Linking MS Excel to Evernote

Okay, if you don’t use or know what Evernote is, have a look at https://evernote.com/ and also check it out on https://www.youtube.com/

Basically, as the name suggests it is a note taking application which runs on all major platforms. There is a free version, that will do most people and then further paid versions with more options to satisfy Premium and business Users.

On a personal note (excuse the pun), I am a big fan of Evernote, and been using it since March 2009. The trick to get the best out of Evernote, is to add everything to it, the more it is used the better it becomes.

So, back to business. Obviously Microsoft Excel is awesome :-) however, it may not be the best way to record / store or manipulate data, but its ease of use and global popularity makes it a strong contender for certain tasks.

So you have created a spreadsheet and recorded loads of data (say research from various sources). You have even linked the cells to the URL which contains the original data..  All very good, but what happens if that link becomes dead??

Note: Just as a quick pointer to insert a hyperlink press Ctrl & K, or go to the Insert Tab and select Hyperlink as shown below..

You will then be presented with “Insert Hyperlink” and asked to insert your Address, i.e. the URL of that you have just researched.

  

One of Evernotes main strengths is to collect data from all sorts of sources then store, retrieve and present them in a very searchable and usable way. So it makes sense that you link to your Evernote stored Note that you may have annotated etc.

To do this Right Click on the Note thumbnail as shown below..

You will then be presented with the following menu.  Select Share and Copy Note URL to Clipboard.

Now go back to your Insert Hyperlink as discussed earlier and Paste the URL and Click on OK.

Now when you click on that cell, you will be taken to a read only version of the Note, giving you much more in-depth information.

Please Note: Microsoft OneNote is also pretty awesome and is totally free, the same principles can be applied. It is definitely worth a look, if you are not aware of it. I personally use both for different reasons.

Thanks for taking the time to read this blog, I hope it may be of some use to someone :)

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