What's New in Evernote 5.0 for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch

Evernote 5.0 introduces a number of new features and improvements that make the Evernote experience better than ever.

• New Home Screen: Capture notes with Quick Notes buttons, and easily view everything in your Evernote account with an improved UI, featuring All Notes, Notebooks, Tags and Places views
• Quick Notes Buttons: Start creating a new note by capturing text, photos, or a page from your Evernote Smart Notebook
• Places: Browse your notes by location on a fully interactive map
• Page Camera: Capture crystal-clear notes from your Evernote Smart Notebook, as well as normal paper notes, receipts, business cards and more
• Notebook Stacks: View Notebook Stacks created with the Evernote desktop client
• Recent Notes (iPad only): view and open your ten most recently viewed notes from the Home Screen

Create Your Evernote Account

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Free Account
Anyone can create an Evernote account for free. Free accounts include the core Evernote features covered in this Getting Started Guide and more.

Evernote Premium
Evernote Premium offers many great additional features that let you get more out of Evernote, and is available for a monthly or yearly subscription. To learn more about everything that Evernote Premium has to offer, check out our Evernote Premium page.

Get Evernote for All Your Devices

Evernote is available for just about every device and platform, including smartphones, computers and on the Web, making it easy to remember everything and access it anytime, anywhere.

To download Evernote, visit the Evernote product page.

Evernote is available for all of the following:

Mobile

• iPhone
• iPad
• iPod Touch
• Windows Phone
• Windows 8
• Android
• BlackBerry
• WebOS

Desktop

• Mac OS X
• Windows Desktop

1. Views: Easily browse the memories in your Evernote account with views:
   • All Notes: Displays all of the notes in your Evernote account, with the most recently updated notes shown first. Learn more
   • Notebooks: Displays all of the notebooks and Notebook Stacks in your Evernote account. Tap any notebook to view the notes it contains. Learn more
   • Tags: View a sortable list of all the tags currently used in your Evernote account. Tap any tag to view all of the notes associated with it. Learn more
   • Places: Navigate and view your notes by location on a fully interactive map. Learn more
   • Go Premium/Premium Features: Find out more about the benefits of Evernote Premium and subscribe in-app. For current Evernote Premium users, access your Offline Notebooks, change your Evernote Premium subscription settings, and more. Learn more
2. Quick Notes buttons: Capture text, photos, and Evernote Smart Notebook pages with the push of a button. Learn more
3. Account Info button: Manage your account settings, manually sync your Evernote account, view your Evernote email address, and more
4. Sync button: Manually sync your Evernote account. Evernote automatically syncs any time you change any of the content in your account, so using this button is optional. Sync ensures that everything in your Evernote account is available anytime and anywhere that you have access to Evernote, including on your phone, tablet, computer and on the Web. Learn more
5. Recent Notes (iPad only): Quickly access your 10 most recently viewed notes. Learn more

Creating a New Note

Once created, your note will automatically be saved to Evernote and synced across all your devices.

Quick Note Buttons

The Quick Note buttons on the Home Screen make creating a new note fast and easy. The following options are available:

• Create Note: Tap to open a new blank note in the Note Editor
• Capture Photo: Tap to capture a photo using your device's normal or front-facing camera. Once you have captured a photo, you will be taken to the Note Editor. Your photo will be attached to the note
• Capture with Page Camera: Tap to use the Page Camera feature to capture a page from an Evernote Smart Notebook. The Page Camera can also be used to capture images of regular paper notebooks, receipts, business cards, and more. Once you have captured an image, you will be taken to the Note Editor, and your captured image will be attached to the note. Learn more about the Evernote Smart Notebook by Moleskine

From the Note List

To create a new note from the Note List, do the following:

1. Open the Note List by either tapping the All notes view on the Home Screen, or tapping any notebook in the Notebooks view
2. Tap the button in the top-right corner of the Note List. A new blank note will be opened in the Note Editor

Adding Attachments

Just about anything can be attached to a note, including files, images and audio. To add an attachment, tap the note to open it in the Note Editor, then tap any of the following icons, located in the top-right corner:

iPhone & iPod Touch

• New/Existing Photo: Tap to attach a photo to a note. An option menu will be displayed. Tap Take Photo to activate your device's camera and snap a photo as you normally would, or tap Choose Existing to choose an existing photo from your Camera Roll. Once you have captured a photo it will be attached to the note, and you will be returned to the Note Editor
• New Audio Clip: Tap to begin recording a new audio clip. Once you have captured your audio clip it will be attached to the note, and you will be returned to the Note Editor

iPad

• New Photo: Tap to activate your device's camera and snap a photo as you normally would. Once you have captured a photo it will be attached to the note, and you will be returned to the Note Editor
• Photo from Camera Roll: Tap to open your device's Camera Roll, then select a photo to attach
• New Audio Clip: Tap to begin recording a new audio clip. Once you have captured your audio clip it will be attached to the note, and you will be returned to the Note Editor

Formatting Text

To format text in a note, use any of the formatting tools as you would in a normal word processor:

iPhone & iPod Touch
To open the formatting toolbar on your iPhone or iPod touch, tap the Formatting toolbar icon above the keyboard.

1. Text Styles Tools: Tap to change the text style, including bold, italicize, underscore, strike through, and highlight
2. List Tools: Tap to create bulleted and numbered lists, or to insert a checkbox
3. Indent Tools: Tap to indent the current line of text
4. Insert Link Tool: Tap to insert a text hyperlink
5. Simplified Formatting Tool: Tap to simply text formatting or convert the selected text to plain text
6. Paragraph Style Tools: Select a block of text, then tap any of the options to apply pre-defined format settings to it

iPad

1. Text Style Tools: Tap to change the text style, including bold, italicize, underscore, strike out, and highlight
2. Insert Link Tool: Tap to insert a text hyperlink
3. Paragraph Style/Simplified Formatting Tools: Select a block of text, tap the icon on the left, then tap any of the options to apply pre-defined format settings to it, or tap the icon on the right, then tap one of the options to simply the text formatting
4. List Tools: Tap to create bulleted and numbered lists, or to insert a checkbox
5. Indent Tools: Tap to indent the current line of text

Editing a Note

To edit the contents of a note, tap it in the Note List to display its contents in the Note Editor, then tap anywhere in the body of the note to make edits.

Using Reminders

Reminders are a great way to keep track of notes that contain time-sensitive information, or that you need in order to accomplish tasks.

Setting a Reminder

To set a Reminder for a note, do the following:

1. Set a Reminder for any note by opening the note and tapping the Reminder icon.
2. Reminders appear in a To-do List at the top of your Note List, where they can be sorted, ordered, edited and more.
3. To add a due date to the Reminder, tap Notify Me in the confirmation box, then select a date and time for the Reminder.
4. To view the To-do list of Reminders, tap the Reminder icon at the top of the Note List.
5. To reorder the Reminders in your To-do List, tap the Edit button in the To-do List at the top of the Note List, then tap and drag the Reminder to a different spot in the list.
6. To mark a Reminder as completed, swipe it to the right in the To-do List.

Using Email Reminders

You can opt to receive emails on the day timed reminders are due.

To enable email reminders for specific notebooks, or to disable email reminders, tap your account name to open Evernote preferences, then tap the Reminders Settings menu.

Editing and Removing a Reminder

To edit or remove a Note Reminder, do the following:

1. Tap the clock icon at the lower-right of the Note Editor. An options dialog will be displayed.
2. To remove the Reminder, tap Clear Reminder.
3. To edit the due date of the Reminder, tap Change Date.

Deleting a Note

To delete a note, do the following:

1. View your notes as thumbnails or snippets in Note List view.
2. Swipe across the note and you will see a trash icon appear.
3. Tap the trash icon on the of the note(s) you want to delete. The note(s) will be moved to your Trash Notebook
4. To empty the trash and remove all notes, open the 'Trash' notebook and tap Delete All Notes.

Changing Note Details

To edit information about a note, tap the Note Info button in the top-right corner of the Note Editor. You can change a note's location details, tags, and what notebook it is saved in.

Automatic Sync

Your Evernote account is automatically synced across all of your devices whenever you make a change to your Evernote account, including any time you create or edit a note, or edit tags and notebooks.

Users with limited cellular data usage for their mobile device may want to sync only when their device is connected to a WiFi network. To do this, tap the Account info icon on the Home Screen, then toggle the Sync on WiFi only slider under Settings. This will disable syncing when connected using your cellular data connection.

Manual Sync

You can sync your Evernote account at any time by tapping the Sync button in the top-right corner of the Home Screen. Syncing manually is helpful when you want to immediately access content created on a different device, such as your computer.

All notes

To browse all the notes in your Evernote account, tap the All notes view on the Home Screen. The Note List will be displayed.

Notebooks

To view all the notebooks in your Evernote account, tap the Notebooks view on the Home Screen. To view all the notes in a notebook, tap it.

Your private notebooks will show the notebook name and the number of notes it contains

Shared Notebooks will looks similar to your own notebooks, but will also show the Shared Notebook icon. Joined Notebooks that others have shared with you will also display the Shared Notebook owner's Evernote username.

Notebook Stacks will have a white banner that displays the name of the Notebook Stack and the number of notebooks it contains. To view all of the notebooks in a Notebook Stack, tap it.

Tags

To view all of the tags in your Evernote account, tap the Tags view on the Home Screen. The Tag List will be displayed.

Tap any tag to view the notes associated with it in the Note List.

Places

Place lets you browse your notes based on where they were created. To open Places, tap the Places view on the Home Screen.

Map view
When you open the Places view the Places map will be displayed, with your notes represented by blue flags. To view your notes, tap any of the flags to zoom in automatically, or pinch and expand to zoom in and out on the map as you normally would.

Card view
To view cards of all the notes currently shown on the map, tap the Card view icon in the top-right corner. To open any notes, tap the card.

Favorites

With Evernote for iPhone & iPod Touch, any note can be designated a Favorite to give you quick access to your most frequently-accessed notes.

To view all of the notes you have designated as Favorites, tap the Notebooks view on the Home Screen, then tap the Favorites Notebook at the bottom of the Notebook List. To learn how to designate a note as a Favorite, go to Organize Notes.

Notebooks

Notebooks are the most common way of organizing notes in Evernote, and are commonly used to separate notes by category, location or purpose. For example, you might create one notebook called 'Work Notes' and one called 'Personal Notes' to keep these types of notes separate and easier to find.

All Evernote accounts have one default notebook that is automatically created when the account is created. By default, all new notes will be saved to your Evernote account's default notebook. To learn more about creating notes in a specific notebook, go to Create & Edit a Note.

Shared Notebooks can also be used to selectively allow others to see and edit the contents of your notebooks.

Creating a New Notebook
To create a new notebook with Evernote for your iPad, do the following:

1. On the Home Screen, tap the Notebooks view. The Notebook List will be displayed
2. Tap the New Notebook icon at the beginning of the Notebook List

3. Enter a name for your new notebook and tap the Save button. You can add notes to your new notebook immediately

To create a new notebook with Evernote for your iPhone or iPod Touch, do the following:

1. On the Home Screen, tap the Notebooks view. The Notebook List will be displayed
2. Tap the Edit button in the top-right corner of the screen
3. Tap the New Notebook button
4. Enter a name for your new notebook and tap the Done button. You can add notes to your new notebook immediately

Adding Notes to a Notebook
By default, all new notes will be saved to your Evernote account's default notebook. To learn more about creating notes in a specific notebook, go to Create & Edit a Note.

To add notes to a notebook, do the following:

1. Tap the note you want to move. The note will be displayed in the Note Editor
2. Tap the Note Info icon in the top-right corner of the Note Editor.
3. Tap Notebook. A list of all your notebooks will be displayed
4. Tap the notebook that you want to move the note to. Evernote will automatically save and sync the change

Deleting a Notebook
Please be aware that when a notebook is deleted, all the notes it contains will be moved to the Trash Notebook.

To delete a notebook, do the following:

1. On the Home Screen, tap the Notebooks view. The Notebook List will be displayed
2. Tap the Edit button in the top-right corner of the screen
3. Delete the notebook:
• iPhone & iPod Touch: Tap the Delete icon on the left side of the notebook you want to delete. A Delete button will be displayed. Tap the Delete button, then tap Yes to confirm
• iPad: Tap the notebook you want to delete, then tap the Delete button in the notebook Edit dialog
4. The notebook will be deleted and any notes in it will be moved to the Trash Notebook

Tags

Tags are an optional way to associate keywords to notes and improve searchability. One or more tags can be added when a note is created or at a later time. Common uses for tags include associating notes with categories, memories or locations.

To view all of the tags in your Evernote account, tap the Tags view On the Home Screen

Tagging a Note
To add a tag to a note, do the following:

1. Open a new or existing note
2. Tap the Note Info icon, located in the top-right corner of the Note Editor
3. Tap Tags. A list of all the tags in your Evernote account will be displayed
4. Tap the tag(s) you want to add
5. Tap anywhere outside of the list of tags to return to the Note Editor

Creating a New Tag
To create a new tag, do the following:

1. Open a new or existing note
2. Tap the Note Info icon, located in the top-right corner of the Note Editor
3. Tap Tags. A list of all the tags in your Evernote account will be displayed
4. Type your new tag into the Find or Create Tag field
5. Tap the + button to create the new tag
6. Select Done

Favorites

Favorites (available for iPhone & iPod Touch only) are the easy way to access your most frequently-used notes. To designate a note as a Favorite, do the following:

1. Tap the note you want to designate as a Favorite to open it in the Note Editor
2. Tap the Favorite icon to the left of the title of the note. The icon will turn blue
3. Tap the Done button to save your note
4. To view all of your Favorites, tap the Notebooks view on the Home Screen, then tap the Favorites Notebook at the bottom of the Notebook List

Document & PDF Search (Evernote Premium Feature)

Evernote Premium and Evernote Business subscribers may also search for typed and handwritten text inside the following attached file types:

• Scanned PDFs
• Documents (Microsoft Office, and iWork)
• Spreadsheets (Microsoft Office, and iWork)
• Presentations (Microsoft Office, and iWork)

Learn more about these and other great features of Evernote Premium and Evernote Business.

Shared Notes

To share a note, do the following:

1. On the Home Screen, tap the All notes view, or tap any notebook in the Notebooks view to open the Note List
2. Tap a note from the Note List to open it. The Note Editor will be displayed
3. Tap the Share icon and choose from any of the following:
   
   • Message: Tap to send a Public URL via the Message app for your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.
   • Twitter: Tap to tweet a Public URL of the note. You will be redirected to Twitter and asked to confirm that you want to post the tweet
   • Facebook: Tap to post a Public URL of the note to your Facebook wall. You will be redirected to Facebook and asked to confirm that you want to post the update
   • Print: Tap to print your note using a network-enabled printer
   • Copy: Tap to create a Public URL for your note. The URL will automatically be copied to your clipboard and can be shared with anyone
   • Mail: Tap to send the contents of the note as an email. The email address associated with your Evernote account will be shown as the sender
4. Please be aware that sharing via Message, Twitter, Facebook and Copy creates a Public URL that can be viewed by anyone that has the URL. To disable the URL, return to the Share menu, then tap Stop Sharing

Shared Notebooks

Shared Notebooks let you share your notebooks and the notes they contain with anyone, whether they are an Evernote user or not.

To turn a notebook into a Shared Notebook, do the following:

1. On the Home Screen, tap the Notebooks view. The Notebook List will be displayed
2. Tap the Share icon:
   • iPad: Tap the Edit button at the top-right of the Notebook List, then tap the notebook you want to share, followed by the Share icon
   • iPhone & iPod Touch: Tap the notebook you want to share to open the Note List, then tap the Share icon in the top-right corner of the Note List.
3. Tap one of the two sharing options from the notebook Sharing settings dialog:
   • Add People
     Allows you to share the notebook with specific Evernote users. Evernote Premium users can also allow others to edit their Shared Notebooks. Anyone that you invite must login to Evernote to view your Shared Notebook. If they do not have an Evernote account, they will be prompted to create one. You can modify who has access to your Shared Notebook any time by tapping the notebook's Share icon then tapping the Edit access button
   • Make public
     Creates a publicly accessible URL that can be accessed by anyone, including those who do not have Evernote. Please note that anyone with the Public Link will be able to view the entire contents of this notebook. You can disable a Public Link at anytime by tapping the notebook's Share icon, then tapping the Disable link button
4. The recipient of a shared notebook invitation will have the option to view Notebook (only look at contents in a web browser) or Join Notebook (add the Shared Notebook to their Evernote account). Users must Join Notebook to synchronize notes with their Evernote account and, if allowed, make edits or contribute notes to the notebook.

Evernote Web Clipper

The Evernote Web Clipper is a feature you install into your computer's internet browser to quickly save text, images, and full Web pages directly to your Evernote account. Notes created using the Web Clipper are automatically searchable and include the URL address they were clipped from. Learn more and download Evernote Web Clipper.

Evernote Trunk

Every day more than 15,000 developers worldwide are working to create and improve a wide variety of 3rd party apps, services, and products that help users get more out of Evernote. The Evernote Trunk is where users can browse these offerings, which include hardware, software, Evernote merchandise and more. To discover new apps and services that help you get more out of Evernote, take a look through the Evernote Trunk.

Evernote Premium

Evernote Premium offers increased storage, more features and improved functionality, so that you can get more out of Evernote. Some of the benefits of an Evernote Premium subscription include:

• Increased monthly upload allowance: Upload 1GB of data per month to your Evernote account
• Top priority support: Get answers to your questions even faster
• Editable Shared Notebooks: Allow others to edit the contents of your Shared Notebooks
• Searchable PDF Attachments: Search inside your scanned PDF documents
• Note History: view previous versions of notes

Monthly payment and annual payment subscriptions are available. To subscribe or learn more about the benefits and features of Evernote Premium, check out our Evernote Premium Page or from the Evernote app tap the Go Premium view on the Home Screen.

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