Mike P
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I think this was always an option in the legacy version and I personally would not want the option. If you slect a tag with child tags using the sidebar it selects all the child tags as your screencast shows and looks for notes which contain every tag. I can't see why anybody would want to add every single child tag to a note. The only way of selecting notes containing any of a list of tags is using the search syntax. If I choose one of my top level tags which has hundreds of sub tags I get this screen when all I wanted was to search on just the top level tag. There are ways of doing that through the main tags or filter menus but old habits die hard.
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The simplest way of doing it is: Start in the notebook you want to search Click in the search bar (or alt-ctrl-F provided your focus is on a note in the note list) Immediately below the bar you will see the name of the notebook in very faint grey and "add filter" Click add filter and then you are good to go. Other filters which are relevant to the notebook appear and you can add text into the search bar. After you have done the search you can refine it further with the filter menu if yoou choose The one thing to remember is that you cannot add what EN considers to be a filter after you have added the search text using the search bar. You can only add them using the filter menu from the filter icon. This doesn't help for notebooks because that is the one filter that doesn't appear in the filter menu.
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Yes I'm having all sorts of problems getting anything out of EN. You can't copy and paste files or images and you can't drag and drop as you say. My best workaround is to drag and drop to the desktop and then drag and drop from the desktop into the other application. Consistent with the EN design philosophy of "why do it in one click when you can do it in three".
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v10.1 not downloading...
Mike P replied to agsteele's question in Evernote for Windows Requests (Versions 10.0 and above)
I gave up and downloaded it directly as well. The announcement did say it was being rolled out so I guess we are just low priority. While we know that Yorkshire is the centre of the known universe EN haven't caught on yet 🙂 -
Lost notes in update
Mike P replied to killerapple's topic in Evernote for Windows Issues (Versions 10.0 and above)
I would check the web version of EN because that should be an accurate reflection of what is on the server. -
Search functionality
Mike P replied to Tim Kowal (b)'s topic in Evernote for Windows Issues (Versions 10.0 and above)
The way that "search" and "filter" interact is confusing until you get used to it. There is an added complication in your workflow because if you have a nested hierarchy of tags selecting a tag in the sidebar slects that tag and all the child tags. So it only finds notes tagged with the parent and all the children. The key principle is start with search and filter from within search or use the filter menu later. There are two approaches that would give you what you want. I'm going to search for the text "issues" in notes tagged $current 1. Just use search When you search you need to approach it in the order "filters" and then text. In this case I need to add a filter for the $current tag. I start typing $current and the tag comes up in the search results within the search box Clicking the filter then gives me: I've now got a list of other relevant filters which I could also add if I want to. There is no option to filter for notes containing pdfs for example, because there are no notes tagged with $current that contain pdfs Now I can add the text ("issues") and my final result is: 2. Search then filter You can search for the text first and then use the filter menu to narrow down your search Unfortunaely I get the complete tag hierarchy not just the relevant tags. I can search for the tag within the hierarchy if I want to or just browse. In the end I get exactly the same result. As @DTLow says you can always use the advanced search syntax but you don't have to in this case. There are a few cases where you do need the search syntax particularly if you want to find notes with any of a list of tags (rather than all). It's also annoying that you cannot save a search constructed using filter even if it does exactly the same thing as one constructed using search. -
I think the suggestion might have been about a table of contents within a note that will navigate to different sections of the note. This has been asked for in the past and personally I think it would be really useful. It is currently easier to have several shorter notes linked together via a TOC note rather than one long note. That works well unless you need to share or print all the notes.
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[Feature Released in Version 10.6] Restore Share Notes via Email
Mike P replied to WJayB's question in Desktop Answers/Solutions Archive
If you use the share system does the other user need to have an EN account? If they do then EN already has their email address. If they don't then you are absolutely right. I've only really shared notebooks with other EN users or made non-confidential notes available to anybody with the link (and then you don't need an EN a/c) -
save a search based on tags filters
Mike P replied to Claudiofpiga's question in Evernote for Windows Requests (Versions 10.0 and above)
You cannot save a "search" created solely with the filter menu. I'd love somebody from EN to explain why not. Three possible workarounds. 1. Search for everything by searching for * in the search box. Then you can add filters from the filter menu 2. Start with a search. You can add tag filters using the filter menu later if you want to but EN has to believe it's a search not a filter to save it. You can add tags from the search menu as well but you need to know their names as you don't get the hierarchy. 3. Use the advanced search syntax Play with the search and see what comes up. When you get used to it it actually works quite well. -
Refreshing a search
Mike P posted an idea in Evernote for Windows Requests (Versions 10.0 and above)
In the legacy version I search and get a list of notes. If I update one of the notes e,g remove a tag that is in the search criteria the note immediately disappers from the view. Awesome behaviour! In the new version we have two issues: 1. When I make the change it takes some time for the changes to be reflected on the server and hence in the search. This is much faster than it was but is still a significant delay 2. You cannot easily refresh the search. It doesn't happen dynamically like in the legacy version. You have to go back to all notes and then either construct the search again or if it is saved click the saved search. A simple refresh the search button would make this alot easier. -
Send To Evernote (Windows 10)
Mike P replied to jdnunn's question in Evernote for Windows Requests (Versions 10.0 and above)
Send to EN has for me always a bit odd, appearing and disappearing with different versions of the legacy client. I now simply drag the file onto the note list which works for me. -
evernote use Too much space on C drive
Mike P replied to wafe's question in Evernote for Windows Requests (Versions 10.0 and above)
You could try unclicking tools -> preferences -> save data at logout. I'm not sure whether the Windows version with no local caching currently gives you any advantages over the web version You can't! -
You need the main notebooks window NOT the sidebar. Click the notebook icon in the sidebar and a different window pops out. You can do everything you want from there including creating stacks. You can't drop and notebook on to another notebook but you can use the three dots menu for the notebook you want to add.
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It is a work around. When the hyperlinks issue was raised in the beta there was a statement by EN staff member @Austin G that they were looking into it. So it might reappear but don't hold your breath. If you have access to the beta forum the discussion is here:
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Devs: Post a full roadmap for users
Mike P replied to DMiddleton's question in Evernote for Windows Requests (Versions 10.0 and above)
I have no idea why you can not search or filter within a stack. If you are in All notes you might be lucky and the notebook is in the list (this is possibly based on recent use??) or you can add it with notebook:ABC. Easiest is definitely to get into the mentality of notebook -> "filter" -> text which obviously seems most logical to the developer. -
The work around (which I actually prefer because I can never remember the correct format) is to simply drag and drop a windows shortcut into the note. The shortcut can be to an individual file or a folder. Works like a dream (and works in the legacy version too).
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Devs: Post a full roadmap for users
Mike P replied to DMiddleton's question in Evernote for Windows Requests (Versions 10.0 and above)
On the filtering. You can select a notebook first and then just filter with the filter menu. It's very similar to the search you just can't add text.