Link to a different presentation. In the Insert Hyperlink dialog box, click Web Page or File. Click Select and then click the presentation or file you want to link to. Note: PowerPoint for Mac can't link to a specific slide on another presentation. Although on the Mac (other than in Windows) you actually CAN add/change keyboar shortcuts for OneNote, this is only possible for (main) menu commands, not for 'copy link to paragraph' which does not appear anywhere in the Mac OS app menu of OneNote.
The Value of Note Links If you don't know what note links are, you are under-utilizing Evernote and this post has the potential to transform your understanding of what is possible with Evernote. Note linking is the single skill that converted me from casual Evernote user, to an all-in Evernote zealot. Because note links create structure in Evernote, which, by design, is an unstructured and flexible platform. And this structure is a key aid in me being able to quickly navigate to what I am looking for, no matter where I’m accessing Evernote from. In short, note linking makes stuff easier to find and they are an essential part of my overall Evernote organization.
I love note linking, because it gives me a layer of structure to my notes that is completely in my control - letting me connect any two arbitrary notes together via a hyperlink. By using note links, I create logical “bread crumbs” between my notes that brings a hierarchy to my data and supports my efficiency. The speed of navigating to notes is also a factor in my love of note links. With a single tap on my mobile screen, or a single click of my mouse, I’m taken to the related note. This is more efficient than doing a search into the search box or navigating through stacks and notebooks to get to a single note.
I tend to use note linking most often in internal task management and is a core skill that supports my ability to do 100% of my task management in Evernote a topic for another post. You can see exactly where note linking fits into my Evernote organization by reviewing my post on the. That post is a high-level overview of the organizational categories Evernote offers. This post takes a deep-dive into note linking, which is a single feature from the third broad category presented - Evernote navigation features.
Note Link Essentials: What exactly are note links?. 101 explanation: Evernote’s Paperless Ambassador Jaime Todd Rubin describes note links well: 'A Note Link in Evernote is like a URL, but instead of referencing a unique web address, it references a unique note in Evernote.
Creating note links currently only works from within the desktop clients. But once the links are created, using those links works from anywhere you can access Evernote.' .
More 'techie' explanation: Each note in Evernote has a unique ID associated with it - kind of an internal permalink - that is a unique identifier for that note. This is a behind-the-scenes thing. We don’t really see it as an Evernote user, but, this unique note ID is what gets copied and utilized when you create note links between notes. Understanding this concept quickly elevates your understanding of this Evernote feature and helps you apply it in support of your productivity.
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Note Linking Feature Behavior: From basics to advanced, there are a few things to understand about note links that make for successful use of them in your account. For clarification on any of these, leave a comment on this post. Basics:. Note links are different than which is a separate Evernote feature.
Similar terminology, but very different features. Be sure you are using the right feature!. You can only link notes together, not notebooks or stacks. You must be on the Windows or Mac desktop version of Evernote to create note links.
However, once created, note links can be accessed in all versions of Evernote. Note Link Text: The note text that becomes a hyperlink to your destination note will not be updated if you change the note title or text in your destination note. If you want the note title to be updated at your link, you will need to manually update the text - either by re-creating the note link or manually updating the text that is linked. There are use cases where you may want to change the destination note title and not have the note link text change. The key is to understand the feature behavior so you can appropriately use it to suit you.
Broken Links WARNING!: Note links can break and there is no visual indicator in Evernote that a link no longer works. You need to understand what creates a broken link in order to avoid breaking them. Broken links are created if the destination note is moved to the trash. This happens when:.
A destination note is deleted by a user. A note that has been linked to gets merged with other notes. In Evernote Business: A destination note is moved from personal to business or vice-versa.
This process puts the note that lived on the personal side of an account in the trash and creates a new, copied note on the business side of the users account. This action will break any note link that was previously set to the note on the personal side of the users account. The lesson here is don't create a link heavy structure/workflows in the free, plus, or premium version of Evernote then expect it transfer over to Evernote Business when you upgrade.
You'll need to create or re-create any note-link structure or workflows natively in Evernote Business for it to work. Note Linking and Permissions: Sharing and permissions can impact destination note visibility. If the owner of a note changes the permission of the note or notebook that the note lives in, anyone who has access to the note link in the source note will not be able to see the destination note. This isn’t a broken link, but the permission level can restrict the visibility of the destination note to those who don’t have the proper rights to see it. In this case, users will see this message and have the option to request permission to see the viewed note. Ways To Create Multiple Note Links Table of Contents Feature: If you have several note links you want to create at once, Evernote provides two notable ways to do this. The first is by using the Table of Contents feature. A very practical use case for note linking is to create a table of contents note that links to supporting notes in a project notebook.
You certainly could build this out one note link at a time using the technique above, but using the Table of Contents feature in Evernote is far more efficient. To use this feature, simply select all the notes that you want to have included in the Table of Contents from the middle note panel. When you do this, an option to create a Table of Contents note will appear in the right hand pane of your Mac or PC Evernote app. Select this button, and wha-la, you’ll have a new note in the notebook that contains an individual link to every note you had selected in the middle pane. The note is automatically titled “Table of Contents”.
Optionally, you can rename the note, and use a non-dated reminder to “pin” the note to the top of the notebook list. This is a common tactic I use to create easy navigation within my Evernote project notebooks. Batch Action: It is possible to create multiple note links at once by selecting multiple notes from the middle panel, then right clicking and choosing “Copy Note Link”.
When you paste, individual note links to each destination note will be created. Alternatively, you can also select multiple notes in the middle note panel, right click with the notes selected and choose “Copy Note Link”. This will copy the note link for each selected note to your clipboard and you can then paste that list of note links into an existing note it doesn’t create a new note as Table of Contents button does. This variance puts you in control of where you paste the note links and allows you to utilize an existing note as a hub to other related notes. This is a tactic I often use with template notes, say, with my lead template, where I have contact information at the top of the note, and then want to link to various email communication notes that I have retained in a notebook so that I can quickly access the communication history with a lead. Efficiency Bonus: There is a key command for step 3. Command+K Mac or Control+K PC - brings up link dialogue box.
Command+V Mac or Control+K PC - paste. Enter activates the OK button on the link dialogue box This is one of my most frequently used key command shortcuts. It takes me only a second to do, and I do it multiple times a day. It is super efficient because you don't have to take your hands off the keyboard for step 3, and it is one of my absolute favorite Evernote time saving features. Tip #3: Paste Note Links Copied to Your Clipboard to Outside Applications That You Use By taking the note link that gets copied to your clip board, and pasting it in 3rd party applications such as Outlook Calendar, Google Calendar, OmniFocus, your CRM, etc, you can link back, and easily access, supporting notes that live in your Evernote account.
There are many applications that support this feature. It's amazingly useful. Tip #4: Control the Order of Multiple Note Links.
Usually I advise to add a command that you want to assign a shortcut to the quick access bar. From there it can be invoked by using a + shortcut.
But unfortunately copy link to paragraph is not a menu command and thus not available for the quick access bar. Only way I found to execute that command with the keyboard: Press the context menu button which is available on most windows keyboards, usually between the right. (it should also work with +F10 but does not in my windows 10 or with my keyboard) That makes the context menu pop up. Now look for the underlined letter in the 'copy link to paragraph' menu entry. I am using a German OneNote so I can't tell you what it is in the English version.
Pressing the corresponding key does the trick. So its: Press and release the context menu button Press the letter for the menu entry additional tip: If + is working to popup the context menu you could use an external tool like Autohotkey to define a macro which you assign to a single key press or combination. You don't need an external tool if you happen to use a programable keyboard or programmable mouse keys to assign the two key actions to a single button or click. Hope this helps www.onenote-blog.de (German) www.onenote-blog.com (English, but fewer articles). Thanks for your response, SWischner. On the MacBook Pro 2015 (MacOS 10.12.5), using OneNote for Mac (ver 15.34), there is no underlined letter within the context menu for 'copy link to paragraph.' I've tried using Keyboard Maestro to create a macro, but so far without luck.
While I've got your ear. Another issue I'm trying to solve is the creation of a template or some other way to make links within a page transfer to a new page created from the original. So far, all links refer back (jump from the new page back to the page in which the links were originally made.) This may also be a Mac version problem. Do you know if it's possible to have a link refer, not to the original specific but to a generic location within a template page?
Craig in Colorado. I was not aware that you are talking about OneNote for the Mac (as you posted your question in the 'unknown/other' section. My solution was for the WIndows desktop version of OneNote only. Although on the Mac (other than in Windows) you actually CAN add/change keyboar shortcuts for OneNote, this is only possible for (main) menu commands, not for 'copy link to paragraph' which does not appear anywhere in the Mac OS app menu of OneNote. I am not THAT competent in Mac OS issues so I do not have a solution for you. As for relative links as you seem to want: I did not still figure out when OneNote creates absolute links (pointing to a specific page) and when it does relative links (like bookmarks on the actual page). In the windows version both variants exist.
Maybe another limitation of the Mac OS version of OneNote. Sorry, can't help you here. Www.onenote-blog.de (German) www.onenote-blog.com (English, but fewer articles).
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