Google Keep: Settings, Themes, and Features

Name: Google Keep: Settings, Themes, and Features
Author: Christopher Pittman

Learn how to us reminders, archive, and themes in Google Keep

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Okay, welcome back, in this video, we're gonna cover features and settings within Google Keep. So let's go ahead and get started. So we've already discussed in some detail, the way we can change the views within Google Keep, but what we want to get into is these settings here. We're gonna get into these in some detail. Let's start with the easiest one perhaps to do, which is the dark theme setting. And the dark theme setting will darken, if we have any of these color options that we've discussed before. As you can see, they're darker than they are normally with the dark theme, and that just darkens everything and brings your text white. The reasons you'd want to use a dark theme is if you're working at night and afternoon, where lighting conditions aren't optimal for a bright white screen. This can be an option for you if you're working in the Google Keep. But most people won't use this as a default, in most settings, so that's how you enable and disable to dark theme within Google Keep, and the various things that it's going to change is your text, it's gonna change your text from black to white. It's going to darken all of your color options for your notes if you selected those. It's good for working at night, or if you prefer a dark theme, most people won't use it as a default. All right, so let's get into settings here, because this is kind of important in that, when we make new list items, do we want them on the bottom? Do we want them at the top? What do we want to do with them? The links, of course, have not used links in any large amount of volume. I find that display links and notes really just clutter up your notes. So unless you're wanting to have the rich links preview within your notes, I always just turn it off, because there's really not a need. You know what your links are that you put in your notes. There is a case that if you're sharing a note, having those rich links is probably something, if your person you're sharing your links with, or collaborating with is not familiar with that. Otherwise, it just is going to take up additional space within your notes. Dark theme again, it's just another way to enable it in your settings here. Sharing, we'll get into sharing in the next video, but this is where we change our reminder times for various functions within our reminders. So the next video will be dedicated to reminders, how to set them and some of the functions, and the reminder times that we will have as options are changed in settings by default. And I'll go back over that, when we get into that in just the next video. And then enable sharing, if I want to share my entire board with all my notes, then I can enable that there. So that's settings. And as you can see, again, it went to this cloud icon. So that's settings and features. So within Google Keep, it's pretty simple. Google Keep's a great program for its simplicity of function and how well it's going to have all of these tools available for us, that are really easy to access. Like our dark theme, like our reminder settings, times, and if we want checklists to go kind of the order when we check them off, or when we add things to list. And kinda lastly under settings, you have keyboard shortcuts and app downloads. I find that downloading Google apps is often not necessary. There's only one app that I have downloaded out of all of the Google apps, but as long as you can log into your Gmail, you have access to these apps. So in a case where you have somebody that just wants a quick button on their desktop, or wants to add it to their bottom task bar, those kind of pieces, then downloading the app and loading that icon into those areas is pretty easy. Otherwise you can just access it from apps on any device, but if you wanted it on your desktop, or in a specific area, you would download it and then move that icon around to where you wanted it. And keyboard shortcuts, if you use Google Keep a lot, there's a list of shortcuts here. Because it's so intuitive, Google Keep, and so basic in its functionality, I find that often I don't need shortcuts to get around, but if you ever need the shortcuts, they're here in settings. And that's pretty much all shortcuts that Google Keep has here. Okay, so that's been settings and features in Google Keep. We went over shortcuts, went over downloading apps, why you would want to do that, and various settings within the settings menu in Google Keep.

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Course Description

Keeping an accurate record of notes and lists and setting reminders can be beneficial in increasing productivity both in your personal and professional life. Google Keep offers many tools and functions that can increase the usability of your notes and lists and help you be more productive. This course will teach you about the theme options within Google Keep and how it affects the design of your notes and lists. We will also cover the importance of the archive and how to properly label and store your notes and lists for ease of access. We will explain how keeping clean and accurate labels can help improve the functionality of Google Keep.

This course will cover advanced topics such as setting reminders in Google Keep, and how you can use the archive function to maintain a detailed history of notes and lists. We will also discuss the importance of settings such as location and time reminders and the best ways to use them.

What You'll Learn

Apply themes in Google Keep to change the design of your notes and lists
Archive notes and lists to maintain a detailed history in Google Keep
Use labels and groups to increase the functionality of Google Keep
Set and use reminders in Google Keep, including location and time reminders
Organize and store notes and lists for easier access

Key Takeaways

Keeping an accurate record of notes and lists and setting reminders can help increase productivity in both personal and professional life.
Theme options in Google Keep affect the design of your notes and lists.
Keeping clean and accurate labels helps improve the functionality of Google Keep.
The archive function can be used to maintain a detailed history of notes and lists.
Settings such as location and time reminders can be used to make notes and lists more useful.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this Google Keep course cover?

It covers theme options and how they affect the design of your notes and lists, the importance of the archive and how to properly label and store notes and lists, setting reminders, and how labels and groups increase the functionality of Google Keep.

What skills will I gain from this course?

You will learn to apply themes in Google Keep, archive notes and lists, and understand how labels and groups increase the functionality of Google Keep.

What lessons are included in this course?

The course includes three lessons: Settings, Themes, and Features; Setting and Using Reminders; and Archive.

What types of reminders does the course explain?

The course covers setting reminders in Google Keep and discusses settings such as location and time reminders and the best ways to use them.

Who can benefit from this course?

Anyone wanting to increase the usability of their notes and lists and be more productive in their personal and professional life can benefit, since Google Keep offers tools and functions to support productivity.