Evernote is one of the most popular productivity tools available, and for good reason. It is a powerful note-taking app that works on Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS.

There are a few ways to use Evernote that can be very useful. In this post, we will uncover five secrets ways to use Evernote and reveal 48 shortcuts that will boost your productivity while using Evernote in 2023.

Five Secret Ways to Use Evernote

1. Create Notebook Stacks

Evernote allows you to categorize your notes using tags of your own creation that you can search for later. However, a more efficient method of note organization would be through the use of notebook stacks. Think of notebook stacks like a series of related spiral notebooks stored by subjects in a filing cabinet.

The criteria for setting up your notebook stacks could be based on different projects, interests, life areas, or even relationships. For instance, you might want to establish a notebook stack named "Family."

Within this "Family" stack, you can then generate individual notebooks for your spouse, siblings, and each of your children. It's essential to thoughtfully consider your organization strategy; if you produce an excess number of notebooks or stacks, it could lead to unnecessary extra work.

2. Use Tags

When crafting a note in Evernote, it's useful to assign relevant tags to it. These tags will act as a road map, leading you to sets of interconnected notes.

It is a good practice to formulate 10-12 principal tags that you'll use frequently and are easy to recall. Cultivate a routine of appending these tags to each note you produce.

A Note of Caution: Although tags are an effective organizational tool, they can also become overwhelming if not managed properly. Similar to the issue with notebooks, an overabundance of tags could paradoxically complicate the process of locating the specific information you need.

3. Add Written Notes into Evernote

Evernote provides the ability to capture photos of handwritten notes or documents, or even import scanned documents directly into specific notebooks.

By incorporating your documents into Evernote, you can minimize clutter, swiftly search your documents and notes, and maintain a high level of organization.

4. Create Shortcuts for Notes Used Often

Shortcuts provide a rapid means to reach commonly utilized content. Notes, notebooks, notebook stacks, and tags can all be incorporated into the Shortcuts view, which is conveniently located in the navigation sidebar on desktops or on the home screen for iPhone and iPad users.

If you repeatedly find yourself hunting for the same note, consider adding it to Shortcuts for easier accessibility.

5. Use Templates

If you're looking for a way to boost your note-taking efficiency, use Text Blaze. With Text Blaze, you use keyboard shortcuts to insert repetitive text to save time.

Using Text Blaze, you can quickly insert common notes such as meeting agendas, client notes, and more using keyboard shortcuts.

Evernote Productivity Templates

Templates For Notes

Meeting Agenda

Client Notes

Consulting Client Session

Templates For Shortcuts

Using Text Blaze, you can emulate key presses using keyboard shortcuts. These templates can be used to quickly do various things in Evernote.

Create bulleted list

Create Hyperlink

48 Evernote Shortcuts

As you use Evernote, you will likely find that some keyboard short cuts are highly useful.

Evernote is packed full of shortcuts that will make your work quick and efficient, all without having to remove your fingers from your keyboard.

Below, we’ve compiled more than 50 of the most useful Evernote keyboard shortcuts that will work on the newest version of Evernote to help you save time and boost your productivity.

• New Note - Open a new empty note from any screen in Evernote.

  • Mac: ⌘ N
  • Windows: Ctrl + N

• Print - Launch the print dialog from within the currently active note.

  • Mac: ⌘ P
  • Windows: Ctrl + P

• Show/Hide Left Panel - Toggle the visibility of the left-hand navigation panel from anywhere within Evernote.

  • Mac: ⌥ ⌘ S
  • Windows: F10

• Rename Selected Notebook - Change the title of the selected notebook.

  • Mac: F2
  • Windows: F2

• Focus on Tag Field of Active Note - Sets the mouse cursor to the tag field for the note that is currently active to quickly add tags to your note.

  • Mac: F3
  • Windows: F3

• Copy - Copies the highlighted text to the clipboard.

  • Mac: ⌘ C
  • Windows: Ctrl + C

• Paste - Inserts the text that has previously copied to the clipboard.

  • Mac: ⌘ V
  • Windows: Ctrl + V

• Paste As Text - Inserts the previously copied selection as plain text without formatting.

  • Mac: No shortcut
  • Windows: Ctrl + Shift + V

• Find Within Note - Search for instances of a word or phrase within your note.

  • Mac: ⌘ F
  • Windows: Ctrl + F

• Find Next - After using the “Find Within Note” shortcut, the “Find Next” shortcut will jump to the next instance of the word or phrase you are searching.

  • Mac: ⌘ G
  • Windows: Ctrl + G

• Find Previous - After using the “Find Within Note” shortcut, the “Find Previous” keyboard shortcut will jump the previous instance of the word or phrased you are searching.

  • Mac: ⇧ ⌘ G
  • Windows: Ctrl + Shift + G

• New Task - Create a new task from anywhere within Evernote.

  • Mac: ⌘ T
  • Windows: Alt + T

• Left Align - Set the text to align to the left side of your note.

  • Mac: ⌥ ⌘ {
  • Windows: Ctrl + L

• Center Align - Set the text to align to the center of your note.

  • Mac: ⌥ ⌘ }
  • Windows: Ctrl + E

• Right Align - Set the text to align to the right side of your note.

  • Mac: ⌥ ⌘ }
  • Windows: Ctrl + J

• Justify - Sets the text alignment to justify inside the note.

  • Mac: ⌥ ⌘ -
  • Windows: Ctrl + Q

• Increase Indentation - Increase the indentation of the current line or of all the selected lines by one tab space.

  • Mac: ⇧ ⌘ ]
  • Windows: Ctrl + M

• Decrease Indentation - Decrease the indentation of the current line or all selected lines by one tab space.

  • Mac: ⇧ ⌘ [
  • Windows: Ctrl + Shift + M

• Increase Font Size - Increase the font size of the selected text by 2px.

  • Mac: ⇧ ⌘ .
  • Windows: Ctrl + Shift + .

• Decrease Font Size - Decrease the font size of the selected text by 2px.

  • Mac: ⇧ ⌘ ,
  • Windows: Ctrl + Shift + ,

• Zoom In - Zoom in within the Evernote window.

  • Mac: ⌘ +
  • Windows: Ctrl + +

• Zoom Out - Zoom out within the Evernote window.

  • Mac: ⌘ -
  • Windows: Ctrl + -

• Reset Zoom - Sets the level of zoom back to the default.

  • Mac: ⌘ 0
  • Windows: Ctrl + 0

• Bulleted List - Create a new list with bullet points or convert selected text into bullet points. Note that pressing the keyboard shortcut combination a second time will toggle off the bulleted list format.

  • Mac: ⇧ ⌘ U
  • Windows: Ctrl + Shift + B

• Numbered List - Create a new numbered list or convert selected lines of text into a numbered list. Pressing the keyboard shortcut a second time will toggle off the numbered list format.

  • Mac: ⇧ ⌘ O
  • Windows: Ctrl + Shift + O

• Bold - Set text style to bold for new text or a selection of text. Pressing the keyboard shortcut a second time will toggle off bold text.

  • Mac: ⌘ B
  • Windows: Ctrl + B

• Italics - Set text style to italics for new test or a selection of text. Set text style to bold for new text or a selection of text. Pressing the keyboard shortcut a second time will toggle off italic text.

  • Mac: ⌘ I
  • Windows: Ctrl + I

• Underline - Set text style to underline for new text or a selection of text. Set text style to bold for new text or a selection of text. Pressing the keyboard shortcut a second time will toggle off underlined text.

  • Mac: ⌘ U
  • Windows: Ctrl + U

• Strikethrough - Set text style to strikethrough for new text or a selection of text. Set text style to bold for new text or a selection of text. Pressing the keyboard shortcut a second time will toggle off strikethrough text.

  • Mac: Ctrl ⌘ K
  • Windows: Ctrl + T

• Highlight - Highlight the selected text or turn on highlighting for new text. Set text style to bold for new text or a selection of text. Pressing the keyboard shortcut a second time will toggle off highlighted text.

  • Mac: Ctrl ⌘ H
  • Windows: Ctrl + Shift + H

• Insert Horizontal Rule - Insert a horizontal divider to separate sections of text, and place below the divider.

  • Mac: ⇧ ⌘ H
  • Windows: Ctrl + Shift + -

• Insert Hyperlink - Insert a hyperlink, specifying both the anchor text and the destination URL of the link.

  • Mac: ⌘ K
  • Windows: Ctrl + K

• Edit Hyperlink - Edit the text or URL for a selected hyperlink.

  • Mac: ⌘ K
  • Windows: Ctrl + Shift + K

• Remove Hyperlink - Remove a hyperlink after selecting the containing text.

  • Mac: ⇧ ⌘ K
  • Windows: Ctrl + Shift + R

• Encrypt Selected Text - Add encryption to selected text to hide private information and set a passcode to view the encrypted text.

  • Mac: ⇧ ⌘ X
  • Windows: Ctrl + Shift + X

• Simplify Formatting - Convert the entire note to Evernote’s default formatting (font size, color, line spacing) or the default formatting as set in user preferences.

  • Mac: ⇧ ⌘ F
  • Windows: Ctrl + Space

• Remove Formatting - Delete any formatting to the contents of a note and leave only plain text.

  • Mac: ⇧ ⌘ Space
  • Windows: Ctrl + Shift + Space

• Insert Date - Insert the current date including the day, month, and year based on system default format.

  • Mac: ⇧ ⌘ D
  • Windows: Alt + Shift + D

• Insert Time - Insert the current time based on system default format.

  • Mac: ⌥ ⇧ ⌘ D
  • Windows: Ctrl + Shift + D

• Scroll Note List Up One Page - Scroll up within the notes list by one page at a time.

  • Mac: Fn Up
  • Windows: PgUp

• Scroll Note List Down One Page - Scroll down within the notes list by one page at a time.

  • Mac: Fn Down
  • Windows: PgDown

• Go to First Note - Jump to the first note in the notes list.

  • Mac: Fn Left
  • Windows: Home

• Close Active Window - Closes the currently active window in the Evernote session.

  • Mac: ⌘ W
  • Windows: Ctrl + W

• Copy Internal Link to Clipboard - Copies an internal link to the currently open note to the clipboard.

  • Mac: Ctrl ⌥ ⌘ C
  • Windows: Ctrl + Alt + L

• Switch to Notebook, Note, Tag, or Search - Quickly switch to any note, notebook, tag or search from anywhere in Evernote.

  • Mac: ⌘ J
  • Windows: Ctrl + Q

• Full Screen - Enter full screen mode from anywhere within the Evernote interface.

  • Mac: Ctrl ⌘ F
  • Windows: F11

• Insert Superscript - Toggle the text input from normal to superscript.

  • Mac: Ctrl ⌘ +
  • Windows: Ctrl + Shift + Up

• Insert Subscript - Toggle the text input from normal to subscript.

  • Mac: Ctrl ⌘ -
  • Windows: Ctrl + Shift + Down

• Increase List Level - Increase the indent level of your current list, which is useful for nested lists.

  • Mac: Tab
  • Windows: Tab

• Decrease List Level - Decrease the indent level of your current list, which is useful for nested lists.

  • Mac: ⇧ Tab
  • Windows: Shift + Tab

• Move to Notebook - Move one or multiple selected notes to a different notebook.

  • Mac: Ctrl ⌘ M
  • Windows: Ctrl + Shift + M

• Show/Hide Note Info - Toggle visibility of note information such as title, location, tags, etc.

  • Mac: ⇧ ⌘ I
  • Windows: Ctrl + Shift + I

Conclusion

Evernote is a useful note-taking tool that can help you keep your notes organized. With Text Blaze, you can boost your productivity and make note-taking super efficient by using keyboard shortcuts.

Want to turbo charge your work with templates and snippets? Text Blaze is the fastest way to do that.

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