How to effectively use the search string in Evernote
We recommend saving a variety of things in Evernote — checks, labels, meeting notes, recipes. At the same time, our approach to storing this information is not quite common. We do not force users to create or master a ready-made structure or methodology for storing data, as we try to make working with the service as comfortable as possible. Everyone uses their usual approach to organizing notes in Evernote, but no matter how you systematize your data, you always have the opportunity to easily find them, and in several ways. Below we will discuss how to effectively use the search box in Evernote to quickly navigate through your external memory.
If you put something in Evernote, you can always find it later. Next, we will tell you more about several search options for notebooks and notes, including both simple and more advanced options. Please note that the tips described below work for all versions of Evernote, including iPhone, Mac, Windows, web client, Android, iPad, etc.
“I remember exactly what I want to find.”
When you know exactly what you are looking for, and are sure that you saved this information in Evernote (for example, the route for a trip to New York, which was sent to your account by mail, adding “trip” and “New York "), You just need to enter a few keywords related to this note in the search box, and the note will immediately be found. Recall that Evernote can search for text even within images. When you use the application on a computer, you can still search by attributes such as the date the note was created or last modified, and also by the type of data (for notes that contain images, audio recordings, and attachments).
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If you are familiar with the language of Evernote search queries, you can use some of its operators when searching:
“I’m about to imagine what I want to find.”
For example, you remember how you visited a restaurant a month ago, took a picture of the menu and saved it to your Evernote account. You also remember that they are preparing very tasty black cod, and now you have a need to find out the name of the restaurant in order to recommend it to a friend. You can try to find the necessary information on the request of “black cod” in the search line or on notes with a specific creation date and properties (for this, in the Attributes menu, select Contains: images). Some of the Evernote mobile apps also allow you to find a restaurant on a map using GPS location data that is assigned to notes made from mobile devices.
In this situation, you can use the following query language operators:
When working at a computer, you always have the opportunity to go to the search with the appropriate keyboard shortcut. The Mac version uses the default Ctrl + Cmd + F combination. For Windows - Win + Shift + F.
All periodically there is a need to quickly get some data. These can be routes, a recipe, a phone number, or meeting notes. The beauty of Evernote search is that the service is an effective helper of your own memory. You enter only that part of the information that you remember - the name of the city for which you need a route, the ingredient of the recipe, the name of the person you want to call or keywords on the subject of the meeting - and Evernote narrows the circle of notes to a few pieces that contain the corresponding word or phrase . And at this stage your own memory is also connected, which helps you to find a specific note visually, by a quick look at what you find. This is especially useful when you are very close to remembering a thing, and you need only a small tip, a push, for this to happen.
Tip: Do you have to-do lists in Evernote? You can quickly find them using the
Remember everything
If you put something in Evernote, you can always find it later. Next, we will tell you more about several search options for notebooks and notes, including both simple and more advanced options. Please note that the tips described below work for all versions of Evernote, including iPhone, Mac, Windows, web client, Android, iPad, etc.
Two main search situations
“I remember exactly what I want to find.”
When you know exactly what you are looking for, and are sure that you saved this information in Evernote (for example, the route for a trip to New York, which was sent to your account by mail, adding “trip” and “New York "), You just need to enter a few keywords related to this note in the search box, and the note will immediately be found. Recall that Evernote can search for text even within images. When you use the application on a computer, you can still search by attributes such as the date the note was created or last modified, and also by the type of data (for notes that contain images, audio recordings, and attachments).
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If you are familiar with the language of Evernote search queries, you can use some of its operators when searching:
notebook:” ”- Search for notes stored in a specific notebook (for example,notebook:). Note that there should be no space after the colon. Quotation marks around the name are needed only if the name consists of several words.any:prefixany:- The search results will display notes that contain at least one of the words entered after any:. (so, if you queryany: New York, all the notes that contain the word “new” or “york” will be found, while a similar query without any: will output only those notes where there are both words). The prefixany:can be located only at the beginning of a search query.tag:- Search by specified tags (for example,tag:).
“I’m about to imagine what I want to find.”
For example, you remember how you visited a restaurant a month ago, took a picture of the menu and saved it to your Evernote account. You also remember that they are preparing very tasty black cod, and now you have a need to find out the name of the restaurant in order to recommend it to a friend. You can try to find the necessary information on the request of “black cod” in the search line or on notes with a specific creation date and properties (for this, in the Attributes menu, select Contains: images). Some of the Evernote mobile apps also allow you to find a restaurant on a map using GPS location data that is assigned to notes made from mobile devices.
In this situation, you can use the following query language operators:
created:[]- Search for notes by creation date, specified in the format YYYYMMDD. You can also specify a time period (for example,day-30will display all notes created in the last 30 days).intitle:- Search the headings of notes (For example, when you queryintitle:and the results will appear a note called “French restaurant”).resource:image/*- Search only for those notes that contain images.
When working at a computer, you always have the opportunity to go to the search with the appropriate keyboard shortcut. The Mac version uses the default Ctrl + Cmd + F combination. For Windows - Win + Shift + F.
Quick memories
All periodically there is a need to quickly get some data. These can be routes, a recipe, a phone number, or meeting notes. The beauty of Evernote search is that the service is an effective helper of your own memory. You enter only that part of the information that you remember - the name of the city for which you need a route, the ingredient of the recipe, the name of the person you want to call or keywords on the subject of the meeting - and Evernote narrows the circle of notes to a few pieces that contain the corresponding word or phrase . And at this stage your own memory is also connected, which helps you to find a specific note visually, by a quick look at what you find. This is especially useful when you are very close to remembering a thing, and you need only a small tip, a push, for this to happen.
Tip: Do you have to-do lists in Evernote? You can quickly find them using the
todo:* query in the search box, which will show in the search results all notes containing items with checkboxes.Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/123116/
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