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Evernote is a note-taking app that allows its users to create notes, as well as edit and share them. It features a lot of cutting-edge tools, including advanced searching, document scanning. Mac users will have to run the most recently downloaded version and we strongly suggest that you uninstall older versions of the software manually. Once done with exams for a semester, Mac users can uninstall their software, to make sure that when they download the newest version, they will be using the correct version.

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May 28, 2020 Whenever the talk of the best note-taking apps, Evernote app is pop up in your mind. Evernote is an incredibly powerful tool built for creating notes and organizing them in an efficient manner. The tool does come with cloud space of 60 MB for uploading the notes online for instant access. Evernote lets students take notes across multiple devices. They can create and organize notebooks for different subjects, using lists, text, images, sounds and other media. Evernote’s interface is simple, which may be helpful for kids who are easily distracted.

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The comments on his post may have more useful shortcuts added since he wrote this text. You should check it out. Also, you should read his blog.

It can be tiring to take lengthy class notes and write briefs on your computer (for those of us that still brief). To make it easier, we use shorthand. I thought it would be useful to compile a list of the keyboard shortcuts and typing shorthand that people find helpful.

Typing Shorthand

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Attorney = atty
Common Law = c/l OR cLAW
Consideration = ø or cx
Constitution = C
Contract = K
Court = ct
Defendant = D or ∆
Federal = fed
General Rule = GRULE
Jurisdiction = jdx or juris
Majority Rule = majR
Minority Rule = minR
Negligence = neg or negc
Plaintiff = P or π
Rule Against Perpetuity = rap
Standard of Review = sor
State = st
Statute of Fraud = sof
Statute of Limitations = sol
Strict Liability = SL
Summary Judgment = sj
Supreme Court of the United States = SCOTUS OR SCt
Two part words (e.g., affirmative action) = x/y (e.g., a/a)
About = a/b
Amendment = ame
Argument = arg
Because = b/c
Between = btw or b/w
Commercial = comm
Different = diff
Discrimination = disc
Each = ea
Employee = EE
Employer = ER
Employment = emp
Ending with “-ion” = ^n
Especially = esp
For = 4
From = f/
Government = gov OR govt
Not = ! or ≠ or %
Point = pt
President = pres
Probably = prob
Property = prop
Reaction = rxn
Required = req’d
Review = rev
Should = sd
Something = sthg
Standard = std
Statement = stmnt
Within = w/in
Without = w/out
With Respect To = w.r.t.
Would = wd

Keyboard Shortcuts
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Ctrl + (Shift + L) OR . = Bullet point
Ctrl + / = Numbering
Alt + Shift + (Left Arrow OR Right Arrow) = tab line left or right
Ctrl + 2 = Star
Ctrl + 3 = Question Mark
Ctrl + 4 = Yellow Highlight (of the entire line of text)
Ctrl + 5 = Green Highlight (of the entire line of text)
Text + Tab = Creates a table

Microsoft Office (for Macs, Ctrl = Apple button)

Alt + 0167 (or customize as Ctrl + Shift + S) / Mac: Option + 6 = §
Alt + 8710 (or customize as Alt + P or Ctrl + Shift + P) / Mac: Option + J= ∆
Alt + 227 (or customize as Alt + D or Ctrl + Shift + D) / Mac: Option + P = π
Alt + 0248 / Mac: Option + O = ø
Ctrl + (B or I or U) = Bold OR Italics OR Underline
Ctrl + (C or V) = Copy OR Paste
Ctrl + (Z or Y) = Undo OR Redo

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If you have any to add, leave it in the comments and I’ll update this post. I realize I may be a minority in doing stuff like this.

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