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When will I be able to import PDF files into Evernote?
I would like to have the ability to batch-import PDF files into Evernote. This is literally the last hurdle I'm facing in making the switch from my brain to the software. I just have a ton of PDF files scattered all over the place that I need to get into Evernote, but the screenshot route is not efficient, and exporting the PDF as a JPEG only seems to convert the first page.
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Inappropriate?I'd love this too. I've found myself trying to drag PDF files into Evernote a surprisingly large number of times lately.
(Strikes me that the text recognition would be even easier too!)
I’m portable and a document
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Inappropriate?Oh dear God, yes. I've emailed the Evernote Devs about this. This is the ONE killer feature that Yojimbo has that Evernote lacks. -
Inappropriate?This will be available very soon.
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Still waiting for this, one year later... -
Inappropriate?Evernote has supported PDF files for over a year now ... ?
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Inappropriate?Sorry Engberg, you're right -- PDF import is supported. I was forgetting this was just about raw import, not OCR, which is what I am still waiting for... -
Inappropriate?OCR for images in PDF files (for Premium accounts) is coming relatively soon, too. This is a lot more complicated than simple image files (jpeg, gif, png) because PDFs can have many images, in lots of strange formats. But we think we have a good solution figured out, so it's coming...
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Inappropriate?This is interesting, but odd -- I'm not bothered about the images in PDFs, but the text! You almost seem to imply that the PDF text is already indexable, but I am certainly not aware of the Mac client supporting this. Can you clarify? Thanks
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Inappropriate?If a PDF contains normal, selectable text (e.g. you did a Print to PDF from MS Word or something like that), we will index that text on all platforms, and you can search for notes containing the corresponding PDFs.
If a PDF contains an image which happens to be a bitmap picture of text, then we do not do text recognition on that bitmap image, so you can't search for words that appear within pictures that are inside of a PDF file. -
Inappropriate?Thanks for that - most of my PDFs are scanned with a Fujitsu scanner so I'll clearly have to wait for the image solution you refer to.
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Inappropriate?Wondering what Engberg means by "relatively soon"? I know you don't want to set unreasonable expectations, so let me offer 4 options:
a) Within a week
b) Before Labor Day
c) Before 2010
d) Before the London Olympics (2012)
Can you select an option, Mr. Engberg?
Thank you! :)
I’m hopeful
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Inappropriate?Does the pdf-upload also already work via their API? I tried it via Tarpipe but the file type is not recognized at Evernote. I don't know where the problem lies. Is it Tarpipe or Evernote?
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Inappropriate?If you add a note that contains a PDF attachment with MIME type "application/pdf", we'll process it eventually. If you see a PDF preview when you view the note in one of our clients, the type is probably correct. If you just see a file icon, then they're giving us the type with some other type.
