[iPad] How to copy a PDF file from one note to another more efficiently

[martinewski 12]

On my iPad I have a PDF inside a note. I need to transfer this PDF file to another note.

These are the simples methods iPadOS offer, which don't work in Evernote:

• Dragging from one note to the other
• Copying the file and pasting
• Using clipboard managers like Yoink
• Dragging from the note to the Files app (it exports the PDF as an HTML file with the wrong size) and dragging it back to the note

The only way I could make it work is saving the PDF to Files and then insert a new file on the new note. It's a very inefficient method.

[bmcl26 125]

46 minutes ago, martinewski said:

• Copying the file and pasting
• Using clipboard managers

Both of these work in Windows 11

[Boot17 514]

3 hours ago, martinewski said:

The only way I could make it work is saving the PDF to Files and then insert a new file on the new note. It's a very inefficient method.

Looks like if you select some text above (and/or below) with the pdf, then you can copy the pdf (and the text) and then paste into another note.

[gazumped 9,545]

...If duplicate works,  create copy of donor note,  delete non-PDF content and merge with another note or use copy as basis for new comments?

[PinkElephant 5,149]

No note merge on iPad, it uses the mobile client.

[Boot17 514]

On 12/1/2022 at 4:42 AM, martinewski said:

These are the simples methods iPadOS offer, which don't work in Evernote:

• Copying the file and pasting

Just wanted to note and make clear from my earlier comment that this method *does* work if you have a tiny bit of text selected above or below the pdf attachment as well.