Importing files from other applications

[ankur_a 11]

Hi,

I am new user, so naturally I have 100s of text documents (.txt) that I want to import to EN, is there any easier way than to just copy paste every single one of them?

[gazumped 11,652]

If you're on Windows,  have a look at Evernote > Tools > Import Folders - drop your files into the folder and they're sucked into Evernote as separate notes.  If you're on Mac there are workarounds - please search the forum for details.  If you're on mobile,  you'll need to switch to Desktop.

[ankur_a 11]

Good to know there's a way - I am on Mac, let me search on the forum - thanks!

[bill77 10]

What always stops me from doing this is the loss of file date creation/modified metadata (at least on Windows version).  I guess that probably happens with pictures too, but that's another thread.

[gazumped 11,652]

What always stops me from doing this is the loss of file date creation/modified metadata (at least on Windows version).  I guess that probably happens with pictures too, but that's another thread.

 

It's a good point to make though - it's been raised before that copying a file in Windows has an effect on its dates which may be important.  Scanning and OCR-ing locally will do that too.  If a creation date is important it needs to go into the file name in yyyymmdd format (or yymmdd) to be preserved.  Otherwise notes will be 'created' (not unreasonably) with the timestamp of when the file was imported,  not the file date;  and in any event the file date by this time is probably when it was copied into the Import folder,  not when it truly was created...

 

I get these headaches...