a service that replicated the ease and organizational structure of a filing cabinet and hanging files. Evernote was that service. But in all honesty, I didn’t immediately embrace it. It took about six months of stops and starts before I realized just how big a difference Evernote made – not only in researching a book or a project, but also in the writing process.
Since creating Evernote folders for all of my current and future projects, I no longer have to search through a stack of paper to find the exact piece of information I need. And I’m not stumbling around the Internet, trying to re-find valuable sites I hadn’t bothered to bookmark.
Today, Evernote is my go-to online service for stashing ideas for blog articles, ideas for new projects, client meeting notes, marketing thoughts, web clippings, contracts, and notes about each project. Not to mention audio notes and video clips I’ve created.
Because it’s not unusual for me to come up with a new book idea while still working on a current project, Evernote gives me the luxury of keeping all of my notes in one – very organized – location. Once you start using Evernote, I doubt that you’ll ever return to paper.
In this book, I’ve done my best to introduce you to the magic of Evernote – and more importantly how you – the writer – can make it your default research and writing assistant.
If you’re interested in writing, pop over to the Writer’s Academy and learn more about my video training courses for authors. There are more than 4,000 successful students currently enrolled in my courses. I hope you’ll join in. Email nancy@nancyhendrickson.com if you have questions or need more information:
Table Of Contents
Legal Notice
Who Am I and Why Did I Write This Book?
Table Of Contents
What is Evernote®?
Why Use Evernote?
Notebooks
Notes:
Do You Need Free or Premium?
First Step – Set Up Your Account
Syncing Between Devices
Navigating the Home Screen
Left column
Shortcuts
Notebooks
Stacks
Middle column
Right column
Create a Notebook
How to Create a Notebook
Next, Create a Note
Note Sharing
Note Merging
Email a Note to Evernote
Deleting a Note
How to Add Audio Notes
How to Use Audio Notes
Ideas for Audio Notes
Create a Webcam Note
Create an Ink Note
Create an Image Note
Getting Images into Evernote
Make Your Images Searchable
Taking Photos of Notes
Skitch – How to Use This Free Markup Utility
Sharing a Notebook
Notes and Notebooks Take-Away
The Power of Tags and Reminders
Tags, Tags, Tags
Tagging a Note:
How to Use Reminders and Why Bother?
The Power of Search
Search Basics
Utilizing Search Options
Type Ahead Search Finishes Your Thought
Premium Members Gain Even More Search Power
Alert: Features You May Not Notice
Source URLs
OCR
GeoTags
Searching by GeoLocation
Better Browsing with the Evernote Clipper
Wide-Ranging Compatibility
Clipper Tools
Clipping
Markup Tools
Share
File
Why Not Just Use Bookmarks?
Grab Only What You Need
Organizing Clips
Always Accessible
Evernote Mobile
Available Across All Devices
Make It Fit Your Needs
Access Your Desktop Data
Evernote for the Traveling Writer (or Travel Writer)
Using Evernote to Plan a Research or Writing Trip
Vacation Notebook
Take Advantage of the Mobile Access
My Research Assistant
Creating Research Notebooks
A Gentle Reminder About Moving Web Clips into Notebooks
Collaborative Writing
The Elephant’s Trunk
CamScanner – Android and iPhone
Scanner Pro – Android and iPhone
cleverList – iOS 5.1 or later
SpeakToIt Assistant - Android
FastEver Snap – iOS
News360 – Android and iOS
A Perfect Marriage – Evernote And Twitter
Preparing for the Wedding
Connecting to Evernote
How the Marriage Can Help You, the Author
Using IFTTT.com Recipes for Evernote
IFTTT Basics
Why I Love This Service
Evernote - IFTTT Recipes You’ll Love
Using Evernote with Moleskine® and Post-it Notes®
Moleskine Notebooks
Post-it Notes
Evernote for Business and School (Because They Write Too)
Using Evernote in the Office
Meeting Notes and Your Calendar
Evernote and Teams
Tracking Your Progress
Evernote Goes to School
Notebooks
Image Capture
Web Clipper
Conclusion
Absolutely Nothing To Do With Writing– But It Is About Evernote For Everyone Else
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What is Evernote®?
With a floppy-eared elephant for a logo and a tagline of ‘Remember Everything,’ it’s pretty clear what Evernote is all about. In a nutshell, Evernote is about saving