Shortcuts can make note-linking a lot easier. So now that we’ve covered the basics, let’s dig a little deeper. Click the options button (three dots) at the top of the note, then click ‘Copy note link’. Simply tap the ‘share’ button (box with upward arrow), tap ‘Copy link,’ then, chose ‘Private link’. Pro tip: If you’re an iPhone or iPad user, you can also easily create note links on the go. Use note links to connect and organize multiple notes on a similar topic. The name of the note you just grabbed the link to is now pasted as a green hyperlink, just waiting to be clicked on. Paste this note link into an existing note, or create a new one. The link to your note is now on your clipboard, standing at the ready-all you have to decide is where to put it. To create a link to a note on Mac or Windows, simply right-click the note in your list and choose ‘Copy Note Link’. But enough about how great they are-now onto how they work. You can match your tasks to the information you need to get them done, or bind your deliverables with all of the research that went into them. In a way, you’re building a trail of breadcrumbs that acts as a digital path to your most used notes. Connecting multiple notes to each other creates relationships between them. Note links in Evernote can function in the same way-minus the rabbit holes filled with distractions, of course. You jump from page to page through a web of well-connected hyperlinks and it’s so effortless you don’t even realize it’s happening. You know when you go to look something up on Wikipedia and then hours later you suddenly find yourself reading everything there is to know about Amelia Earhart’s mysterious disappearance? This knowledge spree is enabled by the links to other entries. If you haven’t thought much of note links in the past (or even heard of them), it’s time to take a closer look.Īlready a note links expert? Head straight to the good stuff-check out our public notebook that’s filled with ideas and examples of how to use them. We’ve rounded up everything you need to know about note links, from why they matter to how they work, and we’ll give you some ideas for using them. While this might not seem to be much of a game changer, this seemingly simple feature is actually a secret weapon to create structure and zoom around your notes. Thankfully, there’s a highly underrated feature that is here to help: note links.Ī note link is exactly what it sounds like: a link that takes you from one note to another within Evernote. Scrolling, navigating, and searching-it all starts to take a little bit longer. But as you start to add more notes, you may find that you don’t get around as fast as you used to. When you first get started in Evernote, you can probably get to what you need quickly.