Martinnel 0 Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 I often paste things from other documents or from websites. Often the formatting changes when it lands in Evernote. I get that. But I don't seem to be able to clean it up. For example, I used web clipper to copy a recipe as a simplified article. When I open it in Evernote, the leading above the first line of text (below the title) is equivalent to about five line returns. A smaller gap appears later. In the first case, I can find no way to eliminate this gap. Neither typing delete (forward or backward), Simplify Formatting nor Make Plain Text resolve the issue. In the latter case, I can hit delete, which brings the text up to the next line and then hit return and the space jumps down one row, but does not disappear. I think what I would like is something more complete than Simplify Formatting. I'd hate to lose line returns, but something that deletes all other formatting would be great. Am I missing something? Martin Link to comment
OMNIZEN 86 Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Try in web clipper switching the type to simple article. If your having issues still simplifying formatting And doing some cleaning up will do the job. Most note taking apps don’t do a good job of clipping. Evernote from my experience is the best but nothing is perfect either Link to comment
Martinnel 0 Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 Omnizen I'm sorry, I wrote 'simplified article' when I should have written 'simple article.' I've done that and attempted to clean up, but still there are some formatting elements that often simply won't go away. I understand no application is perfect; I'm simply trying to find a way to clean up. Martin Link to comment
Level 5* gazumped 11,474 Posted September 10, 2018 Level 5* Share Posted September 10, 2018 One of Evernote's problems (I think) is converting HTML into its own bespoke note formatting version. I find problem pages copied into Word first, then re-copy/ pasted into Evernote look better. YMMV. Link to comment
Martinnel 0 Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 Thanks Gazumped, pasting first into Word does seem to help. Of course, I'd prefer to not have to take that step, but it does seem to be a successful workaround. Martin Link to comment
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