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It would be a huge boost to productivity if you could switch on the highlighter and leave it active to highlight any new selection that you make – as you would do in the 'real world' when you pick up a highlighter and hold it in your hand. The need to keep going back to the toolbar to select the highlighter tool really slows down the process of highlighting the important points in an article (and I was stunned when I first started using Evernote that this simple method wasn't already in place). I've tried using the Ctrl + Shift + H shortcut – this can hardly be convenient for most users. Anyone who uses a mouse will have selected the text to be highlighted with the mouse, their hand will still be on the mouse so clicking the icon in the toolbar is quicker to activate the highlighting. There is no value here to using a keyboard shortcut. The only people who would find this keyboard shortcut faster are those people who select a word using the keyboard (and I would think they are few and far between). I second donmcleman - Evernote REALLY needs an option where you can lock the highlighter (like with Windows)!
This would save SO much time if you're just highlighting for extensive amounts of time (as I do.a LOT). They probably get tired of hearing '.just like Windows.'
All the time (sorry, Evernote people. You still rock)! I can picture a sign hanging in their main offices: 'Give me a break.we're not Windows!' Lol And, yes.the cntrl-shft-H idea was terrible. That takes 5 actions (two clicks or one click and a drag, then three keys).
Terrible idea for the one function that really needs to be more efficient than the others. Hoping whoever thought of that still has a job. I'm sure he/she is an amazing programmer, save for the one mistake! Haha (.it's funny that the editor in this forum has more toolbar options than Evernote, btw oh, except for a highlighter of course!). I am really going bonkers with this highlight issue.
The short-cut 'ctrl + cmd + H' works in some cases, in others not. If I have a note that I have opened and written in my self there is a highlighter function easy to use - small pen symbol.
If the note is a PDF or a word document (using mac) that I have downloaded and 'saved' in EN, it doesn't work most of the time. No sure if it ever worked in PDF. Is it not possible to use highlighter in PDF and word documents?
Anyone experiencing the same, and have suggestions on what I am doing wrong. Huge thank you!
HIghlighting text works for text that is in Evernote's own text editor and the body of a note. If you've opened an attached PDF or Word file in a different editor, then local rules apply and Evernote's highlighter does not. You may be able to highlight text using that application's own editing commands, provided it's your document or you have permission to make changes. If you don't, then all bets are off.
You could presumably take a screenshot of the relevant portion and annotate the picture to 'highlight' a section, but you won't have access to the original text. If the note is a PDF or a word document (using mac) that I have downloaded and 'saved' in EN, it doesn't work most of the time Each app will have its own tools and shortcuts for applying highlight to text. If viewing a PDF with Adobe Acrobat, then activate the single key shortcuts (meaning that you press a key, and an associated tool gets selected). You do this in the Preferences, in the General tab, by checking the 'Use single-key acceleerators to access tools' option. You then may have to restart Acrobat/Reader. This activates the single key commands. H is for the Hand tool, and U is for the Highlight tool.
In MS Word, you may need to assign a shortcut: To Assign a shortcut to highlight the selection. Tools Customize keyboard. In the list to the left, highlight 'All Commands'. In the list to the right, locate 'Highlight'. Place your cursor in the write-in field and press a key combination. Word will let you know if it's already taken.
Just about all 'Control + Letter' combinations are available. This will highlight the selection using the toolbar's current highlight color, whatever it is. (You cannot otherwise customize the color used by the shortcut.).
Result Windows/UNIX Action Mac OS Action Toggle between editing and previewing your form P P Toggle Guides On / Off G G Align selected fields left L L Align selected fields right R R Align selected fields top T T Align selected fields bottom B B Align selected fields horizontal H H Align selected fields vertical V V Center fields horizontally Shift+H Shift+H Center fields vertically Shift+V Shift+V Highlight fields Shift+L Shift+L Show Tab Order Shift+N Shift+N Document JavaScripts Shift+D Shift+D. Result Windows Action Mac OS Action Move focus to the next or previous row when in the body of the file list on the left Up Arrow or Down Arrow Up Arrow or Down Arrow If pressed in the body of the file list, navigate one level up from within a folder Backspace Delete Press the Go Back button in a folder if focus is on the button. Enter or Spacebar Enter or Spacebar If pressed when focus is on a row in the file list representing a subfolder, navigate to a subfolder, or open an attachment in Preview mode. Result Windows/UNIX Action Mac OS Action Open Help window F1 F1 or Command+?
Close Help window Ctrl+W (Windows only) or Alt+F4 Command+W Move back to previously opened topic Alt+Left Arrow Command+Left Arrow Move forward to next topic Alt+ Right Arrow Command+ Right Arrow Move to next pane Ctrl+Tab See Help for your default browser Move to previous pane Shift+Ctrl+Tab See Help for your default browser Move focus to the next link within a pane Tab Not available Move focus to the previous link within a pane Shift+Tab Not available Activate highlighted link Enter Not available Print Help topic Ctrl+P Command+P. Result Windows Action Mac OS Action Change reading settings for the current document Shift+Ctrl+5 Shift+Command+5 Reflow a tagged PDF, and return to unreflowed view Ctrl+4 Command+4 Activate and deactivate Read Out Loud Shift+Ctrl+Y Shift+Command+Y Read only the current page out loud Shift+Ctrl+V Shift+Command+V Read out loud from the current page to the end of the document Shift+Ctrl+B Shift+Command+B Pause reading out loud Shift+Ctrl+C Shift+Command+C Stop reading out loud Shift+Ctrl+E Shift+Command+E.