In the dark ages before email was invented, there were little scraps of people which people used for short-term information storage. These scraps of paper were called notes. Now, notes are an almost necessary part of our lives, albeit in electronic form. It only makes sense, then, that Evolution has a Notes feature. Evolution can help you take notes in the following ways: You can take down phone numbers, take school notes, take phone messages, or even write poetry. You can color code notes to organize them, or just to make them look good. Turn a note into an email or a text file. Something You can start writing notes by clicking Notes in the shortcut bar.