
When you open Evernote (on an Android phone) and click the + to add a note, you’ll have several choices: Camera, Attachment, Work Chat, Reminder, Handwriting, Text Note. Picture taken with Evernote Camera in Document mode To substitute for scanning, it’s import to know the difference between taking a regular photo note and a ‘document’ photo note? The receipt on the left is an Evernote Camera note, the one on the right is taken using Evernote’s “Document Camera.” Picture taken with Evernote Camera

Even if I also keep the paper copy, having a scanned image is especially good with the thermal paper type of receipts because they fade over time. One of the things I like to do with Evernote is take pictures of receipts that I feel I need to keep. In that episode we devoted our beginner’s lesson to Evernote. You might also want to watch Episode 54 of our What Does This Button Do live show.

If you don’t already have Evernote, you can download it for free from the Play store on Android, or the App store on iPhone. You really don’t have to travel with a document scanner! The Evernote app on your Android or iPhone will do quite nicely once you get the hang of it.
