You’re reading a PDF and you think: I wonder what font they are using? If you own the software, you can find out which fonts are in a PDF using Adobe Acrobat. If you don’t, here are some free ways on Windows and Mac OS X. Windows: Adobe Reader You can find the fonts in […]
Continue readingI tell anyone who will listen that one of the keys to being able to find your paperless documents later is to have a consistent, descriptive naming convention. As much as possible, you want similar documents to be named the same way every time. This is easier said than done, especially when you have others […]
Continue readingBack when OS X 10.9 Mavericks was announced, one of the big features (to some anyways), was the addition of built-in file tagging. This led some, myself included, to wonder what that would mean for the current tagging “standard”, OpenMeta. Would they play nicely together? Tom Anderson from Ironic Software (one of the creators of […]
Continue readingI use Dropbox a lot, and generally like their mobile apps. There is one feature of the apps that I love, but it is a bit hidden: the ability to search for files in the Dropbox app by name. I made a little video to show how it works. While the video shows the iPhone […]
Continue readingIt seems like only seven months ago that Brett Kelly released Version 3 of Evernote Essentials. Oh wait, it was. I don’t know when that man has time to see his family because I just received word that Evernote Essentials Version 4[1] is out this morning. If you’ve purchased one of the earlier versions, you […]
Continue readingWith the release of iOS7, Evernote has released a brand new version of its iOS app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. One of the new features which is Premium, but free for everyone for 30 days, is the ability to annotate and mark up PDFs right inside the app. This is extremely handy, and […]
Continue readingI don’t know how I missed this, but for the past few years Evernote forum user “spg SCOTT” has kept a public notebook with some great Evernote Windows tips and tools. Now with the release of Evernote 5, many of those tips have become obsolete. Fortunately, Scott is on it and he has a new […]
Continue readingIf there is one tool that I can’t seem to shut up about, it is Hazel. It makes it really easy and efficient to process paperless documents[1]. The only problem is that Hazel is a Mac app, and I have struggled to find a Windows equivalent. There are many Windows apps out there that will […]
Continue readingWith all the talk of file syncing services like Dropbox or devices like the Transporter, it is easy to forget about good old-fashioned file sharing. Your computer can be set up to share files with other computers on your network, or you may want to turn this ability off if you are going on a […]
Continue readingOne thing I appreciate about Evernote is how they are constantly adding new product improvements. This post, however, is about Quick Note: an improvement that was introduced to the Mac client five months ago. Why am I posting about it now? Two reasons: I realized that I have never posted about it before, and I […]
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