Change the tone of your note + how to delete Evernote Spaces

Newsletter housekeeping: The latest version for PC & Mac is 10.125.5. You can grab it from the download page. Latest mobile version is 10.125.1.

Many thanks to Susan, Dave and Martijn who supported Taming the Trunk over the last week, its much appreciated. If you find this article useful and have it in your pocket to support my efforts you can tip me a coffee here.

We've had a couple of decent updates over the last week bringing long awaited features and a couple of bug fixes (F2 shortcut now works again!).

Here's a run-down.

Change the tone of your note

Make sure you’re running version 10.125.5 to see this new feature.

Forever, when you selected the AI Edit feature in the formatting bar the Change Tone options had been listed as ‘Coming Soon’, for at least 100 years!

Not anymore. It’s now working so let’s test it out.

Select some text and hit AI Edit in the format bar, click on Change Tone and you get to change the tone of the text selection in the following styles:

• Formal

• Friendly

• Funny

• Concise

• Engaging

• Empathetic

I thought I'd try it out.

I'm using this as my original text. It’s a generic version of an email I would send to a client.

"I've attached a report for the latest email campaign dealing with the new product launch. It went well. Open rates were above average at 57%, more importantly click rates were much higher at 12.5%. I think the new style of template is working well giving folks more click options within the email. I think we should move some of these new styles over to the main templates. Let me know what you think".

Let’s change the tone and see what happens!

Formal

I have attached a report regarding the most recent email campaign associated with the new product launch. The campaign was successful, with open rates exceeding the average at 57%. More notably, the click rates were significantly higher at 12.5%. It appears that the new template design is effective, as it provides recipients with more opportunities to engage through click options within the email. I propose that we consider integrating some of these new styles into our primary templates. I would appreciate your feedback on this matter.

Friendly

I've attached the report for our recent email campaign about the new product launch, and I’m happy to share that it went pretty well! The open rates were above average at 57%, but even more exciting is the click rate, which soared to 12.5%! It seems like the new template style is really engaging, providing recipients with more options to click within the email. I believe it would be a great idea to incorporate some of these new styles into our main templates. I’d love to hear your thoughts on this!

Funny

"I've thrown together a report for the latest email extravaganza about the new product launch. And guess what? It didn't crash and burn! Open rates soared above average like a caffeinated squirrel at 57%, but even better—click rates honked at a whopping 12.5%! I think our new superhero template is turning heads and giving people so many choices to click, they’re practically bobbing for ideas in our emails. We really ought to pump some of these snazzy styles into the main templates! Holler back with your thoughts, would ya?"

Concise

I've attached the report for the recent email campaign regarding the new product launch, which performed well. Open rates were above average at 57%, and click rates were notably higher at 12.5%. The new template style seems effective, providing more click options. I suggest we incorporate some of these new styles into the main templates. Let me know your thoughts.

Engaging

"I've attached the report for our recent email campaign tied to the new product launch, and I'm pleased to share that it performed admirably. With open rates exceeding the average at 57%, the standout measure was the click rate, which soared to 12.5%. It seems that the fresh template style is resonating with our audience, providing them with more clickable options within the emails. I propose we consider incorporating some of these new styles into our main templates. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this!"

Empathetic

I hope this message finds you well. I've included a report regarding our recent email campaign for the new product launch, and I'm pleased to share that it performed quite well. The open rates were above average at 57%, and more significantly, the click rates were much higher at 12.5%. It seems that the new template style is resonating well, offering recipients more options to click within the email. I believe it would be beneficial to consider incorporating some of these new styles into our main templates. I would love to hear your thoughts on this.

To be fair I think it’s done a reasonable job.

I should definitely get it to rewrite all my emails in funny style!

I think this will be useful for some folk. Over the last few months, I've spoken to a number of managers/CEOs who use ChatGPT to rewrite their emails into a more friendly tone. They kind of just type in the basics of what they want to say and have it written more friendly.

I've been told that when they send emails chasing deadlines to trying to push staff to complete projects the emails are sometimes taken the wrong way and the rewrite helps with the tone.

I think I'll find it useful for rewriting the odd paragraph of some proposals or reports. I tend to write in an informal way and some proposals need to be more formal, which I struggle with.

Have you tried this yet? Will it be useful? Let me know in the comments.

How to delete an Evernote Space

Have you been playing with the new spaces feature and have eleventy-thousand spaces in your sidebar that you don't want?

Fret no more. We can delete spaces.

HUGE notice: When you delete a space it also deletes the notebooks, notes in notebooks and standalone notes in that space. If you want to keep them move them out first.

To delete a space right click the space in the sidebar or go for the three-dot menu at the top right of the space and select Delete Space.

Read the pop-up! It’s going to delete stuff!

Hit delete and its gone. Simple.

If you want to move your standalone notes out of the space beforehand just right click on the note and select Move. You can them move the note where you want.

If you want to move a notebook out of an Evernote space then go into the space, select the three-dot menu from the right of the notebook select Move and you get this pop up.

Bottom left of the pop-up click Remove from space.

You're now safe to delete the space and keep all your content.

This has been a long-awaited function. I know a lot of folk who will be cleaning their sidebars.

And finally... the official January 2025 recap video is out

Evernote have released their recap video going through the main updates the app received during January. Always worth a watch.

And finally... finally

I got to meet up with fellow Evernote expert and Obsidian fanboy (😝) Vlad Campos last week.

Vlad was over in the UK having a few days of travel and relaxation.

You'll be glad to know we didn't talk Evernote and Obsidian much but had a lovely time wondering up and down the river in Bristol.

Have a great weekend

All the best

Jon