jklmnopedia 5 Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Using tags to get around as Evernote is now borderlines on the nightmare. Maybe somebody can teach me something that I am missing and cannot find. Maybe there actually are already great highly-efficient ways to get around using tags. Maybe not. You tell me. I'm looking to improve my efficiency. Please help and/or make suggestions. Thanks! What I would like to see is the ability to drag'n'drop a tag from an open note to the search bar and thus quickly find all the other notes tagged with the same. Or using a right-click on that tag and finding in the context menu a fourth option that searches for notes tagged with the same.* Or the tags themselves are links that will pull up a search result with all the other notes tagged the same. Something has got to be better than having to scroll three miles through a long list of tags in the sidebar to get to my not too often used but not too rarely used work and zebra tags. *Or better still reveals a dropdown list of all the other notes tagged with the same. That is the one thing I really, really, really times infinity miss about TiddlyWiki, which had a plugin (or maybe it is built in now) that would allow this UI function. Hmm, maybe I am missing out on some keyboard shortcuts? There has to be some. It is the one program where I wear out my mouse. Like the keyboard shortcut to quickly pull up search and get typing. Ctrl-S? Nope. Ctrl-K? Nope, that's adding a hyperlink. Ctrl-F? Nope. It would be better too if I could remember to enter tag: before actually typing the tag. Even then that sort of blows for sloppy typers until Evernote's search bar has Chrome's omnibar's superior type handling capabilities. Also, is there a great power-users blog/site out there that has a treasure trove of tips on Evernote efficiency? Wading through textbooks on [insert subject that bores you here which for me just might be dryer lint] which sounds more fun than browsing through EN's Knowledge Base, which I imagine contains some of what I am after. Link to comment
Level 5* JMichaelTX 4,117 Posted July 31, 2015 Level 5* Share Posted July 31, 2015 In EN Win, Try SHIFT + Click on a tag in the Note header to set a filter for that tag. Can add as many as you like.Unfortunately EN Mac does NOT support this. Don't know if this is what you are looking for, but just in case:See The Benefit of Using Tags Link to comment
Level 5* FactMan 196 Posted July 31, 2015 Level 5* Share Posted July 31, 2015 Excellent tip. Works if you search in a single notebook first, open the note, then go to all notes. Instantly find all the notes that have that tag. Haven't tried the multiple tags... Link to comment
jklmnopedia 5 Posted July 31, 2015 Author Share Posted July 31, 2015 Ahh, thank you, JMichael. I've once again located -- and finally bookmarked -- the keyboard shortcuts KB page, giving it the honor of placement in my bookmarks bar until I learn my lesson! Since my post, I've perused Evernote's blog. Although I am surprised that the EN blog eschews the use of multiple tags it is much better than many corporate product blogs. It's wheat to chaff ratio looks good from my quick glance. The EN blog just might explain the dearth of Evernote fan sites that I thought I would run across on Google, so I'll have to set aside a day and browse the archives. Or rather the remnants of such (long abandoned) sites I figured I'd run across as I imagine they were quite popular in the mid- to late-2000s if ever. But nope, didn't really find any blogs primarily devoted to Evernote. Many, many productivity blogs, but that's not what I really need anymore. Just want to focus on becoming an EN power user. Link to comment
jklmnopedia 5 Posted July 31, 2015 Author Share Posted July 31, 2015 Oh, good post about tagging benefits. I'm a prolific tagger, using codes aplenty. Maybe Evernote has since posted this in their KB, I don't know, but maybe somebody else will find it helpful. I compiled the following list when I was trying to get the tags I use most often toward the top of the sidebar in the Tags section as well as when sorting notes by the tags column in list view as well as when creating a protocol for project notes that require a strict use of tags. It's a list that could be improved upon because I didn't go through the specially-accessed keyboard characters, but I didn't want to overcomplicate it for my purposes. Alphanumeric Sorting Order and Hierarchy (in Evernote*)! exclamation point " inches (double-quote) # pound $ dollar % percent & ampersand ( left parenthesis ) right parenthesis * asterisk . period / slash : colon ; semi-colon ? question @ at, around, about [ left bracket \ back slash ] right bracket ^ carat (insert) _ underscore ` grave accent { left brace | pipe } right brace ~ tilde + plus < less than = equals > greater than 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz*The single-quote or apostrophe is missing. At the time when I compiled this list, I was using the list for other programs, too. And using ' as a leading character caused strange, inconsistent results so I excluded it from my master list. Sorry, I've forgotten where it is sorted in Evernote. Link to comment
kilavos 11 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Using tags in Evernote is a never ending subject. One has to reflect and decide on(1) structure of tags(2) naming of tags(3) daily handling with favoritesI've been experimenting over the last 2 years with some thousands of notes, more than 200 tags, but less than 10 notebooks (I'm not a friend of many notebook for some reasons). I found many suggestions and discussions in this forum. My current approach is as follows:(1) structure of tags:I use a combination of categories and tags. Example:.WHEN periodic 2014 2015.WHAT .Evernote evernote forum evernote GDT evernote literature evernote syntax evernote tipps etc. .Project project 2015 companyABC subjectXYZ etc..WHO .Industry ind automotive ind electrical ind enginieering etc. .Company comp Microsoft comp Brother comp XYZ ect. .Media media Economist media National Geographic media Vogue media Time ect .Persons pers Amiot pers Tulusan etc. .WHERE .Country country Austria country France country Great Britain country USA etc. .City city London city Paris city New York etc.Words with leading . (or ! or @ or..) are categories only, which are not used as tags but to achieve a certain structure.(2) naming of tagsEvery tag begins with a leading word (or acronym) to characterise the catagory followed by a designator.The number of steps of this structure is of no importance: tags can be placed in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc. level.What is the benefit? When tagging a new note the input of e.g. "evern" shows a list of all tags which start with "evern", sorted alphanumerically . Same happens when searching... That means a very "short" access to the tags. No need to keep all tags in mind but only the categories.(New categories and/or tags should be pigeon-holed into the tag structure daily (preferred) or weekly.)(3) daily handling with favorites 90% or more of daily work with Evernote I use favorites. Example of a favorite list:***INBOX*** =notebookwithout tags =saved search: -tag:*...periodic =tag (3 notes with daily, weekly, monthly tasks)...tasks -7 to + 1 =saved search: -remindertime:day+2 remindertime:day-7 todo:falsetasks act week =tag......date today + 1 =saved search: remindertime:day -remindertime:day+2date act week...project 2015 companyABC subjectXYZ =tagproject 2015 companyPLU subjectDFG =tag...Evernote syntax =tagetc.This list can be sectioned optically by notes with e.g. "------- Projects ----- in title and added to the favorite list. One benefit of the favorite list is that there is no sorting order - just move a favorite to any favored position.The favorites with dates and tasks have not to be modified (only the checkboxes or reminder dates in the notes themselves). Other favorites like projects can be removed when the project is finished (the tag is still alive!!). Or add a tag, saved search etc. to the favorite list whenever you need daily/frequently access to the notes associated. Sorting of the notes generally: creating date, descending In this philosophy there is no need to reflect (much) about alphanumeric sorting order and special characters for sorting effects. The combination of categories and tags consists of indexing exclusively with verbal exploitation, the tags have a fixed position in the classification. The tags only are connected to the notes in this model of two shells. The classification is not connected to the notes, but provides a (logical) structure for the tags. Therefore this structure can be modified and expanded without bothering the indexing and handling of the tags. Link to comment
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