A nice trick for creating tables in a note on Mac

[Extropy 68]

I just discovered a trick for making nice tables using Numbers and Evernote on a Mac:

1. Create a Numbers spreadsheet and lay the table out like you want it
   
2. Select the table cells or the whole table
   
3. cmd-c (copy)
   
4. In your note: cmd-v (paste)
   

The table will come in as an Evernote table with nice formatting - except for borders, for some reason, but still very useful.

Also, I save the original Numbers file in the note. If you open it from Evernote, it will update back to the same note when you close Numbers.

[JMichaelTX 4,117]

Curiously enough, I have found the MS Word makes the best tables for Evernote. When pasted into an EN Note, the table retains all of the Word formatting, including borders, cell/table autosize (fit to contents), etc.

[tardis 87]

I like to make tables in Markdown Pro and export the file as HTML. Nice neat, borderless tables.

Oh to be able to format on the fly in Markdown directly within Evernote.

[Extropy 68]

I just tried it with Pages - and it works even better! Borders are retained. When you say "cell/table autosize", does that also apply to the cell width? Copying and pasting from Pages, I get vertical autosize, but not horizontal.

[cngzhnaydin@gmail.com 1]

it work once a while ago (4-5 weeks)

but now it does not work.. is there something did i do wrong?

 

V 5.0.7 (400993)

[ascheiwe106 0]

I tried using Pages to format a table and copy and paste it into a note.  None of the formatting for the table came through, only the text.  I then converted my document to a PDF and copied all of the text and table in the PDF and pasted it into the note.  Everything pasted over seemlessly from the PDF.  I am able to edit the text in the table.  The table seems to autosize and I'm not able to click on a "cell" or table border to edit.

[broth1967 0]

@cngzhnaydin and ascheiwe, I'm having the same problem. I've been creating spreadsheets in Numbers (with shading, sorting, and other formatting) for some time and copying/pasting them into EN so that I can still enter data--I was racking my brain trying to figure out what I was doing wrong, I am glad that I am not alone in the this change/bug with the current version on EN.

[cngzhnaydin@gmail.com 1]

 i just did a downgrade to 5.0.6 (400960) version (not an app store version) and it seem works : )

[broth1967 0]

cngzhnaydin thank you for the advice. It's been a serious hassle not to have this functionality. Looking forward to using 5.0.6

[broth1967 0]

new EN update looks cool, but hasn't fixed our problem. bummer

[bonster713 14]

Same here, but I took the whole spreadsheet into OpenOffice and then to Evernote - and it worked great! OpenOffice is free, so you can just nab it from www.openoffice.com.

[Russ K. 0]

Am I somehow doing something wrong, or does this simple technique not work with Numbers 3.0.1?  All I get in the note is rows of plain text from cmd-v or Edit->Paste.

[stephanebg 5]

For me, it does not work with Pages and Numbers, but it works with Word.

[Arpan Shah 0]

Thanks for sharing amazing tips but now you can directly create tables in notes app on mac if  it running under high sierra.