Using Evernote app for Mac or Windows, you can export a copy of any note and save it to your computer as a PDF. There are multiple options for exporting your notes as PDFs.
Note: Exporting is only available using the Evernote desktop app. It is not possible to perform exports on Evernote Web.
Export a single note
To export a note to a PDF, follow the steps for your operating system below.
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Mac
- Click the More actions button (three dots) at the upper right corner of a note and select Export as PDF....
- Choose your page options.
- Click Export.
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Windows
- Click the More actions button (three dots) at the upper right corner of a note and select Export as PDF....
- Choose your page options.
- Click Export.
Export multiple notes
You can export up to 100 notes at a time, or an entire notebook. To export multiple notes to a PDF, follow the steps for your operating system below.
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Mac
- Click a note from your note list, then hold the Shift key on your keyboard and select another note. All of the notes in between the two selected notes will become selected.
- On the blue bar at the bottom of the screen, click the More actions button (three dots) and select Export as PDF....
- Choose your page options.
- Click Export.
Note: You can also hold the Command key on your keyboard while selecting notes to select non-sequential notes in your note list.
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Windows
- Click a note from your note list, then hold the Shift key on your keyboard and select another note. All of the notes in between the two selected notes will become selected.
- On the blue bar at the bottom of the screen, click the More actions button (three dots) and select Export as PDF....
- Choose your page options.
- Click Export.
Note: You can also hold the Ctrl key on your keyboard while selecting notes to select non-sequential notes in your note list.
Export a full notebook
You can export a full notebook as a single PDF. To do that, follow the steps for your operating system below.
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Mac
- Click the More actions button (three dots) to the right of a notebook in your notebooks list, and select Export as PDF....
- Choose your page options.
- Click Export.
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Windows
- Click the More actions button (three dots) to the right of a notebook in your notebooks list, and select Export as PDF....
- Choose your page options.
- Click Export.
General page options
When you export your notes, you have a few basic options to format your exported PDF.
- Paper size - Choose from an array of standard paper sizes.
- Orientation - Choose between portrait and landscape orientation.
- Margins - Choose from a list of predefined margins, or choose custom margins to specify your own.
Additional page options
You have additional options for formatting your exported PDF.
- Page numbers - Toggle the option on or off to include page numbers and select the page number placement on the page.
- Note order - When exporting multiple notes at once, choose the order in which the notes will be placed in the PDF. Hover over a note and drag the handle on the left to reorder the notes. Click the remove button on the right to remove a note from the export list.
- Note separation - When exporting multiple notes at once, choose whether each note should begin on a new page or directly after the previous note.
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