war_ga 2 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 I am revisiting using Evernote due to my testing of an online GTD application's (IQTEL) integration with EN.I have previously relied on OneNote.For the life of me I am missing the inclusion of sections within the structure of Notebook / Section / Pages. I would use this to set up items like Projects / Name / Individual items.Does anyone else who converted over from ON struggle with the lack of this level of organization? Link to comment
Level 5* gazumped 12,021 Posted January 17, 2013 Level 5* Share Posted January 17, 2013 I was never a OneNote power user, but are you talking about 'folders' or something analagous to them? There's a lot of debate in the forums about folder hierarchy -vs- tags, and while some seem to hiccup over this at one time or another, tags allow you to type a note and then assign it to whichever section you'd like. There is also the option to set up a stack of notebooks, so if necessary each notebook in the stack could be a separate 'section' holder. It achieves the same result through different means. I think. Link to comment
war_ga 2 Posted January 18, 2013 Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 Another example is I have a OneNote Notebook titled "Reports". Within the notebook are "sections" listed on tabs at the top with the name of each report. Down the right side are tabs "pages" with dates for each report. Evernote seems to be be set up to create one one notebook entitled reports in which you dump 15 different reports with up to 52 different pages. You can't really scroll down to the report you want to see. Link to comment
BurgersNFries 2,407 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Another example is I have a OneNote Notebook titled "Reports". Within the notebook are "sections" listed on tabs at the top with the name of each report. Down the right side are tabs "pages" with dates for each report. Evernote seems to be be set up to create one one notebook entitled reports in which you dump 15 different reports with up to 52 different pages. You can't really scroll down to the report you want to see.Please search the board on tags vs sub notebooks/folders. As Gaz mentioned, this has been discussed a lot already. In a nutshell, between using tags, notebooks, stacks, keywords & descriptive titles, it's VERY easy to filter for the notes you are looking for. Link to comment
thommango 8 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 +1. I miss this feature from my OneNote days. Although there are ways of using tags etc which can help, I like to organize information spatially. It's not just about being organized, it's about creating meaning from information. Spatial organization helps me bring meaning to notes. EN does a great job of helping me capture and find info, but I wish EN did a better job of helping me create meaning out of my notes. Spatial organization is one thing that would help. Other features that would help are:Enabling me to make mindmaps in notesEnabling me to start typing anywhere on a pageQuick drawing tools Link to comment
Level 5* jefito 5,598 Posted June 24, 2014 Level 5* Share Posted June 24, 2014 You should check out some of the 3rd-party application that work with Evernote. They might suit these types of needs.* Evernote App Center* Evernote 3rd-Party Application forum Link to comment
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