emmgee 39 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 I just switched to Windows from Mac. It took a while to find where to make customizations to create the look and feel that I like. But I can't seem to get the settings to be permanent. For example, I like Card View and have the cards sorted in reverse chronological order by date created. But after sleep I open up Evernote and some things change, seemingly randomly. How can I set up Evernote the way I like it and that's the way it consistently appears with no changes? Link to comment
Level 5* CalS 5,306 Posted December 2, 2016 Level 5* Share Posted December 2, 2016 To save your default view, get it the way you want and then File - Exit EN. When you restart the settings should be saved. To save the settings for a specific notebook, tag or search use the drop down from the view menu. Welcome to the dark side. Link to comment
emmgee 39 Posted December 3, 2016 Author Share Posted December 3, 2016 THANK YOU!! But there is one thing you assumed that I want to make explicit so that other people who find this will get to the solution right away. You refer to "specific notebook". I wondered what you meant and then it dawned on me, you have to pick a notebook first. All this time I was viewing "All Notebooks" (sorry, I don't know how to paste the screen grab I just took). When I clicked the dropdown menu you've pointed to, I didn't see the item at the bottom "Always use for Notebook 'Scans'". So I changed "All Notebooks" to "Main Notebook" (which is my only notebook!) and then at the bottom it said, "Always use for Notebook 'Main Notebook'". I clicked "Card View" and Sort Notes By "Created", then I clicked "Always use..." I did a File/Exit, then reopened -- SUCCESS!! Looks like Evernote wants to give you the ability to have different settings for different notebooks. Great -- but they don't let you have a global setting either. That's confusing. Thanks again for the great tip. I looked at similar thread that was five years old and one of the last entries (just a day or so ago) told you how to make the change via Regedit. Crazy... Dear Evernote: It shouldn't be this confusing. Link to comment
Level 5* CalS 5,306 Posted December 3, 2016 Level 5* Share Posted December 3, 2016 3 hours ago, emmgee said: THANK YOU!! But there is one thing you assumed that I want to make explicit so that other people who find this will get to the solution right away. You refer to "specific notebook". I wondered what you meant and then it dawned on me, you have to pick a notebook first. All this time I was viewing "All Notebooks" (sorry, I don't know how to paste the screen grab I just took). When I clicked the dropdown menu you've pointed to, I didn't see the item at the bottom "Always use for Notebook 'Scans'". So I changed "All Notebooks" to "Main Notebook" (which is my only notebook!) and then at the bottom it said, "Always use for Notebook 'Main Notebook'". I clicked "Card View" and Sort Notes By "Created", then I clicked "Always use..." I did a File/Exit, then reopened -- SUCCESS!! Looks like Evernote wants to give you the ability to have different settings for different notebooks. Great -- but they don't let you have a global setting either. That's confusing. Thanks again for the great tip. I looked at similar thread that was five years old and one of the last entries (just a day or so ago) told you how to make the change via Regedit. Crazy... Dear Evernote: It shouldn't be this confusing. You are welcome. Yeah, the default view format is used in any view (notebook, tag or saved search) that doesn't have a saved view, so a default by default so to speak. So any time you want to change the default layout you have to File - Exit to set the default. You don't have to File - Exit if you use the "Always use..." option. Link to comment
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