![]() The whole question of suggested tags, automatically changing dates and flagging duplicates though fills me with horror. I think it's a general-purpose tool that users can employ however they wish - including, obviously, PDF archive. (DnD means I can still open the email in my mail client and then forward or reply to it.)Įvernote also runs my GTD lists, my reminder system and acts as a library of possibly useful information - like the 'Road trips' notebook where I save clips and forward emails related to (surprise) possible road trips to interesting places. I'll BCC or forward a 'sent' copy of outgoing emails to my database, and copy or drag-n-drop replies into my notes. ![]() I clip web pages, blog posts and general interest items about LR processes and workflows to help me better learn how to use it.Īnd emails - I use Gmail and Outlook mails, and apart from the spam which gets deleted, and the newsletters which get read - then deleted, my email history is in Evernote. I keep my images on an external hard drive (with backups) but Lightroom is (sorry Adobe) still a huge amorphous blob of menus and capabilities, complicated by updates. (Outputs to images and PDF files are also possible for purely view usage) It's a question of using Evernote to the best advantage - which can be a very individual measure.įorinstance my mind maps are attached to notes because that makes them available wherever I can access the internet, and have a local mind map client on which to run them. I totally agree that other apps are sometimes better for processing individual tasks, and I still use mind maps, post-process digital images, and send emails using other software. The creation date I adjust because I want to be able to have the results ordered by "real date", but maybe I'm overdoing it here.Īs to the original question "are there relevant use cases beyond a PDF archive", I'd say the answer is a resounding 'yes'. I also use full text search in combination with tags quite a bit. With my tags I can almost always bring it down to a list that is quickly scanned by the eye. The reason I'm not relying on full text search too much is that I don't believe in folders (>95 % of my Evernote documents are in one folder) and I do sometimes look for stuff where I don't even remember the name. I agree that tagging, creating a good title and adjusting the creation date is not too much work, especially if there are only new documents coming in and you process them regularly (I do it semi-daily). This would, however, be based on all documents in the library and therefore couldn't be done by the scanner software.Īnd this would certainly meet the expectations of the customer who wants to be delighted □ It doesn't seem to be too hard to apply this to "train" the software to extract metadata from the document (scanned or received electronically). Regarding "intelligently" assisting with tags and other metadata: How can Evernote even survive without providing the best thinkable support for people who want to go thanks for the insights. Although, I must admit, even I occasionally enter a note □ Maybe I'm mistaken and there are actually relevant use cases beyond a PDF archive, but I strongly doubt it. Identify duplicates (during adding a document and also in the library) Making the change of "date created" easier and not harder (which they did some time ago, to my dismay)Įven maybe automatically capture the creation date from the document Some sort of suggestion of tags based on the contents of the document and other already tagged documents in the library To name a few improvements that anyone using it in a similar way (and I can't think of much else it could be useful for): I've always been hoping Evernote would understand its destiny (which is a PDF archive for people who go paperless) and subsequently put an emphasis on features, that support this kind of usage. Everything else goes right into my Fujitsu Scansnap and then straight to the shredder. The only documents I still have in paper format are the ones where you are required to keep the original. I've been using Evernote since its beginning and have gone paperless with it.
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