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Go paperless with Evernote

Despite the changes that student experience, one element has remained the same: taking notes. Thanks to the affordability of laptops, the tiring method of handwriting has given way to taking notes on a computer. However, there’s still a drawback, it requires manually keeping many documents organized by classes and other distinctions. If you have been looking for a more seamless method, look no further than Evernote: a fully-realized, free note taking tool that supports all computer operating systems (OS), as well as all major mobile phone OS.

What Evernote offers is not merely a far more intuitive means of creating and organizing your notes, but also a seamless cloud-sync functionality, which will keep all your notes synchronized between devices, including: computers, smartphones, and tablets, as well as on your Evernote account server. The free-level Evernote account allots the user 60 megabytes of monthly usage. For purely text-oriented note taking, this is an enormous allotment. If you choose to take advantage of the app’s voice recording feature, or take notes via camera snapshots, you may come close to exceeding the cap.

Notes can be categorized by folders within the app, and can also be easily searched. Even text found in photos will be searchable like any other note. If you do not have a laptop or smartphone on you at all times (or even at all), you can still use Evernote. The app also includes the ability to view and edit your content in a web-based platform from any computer with an internet connection. In addition to this, you can even email notes to your own Evernote.com email address provided with the free account; which will then automatically post all the content to your Evernote account.

Using Evernote exclusively for all note-taking this semester has been effortless so far, and users who take full advantage of it will see gains in productivity and organization. While the smartphone app market remains a very crowded and competitive space, finding such a powerful and full-featured app can be rare. Furthermore, to find such an app for free, and available on virtually every device, is almost unheard of. Evernote is a must-have.

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