Notebooks
Notebooks are the basic foundation of the Evernote system . Most people , when they begin using Evernote , are tempted to create many notebooks . Don ' t do this . Start with just two , Action Pending and Cabinet . Think of this as your inbox and storage .
1 . To create a new notebook , click on File and New Notebook . 2 . Name your notebook .
Notes
Now that you have a notebook , you will be creating notes . Notes are like the pages within a notebook . A note can only sit within one notebook . This is why it is not recommended to create a large quantity of notebooks .
1 . To create a new note , click on File and New Note . 2 . Select what type of note you want to create . Generally , a basic note is fine . 3 . Name your note . 4 . Select which notebook this note should be in . 5 . Add content to your note . 6 . Add tags to your note .
Tags
Tags are where the true power of Evernote happens . Notes can have multiple Tags and Tags can belong to multiple notes . Tags make searching for notes quick and easy . When you first start using Evernote , you will be tempted to create a lot of tags but you can search Evernote for any text within a note so there ' s no need to create duplicate Tags for things that are already contained within the note . Think of Tags like categories you would like to search . For example , if you are using Evernote to store cooking recipes , you might create Tags for Dinner , Beef , Crock pot , 5 Star , etc ...
1 . To create a tag , click on File and New Tag . 2 . Name your Tag . 3 . You can also create a new Tag simply by typing in the Add tag ... box on any note .
4 . Take some time to create a set of useful Tags based on the way you have decided to start using Evernote .
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