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Evernote Quick Tip -- Keyboard shortcuts

Evernote has some keyboard shortcuts to help you get information into Evernote quicker. The following shortcuts are for Windows Desktop : Function Shortcut Create a new note Ctrl + N Create a new notebook Ctrl + Shift + N Paste the contents of the clipboard as a new note Ctrl + Alt + V Paste from the clipboard with unformatted text Ctrl + Shift + V Paste from the clipboard with original formatting Ctrl + V Create a new tag Ctrl + Shift + T Check spelling F7 Insert a check-box Ctrl + Shift + C Create a bulleted list Ctrl + Shift + B Create a numbered list Ctrl + Shift + O Insert a horizontal line Ctrl + Shift + - To center text Ctrl + E Add a hyperlink Ctrl + K Remove a hyperlink Ctrl + Shift + R Create a new saved search Ctrl + Shift + S Reset search Ctrl + Shift + A Rename a saved search F2 Find in Evernote Win + Shift + F Start screen capture mode. (You can use the Web Clipper to get a screen capture from a website or you can right ...

OneNote | A Look Inside

I still have a few more notes to move over from Evernote but I am loving OneNote. I keep to do lists, goals, projects, ideas, genealogy research and so much more in OneNote. So what does my setup look like? Lets take a look! {I usually use OneNote 2016 but I have tried the Windows 10 app and it works just as good.} The first screen shot below is OneNote 2016 and the second is from the Windows 10 app. My first notebook is my task management notebook. In this notebook I have my Inbox, which is my default section for incoming stuff, calendar and lists. {Emails that I have sent to OneNote and screen clips go in my Inbox section.} The next notebook is for my blog, and then the Genealogy notebook is for research notes, then I have the GBT notebook which I use for notes and reminders for GeneaBloggersTribe, the Reference notebook is for things that don't belong in one of the other notebooks, and the last notebook is the Archive. Let...

Marine Casualty Card Database

While I was writing Top 10 Blog Posts for 2019 I discovered that my top post was US Marine Casualty Cards from 2014. Wow! {There is also an update to the original post here where I show some more information that was sent to me.} I went back to read the post and discovered that the links no longer work. I did a little digging and found a link to the Casualty Card Database at the Marine Corps University website. At this site you click on the war you want to search and download a searchable spreadsheet. Once you locate your Marine you send an email to request the card. There are also links to download information about what the codes mean on the cards. I also found that you can search the U.S. Marine Corps Casualty Index, 1940-1958 , at Ancestry.com. It gives the casualty date, type, unit, and service number. There is a link to go to another website from the Ancestry database but that link does not work. {I believe...

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