Evernote not highlighting search results within note

[Heather Clark 2]

When searching, the search terms used to be highlighted within the notes found. I checked and this function still works on my iPhone, but not on my Windows 10 PC.

 

I just updated Evernote on the PC, and this did not correct the problem.

 

How do I fix this issue?

 

I know that control+f will also work, but this is slow and tedious, and feels like a giant step backwards when I used to be able to quickly scan multiple notes.

 

Please help.

[Heather Clark 2]

Also, Windows 10 is up to date, I’ve restarted, and exited out of EN from the file menu.  I read the forums and while I found the issue I didn’t find the solution.

 

 Thank you

[Dave-in-Decatur 3,959]

Hi Heather, and welcome to the forums. Take a look at this existing thread and see if it is related to your issue:

 

[Heather Clark 2]

Thank you @Dave-in-Decatur.  I saw that before posting, and tried the suggestions. Unfortunately nothing has worked and I'm still having the problem.

[Dave-in-Decatur 3,959]

It's possible that this highlighting is simply no longer a feature in the Windows program. I just did some testing, and I also now find that search results are generally not highlighted in notes. If they are, you may have to scroll down to find them. Otherwise, you then have to search within the note to find the instance(s) of the search term. (A number of people have expressed here what a major annoyance this is.) And of course, Evernote Premium users will have their images and PDFs indexed, so that search results may appear within them and be invisible in the note as displayed. Wish I had better news for you! Perhaps someone else will chime in with some.

[Heather Clark 2]

Thank you so much for that...even if the news isn't good!  I'm thinking you might be right, based on the number of past posts regarding this issue with no resolution.

[jefito 5,589]

5 hours ago, Dave-in-Decatur said:

It's possible that this highlighting is simply no longer a feature in the Windows program.

No, it's still there -- in the latest, greatest Windows beta anyways -- but seems unpredictable/unstable. I've see it appearing, appearing and then flashing off, and not appearing. If it appears, and you switch notes, it may disappear eventually, and then not come back. Maybe there's a timer that governs this, or maybe there's some other condition that turns it off. It's unpredictable, but I've definitely seen the highlighting happen.

[Dave-in-Decatur 3,959]

Interesting. I'm not on the beta, but when I did my test, I found only one note in which a search term was highlighted, and that was a note clipped from a Website. Now, however, I find search terms highlighted in every note in which they are found! Apparently all that is consistent is the inconsistency.

[jefito 5,589]

13 hours ago, Dave-in-Decatur said:

Apparently all that is consistent is the inconsistency.

Indeed  

[Heather Clark 2]

14 hours ago, Dave-in-Decatur said:

Apparently all that is consistent is the inconsistency.

Agreed! Because now it is randomly highlighting the search term, but never in the first note in the search results. Ugh.

[scottedwards2000 0]

Still having this behavior guys?  I just noticed it happening on Win 7 here...

[Ewest82 0]

This is still an unresolved problem.  Does anyone at Evernote listen to what people use or want?

I had not been able to update the app for several years due being a company computer.  Now that I have the latest and worst version, I can't imagine ever paying for premium.  Why software companies continue to remove useful functionality, and/or introduce needless steps to get to the same places, I'll never understand.

Anyone found a similar application worth trying out?

[PinkElephant 8,115]

You are posting in the subforum for the legacy Windows client.

If you mean that client, and the problem is still there, it will continue to be there until this client stops working one day. The legacy clients are deprecated, no more changes, even no bugfixes. When they fall, that’s it.