JamesC 0 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 As a heavy Evernote user for 8+ years (paid), I relied a number of functionalities. I'm a writer. When I'm interviewing someone on the phone, even though the conversation is recorded, I'd like to make quick date/time stamp inserts with Ctrl + ; during especially beautiful phrases, so I could make sure I got them correct and in context. The shortcut has changed to the SUPER awkward for touch typist "shift - alt - D" (try doing that quickly with someone talking at 300 words a minute). BUT it gets better. This supposed date/time function only inserts the date and not the TIME which I desperately need. I won't go into the GUI, the bloated/slow search function, and my other issues. HOW DO I GET A QUICK KEYBOARD TIME INSERT BACK? This, seriously, could be a deal breaker. I can go to Google Keep for mediocre but FREE note keeping. Oh, and the "higher than usual volume" BS from the support ticket is as believable as zero calorie cheesecake. 10-12 days is absurd. Link to comment
Level 5* gazumped 12,057 Posted December 1, 2020 Level 5* Share Posted December 1, 2020 Hi. Revert to the Legacy version, which is what you were used to before the 'upgrade'? https://help.evernote.com/hc/en-us/articles/360052560314-Install-an-older-version-of-Evernote Link to comment
Solution Mike P 2,966 Posted December 2, 2020 Solution Share Posted December 2, 2020 16 hours ago, JamesC said: HOW DO I GET A QUICK KEYBOARD TIME INSERT BACK? EN have separated the ability to add the date and time into two separate short cuts. As you rightly say you can add the date with alt-shift-D. You can add the current time with ctrl-shift-D 3 2 Link to comment
Level 5* DTLow 5,744 Posted December 2, 2020 Level 5* Share Posted December 2, 2020 18 hours ago, JamesC said: HOW DO I GET A QUICK KEYBOARD TIME INSERT BACK? As @gazumped mentioned, the Legacy product is still available Personally, I use a script utility; it inserts a timestamp in my preferred format Link to comment
HeBoIz 247 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 1 hour ago, DTLow said: Personally, I use a script utility; it inserts a timestamp in my preferred format That is what I personally do and prefer as well, no matter what app, product or device I'am working in/with. (script-like text-snippets with TextExpander-APP-keyboard on iOS or "hotstrings" for different timestamp-formats with autohotkey in windows-applications and web-browsers with windows...). Everywhere the same easy to access date-strings with - in my case - a phrase like "dter" for "date-reverse" fomatted like "2020-12-02". Works well, easy to remember and speeds up typing. 1 Link to comment
JamesC 0 Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 @Mike P Thank you, thank you, thank you. EN has not updated their knowledgebase with that instruction, and all I've received from EN so far is a form letter telling me to download the fix for their behemoth blunder. @DTLow&@HeBoIz I don't know why it never dawned on me to look for a script solution that's universal. I think I've become too comfortable with MS's built in shortcuts that are mostly adequate. Thanks for the suggestion! Link to comment
Mike P 2,966 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 5 minutes ago, JamesC said: Thank you, thank you, thank you. EN has not updated their knowledgebase with that instruction, You are welcome. The keyboard shortcuts page in the knowledgebase is a disgrace. It is full of omissions, errors and things that simply do not work. Link to comment
HeBoIz 247 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 No worries, mate. 😉 An Autohotkey hotstring for expanding Date time (dtm) like "2020-12-02 20:20" could look e.g. as follows: :C*:dtm:: FormatTime, MyDateTime, today, yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm Send %MyDateTime% Return Link to comment
simonparkerdublin 12 Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 Aha! After staring at the help page for a while, and extrapolating from the Mac guidance, I found the shortcut that inserts the time of day in the Windows editor: Ctrl-Shift-D It's an annoyance that Ctrl-; doesn't work any more, but on the other hand I can now insert time without date. I'll live with it for now. Meanwhile, Evernote: please add this missing information to the knowledgebase! Link to comment
Level 5* DTLow 5,744 Posted December 3, 2020 Level 5* Share Posted December 3, 2020 29 minutes ago, simonparkerdublin said: I found the shortcut that inserts the time of day in the Windows editor: Ctrl-Shift-D Meanwhile, Evernote: please add this missing information to the knowledgebase! https://help.evernote.com/hc/en-us/articles/209004807-Keyboard-shortcuts-in-Evernote-for-Windowshttps://help.evernote.com/hc/en-us/articles/208313358-Keyboard-shortcuts-in-Evernote-for-Mac The Windows documentation needs to be updated; no reference to time insert 2 Link to comment
simonparkerdublin 12 Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 ...and here: How to add date and time stamps to your notes – Evernote Help & Learning 1 Link to comment
simonparkerdublin 12 Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 On 12/3/2020 at 11:39 AM, simonparkerdublin said: Aha! After staring at the help page for a while, and extrapolating from the Mac guidance, I found the shortcut that inserts the time of day in the Windows editor: Ctrl-Shift-D It's an annoyance that Ctrl-; doesn't work any more, but on the other hand I can now insert time without date. I'll live with it for now. Meanwhile, Evernote: please add this missing information to the knowledgebase! Grrr... Since I upgraded to 10.6.9 none of the editing keystrokes work! Not only date and time, but even bold and strikethrough have gone. What's the story, Evernote? Link to comment
Mike P 2,966 Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 2 hours ago, simonparkerdublin said: Grrr... Since I upgraded to 10.6.9 none of the editing keystrokes work! Not only date and time, but even bold and strikethrough have gone. What's the story, Evernote? Not sure this explains the date and time issue but it does the other shortcuts you are missing Link to comment
KShort 0 Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Autohotkey solution that mimics the Ctrl + ; ^;:: FormatTime, MyDateTime, today, yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm tt Send %MyDateTime% Return The first row is a carat, then a semicolon, then two colons building off of @HeBolz Link to comment
Richard V. 0 Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 I just started using Evernote 2 months ago and I can't believe they don't have this as a menu item. I'm considering going back to Word. Link to comment
Evernote Expert agsteele 3,059 Posted April 25, 2022 Evernote Expert Share Posted April 25, 2022 4 minutes ago, Richard V. said: I just started using Evernote 2 months ago and I can't believe they don't have this as a menu item. I'm considering going back to Word. The Windows keyboard shortcuts are Alt+Shift+D for date and Ctrl+Shift+D for time. You'll find this detailed in the Keyboard Shortcuts menu or type Ctrl+/ Link to comment
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