In July 2013, Fujitsu released a big software update for the ScanSnap iX500. The iX500 now supports wireless scanning to a Mac or Windows computer. This works well, but what if you have more than one computer that you’d like to scan to over Wi-Fi? You can switch between them, but it is not obvious […]
Continue readingMany people use Evernote for (surprise!) keeping notes, diaries, meeting logs, and other documents that have date-associated content. Did you know that Evernote has a quick keyboard shortcut to insert the current date? This video shows you how to do it on Mac and Windows, and how you can customize the format a little bit. […]
Continue readingA number of Windows-using DocumentSnap readers really like Lucion FileCenter for a document management system. There is a feature that is not very well known: the ability to set folders and drawers as Favorites. This can be really handy if there are certain locations that you tend to access frequently. This video shows you how […]
Continue readingIf there is one feature of Evernote that has been requested over and over, it is the ability to add reminders to notes. To this point, the concept of time has been missing from Evernote, and people have done backflips trying to come up with systems and methodologies to work around this. A new feature […]
Continue readingAside from possibly the web clipper, e-mailing notes into Evernote is one of the most used ways that I get stuff into Evernote. It is incredibly handy, especially on a mobile device. Many people don’t realize that Evernote gives you a special e-mail address that you can use to quickly send things to the service. […]
Continue readingThere are many, many ways to extract a page out of a PDF and create a new document from it. The other day I was speaking at a conference, and an awesome DocumentSnap reader asked me a question. I think I surprised her when I pulled a page out of one of my existing documents […]
Continue readingI had a question the other day from awesome DocumentSnap reader Marty. The question essentially was: “How the heck do you tag notes in the Evernote web interface?” I logged in to take a look, and I found that it isn’t super intuitive. So, I decided to make this video showing two different ways that […]
Continue readingWindows Search in newer versions of Microsoft Windows works pretty well, but sometimes it is may not be picking up files that you think it should, or perhaps you want to tell it not to search for some files or types of files. This video shows you how to control the Indexing Options for Windows […]
Continue readingIf you use Evernote, there may be some situations where you want to have multiple accounts. Maybe you have different family members sharing a computer, maybe you have a “Home” vs. “Work” account. Whatever the reason, it is very easy for Premium users to switch between accounts in both the Mac and Windows versions of […]
Continue readingI just returned from a trip, so I thought it would be a good time to record a short video showing how I capture receipts while on the road. I try to capture the receipts as soon as possible – sometimes even right there at the table. Then I let my app of choice organize […]
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