Evernote can increase your productivity as it allows you to manage notes, lists, and events from a single place. The program has an intuitive and easily navigable interface with multiple panels. One of the main advantages of this tool is that it lets you access the data from anywhere. For this purpose, it is required to open an account, which allows you to save notes in the cloud. It is great that Evernote can also run from a portable device. What is more, there are versions for various operating systems.
The main way to save data is by creating notes, which can be further organized in notebooks. These notes can contain formatted text as well hyperlinks, tables, and checkboxes (useful for to-do lists). Likewise, you can attach practically any type of file, including audio, pictures, and video. Luckily, your notes can be shared with other users, which is essential for teamwork. Moreover, you can post them on social networks or send them to a printer.
I especially loved the program’s search capabilities. In this respect, it is good to know that it can search for specific strings not only within the typed text but also handwritten notes and even pictures. Likewise, it can find the desired text within PDF and Word documents.
All in all, Evernote is undoubtedly one of the best productivity tools available. However, it has the disadvantage that you cannot use it without an Internet connection, which makes it useless in offline conditions. In this regard, it would be good if it allowed storing your notes in a local database, just like some email clients do.
Finally, you should know that the functionality of the tool depends on the type of license. Fortunately, its most basic features are available at no cost. Additionally, there are other possibilities, like Plus, Premium, and Business.
v5.0 [Jun 5, 2013]
- Better note list
Your Notes List now displays one list of all notes from your personal, joined, and Business Notebooks. The menus on the top of the Note List make it easy to sort notes, change your note layout, or filter notes using notebook or tag selectors.
- Card view
Browse notes with the new Card view, which displays your notes as a list of informative, easy to scan, and visually appealing Cards.
- Note editor
The note editor now frames your content beautifully and expands as needed to fit your content. For distraction-free composition and editing, you can use the full-screen single note view by double-clicking on a note in your note list.
- Highlighter
Select text with the new highlighter to emphasize what's important in a web clip or your notes.
- Note Information
You can to add or change the metadata associated with your note. Just click on the "i" in the Note Editor and a fly-out will appear to let you edit your note’s information.
