- Open Evernote on your desktop.

- Click Tools and then Sign In.

- If you've already created your Evernote account you can just sign in,
but if not you can create your account right from here.

- Once you're in the Evernote interface it's time to

start creating some Notebooks

.

- Click File, New, and then Notebook.

- Give your notebook a name that means something to you.

- Notebooks are a great way to put your information into categories.

- You have the option to have each Notebook be either synchronized or
Local only.

- If a

Notebook

is synchronized it's available on your desktop, on the Web, and from your mobile device.

- If a notebook is Local only then the information is only available on the computer the notebook was created on.

- You can

make any Notebook

the default notebook. The default notebook
is the one that receives new notes that come in via email and so on.

- You can elect to publish your Notebook. Publishing puts the
information on the Web under your account. Only you have access to it.

- Note that if you selected Local only there are no publishing options available.

- Under publishing you can give a description to your Notebook and decide how notes are sorted.