这是云计算的时代，每个人都在努力充分利用它。“文件(Files)随处可见”是一个新概念。大多数组织正在转向这一概念，以便员工无需连接到办公网络即可访问或编辑文档。
在(Amid)低调的宣传中，我发现了一个特别感兴趣的应用程序。它被称为Google Keep，一个连接到Google Drive的同步记事本。这款巧妙的应用程序可让您创建语音备忘录、快速记笔记、保存照片并创建清单以便在您连接到正在使用的不同网络连接设备时再次访问它们。
当今使用的大多数移动设备（例如手机和平板电脑）都配备了具有更好滑动功能的优质QWERTY屏幕。所有这一切使得在手掌大小的设备上记笔记变得非常简单。Google Keep等应用程序(Apps)进一步简化了这项任务。
Google Keep的理念与此类似：随时随地创建便笺，并将它们存储在云中以供日后随时随地访问。它看起来确实是Microsoft OneNote 的强大替代品——(Microsoft OneNote –)仅仅是因为它支持语音输入。您可以通过Android应用轻松使用它，而且您可以同步它，这样您的笔记在世界各地都是一样的。
Google Keep 有 4 个不同的版本：
- 铬合金
- 网络
- iOS
- 安卓
选择适合您要求的那一款。
更新(UPDATE)：如果您不知道，Googe Keep已更名为Keep Notes。
什么是 Google Keep Notes
我会称它为Google Drive的扩展，因为它是存储所有笔记的地方。更准确地说，Google Keep 是一款适用于 Android 的应用程序(Google Keep is an app for Android)，可让您快速记笔记并将其存储到Google Drive。当您在开会时，这对您有帮助，或者当您在旅行或在学校/大学上课时突然想到一个想法。您可以简单地输入您想要存储的任何内容（每个音符可以存储多少个字符没有限制）。这也意味着您可以继续创建一个包含与某个主题相关的所有子主题的巨大文件。
最近，有人在广告中表示，他愿意为他被盗的笔记本电脑提供 1000 美元。那是因为他所有的论文工作都存储在这台笔记本电脑上——相当于一年的工作量。如果他使用较小的东西作为 SkyDrive 同步或Google Drive同步，他将很容易恢复工作并通过他的任期。有一些方法可以恢复丢失的智能手机和笔记本电脑，但我们将在另一篇文章中讨论它们。
直到几天前，我还在使用一些名为MEmo for Android的应用程序的本地副本。就我而言，当我在外面或试图入睡时，我的大部分想法都会让我印象深刻。我无法回去打开电脑并记下它。几天前最好的方法是打开那个备忘录(MEmo)应用程序并记下我以后可以扩展的要点。
现在，当使用Google Keep时，我不必使用蓝牙(Bluetooth)或电缆将备忘录传输到计算机，因为我可以简单地登录到Google Drive并访问我在计算机之外创建的笔记。我想这解释了Google Keep将您想要的信息保存在一个易于访问的地方——随时随地。
Google Keep Notes 的优势
以上很好的说明了Google Keep的优势。(Google Keep)由于我没有提到Google Keep的一些最佳功能，我将在这里列出它的优点：
- 随时随地创建(Create)笔记 -在您的Android手机上使用Keep
- 随时随地访问笔记 - 从您的Android手机、另一台平板电脑或您的 PC
- 使用Google Keep，您还可以在双手不空闲时创建语音笔记（但不要在开车时使用手机 - 文字或语音 - 因为它会分散注意力；您可能不热爱自己的生活，但不要让他人处于危险之中）。语音笔记可以使用谷歌语音(Google Voice)即时转录。
- 您可以对笔记进行颜色编码以标记其重要性并标记完整的待办事项列表。
- 您可以在Google Keep笔记中添加复选框，以便将其用作清单（在大多数情况下为待办事项列表）。(To-Do List)我喜欢这个功能，因为我可以随时远离电脑创建我的日程安排——尤其是在睡觉之前。我相信你们中的大多数人在晚上试图入睡时也会有想法。
- 您还可以拍摄快照并添加到笔记中。
- 旧笔记的存档设施。
如何使用 Google Keep 笔记
当您第一次启动应用程序时，您会发现应用程序的界面非常丰富多彩且易于使用。这些颜色实际上起到了组织工具的作用，可以帮助您区分个人笔记和其他与业务相关的笔记。特别是，它有助于辨别对您来说更重要的内容，并使您免于滚动浏览数十个笔记。
因此，如果您不希望遵循应用程序提供的简单颜色编码系统(color-coding system)，您可以添加自己的颜色。为此，只需在应用程序的标题字段中输入井号 (#) 符号，您就会看到一个用于选择标签的下拉菜单。
选择所需的颜色。
要在Google Keep(Google Keep)中创建笔记，请转到Google Keep并单击“记笔记(Take a note)”。
然后，添加注释和标题。
完成后，单击完成(Done)。要编辑相同的注释，请单击编辑，对注释进行更改，然后单击完成(Done)
在Google Keep中创建新的图片备注(Google Keep)
Google Keep有一项功能，可以从扫描的图像中转录文本或将手写文本转换为数字文本。要尝试此操作，请单击“带有图像的新笔记(New note with Image)”图标并选择您要捕获其文本的图片。然后，选择图像，选择“更多”（3 个点）选项，然后选择“从图像中抓取文本”选项。
Google Keeps利用字符识别来完成这项任务。使用该功能确实需要有效的 Internet 连接才能使该功能与照片、屏幕截图或包含文本的其他图像一起使用。
请(Please)注意，转录文本的准确性可能会因读取图像的质量和其中的文字而异。无需添加空格，因为Google会自动更正文本并在它们之间添加空格。具有高对比度的清晰图像可能会产生最佳效果。模糊(Blurred)的会导致奇怪的翻译。
要授予他人访问您的笔记的权限，请单击协作者选项(Collaborator option)并输入协作者的电子邮件地址。就是这样！在这里，如果有权访问您的笔记的人想要编辑它，他将被允许进行更改，并且可以像他自己一样进行编辑。
此功能在您列出用于准备食物食谱或其他（例如杂货）的成分列表的情况下非常有用，您的母亲可以在最后一刻添加。所做的更改（如果有的话）很容易实时同步，因此您不会错过任何内容。
与Windows 10中的(Windows 10)Cortana应用程序类似，Google Keeps具有基于位置的提醒(location-based reminders)功能，您可以将其与诸如每周/每月与医生的预约、每月任务/目标和年度纳税等事件结合使用。
要向笔记添加提醒，请将提醒类型从Time更改为Place。然后输入地址，当出现地图提示时，确认您的位置。现在，当您下次访问该地点时，Google Keep会提醒您此便条。
同样，您还可以选择将任务安排(schedule tasks)在未来的某个日期，并在到期时收到相同的通知。为此，单击上面屏幕截图中所示的“带弓的手指”图标注释以访问日期和时间选择器，完成后单击“完成”。到期通知的提醒将在Windows上的(Windows)Chrome 通知中心(Chrome Notification Center)中以提醒敬酒的形式发送。
除此之外，您还可以对界面的外观(appearance of the interface)进行更改。例如，如果您想更改列表的默认外观，请单击位于应用程序右上角的列表图标并选择视图。有两种视图可用 -水平(Horizontal)和垂直。选择适合您要求的那一款。
保留数字笔记和待办事项列表的最大障碍之一是找到您喜欢的应用程序。Google Keep已经存在了一年，并且完全免费使用。此外，它重量轻且易于使用。你可以开始
您可以从keep.google.com开始，并在(keep.google.com)此处(here)获取Chrome浏览器扩展程序。请在下面的评论部分与我们分享您的经验。
How to use Google Keep Notes effectively
It is the age of cloud computing, and everyone is trying to make the most of it. “Files anywhere” іs a new concept. Most organizations are switchіng to the concept so that emploуees do not need to connect to the office network to access or edit documents.
Amid low fanfare, I found an application of special interest. It’s called Google Keep, a syncing notepad that connects to Google Drive. The ingenious app lets you create voice memos, quickly jot down notes, save photos and create checklists to access them again anytime you get connected to a different web-connected device in use.
Most mobile devices such as mobile phones and tablets in use today are equipped with good QWERTY screens having better swipe capabilities. All this makes the task of taking notes on palm-sized devices dead simple. Apps like Google Keep have simplified the task furthermore.
The idea of Google Keep is similar: Create Notes on-the-go, and store them on the cloud for later access, from anywhere, anytime. And it does look like a formidable alternative for Microsoft OneNote – simply because it supports voice input. You can use it easily via an Android app, plus you can sync it so that your notes are the same all over the world.
Google keep is available in 4 different versions:
- Chrome
- Web
- iOS
- Android
Chose the one that suits your requirements.
UPDATE: In case you did not know, Googe Keep has been rebranded as Keep Notes.
What is Google Keep Notes
I would call it an extension for Google Drive, for it is there where all your notes are stored. To be more precise, Google Keep is an app for Android that allows you to take quick notes and store them to Google Drive. That helps you when you are in a meeting, or an idea strikes you when you are traveling or taking lessons in school/college. You can simply type whatever you wish to store (there is no limit as to how many characters each note can store). That also means that you may go ahead and create a huge file containing all sub-topics related to some topic.
Recently, a person advertised that he was willing to offer USD 1000 for his stolen laptop. That was because all his thesis work was stored on that laptop – a year’s worth of work. If he had used smaller things as SkyDrive sync or Google Drive sync, he would have easily recovered the work and passed his term. There are methods to recover lost smartphones and laptops, but we’ll talk about them in a different post.
Until a few days back, I too was using a local copy of some app called MEmo for Android. In my case, most of my ideas strike me when I am outside or when trying to fall asleep. I can’t get back to turn on the computer and note it down. The best way until a few days back was to open that MEmo app and note down the important points that I could expand later.
And now, when using Google Keep, I do not have to transfer the memos to the computer using Bluetooth or cable as I can simply log in to Google Drive and access the notes I created off the computer. I guess this explains what Google Keep is all about keeping the information you want in an easy-to-access place – from anywhere and anytime.
Advantages Of Google Keep Notes
The above explains the advantages of Google Keep very well. Since I did not mention some of the best features of Google Keep, I will create a list of its advantages here:
- Create notes from anywhere – using Keep on your Android phone
- Access the notes from anywhere, anytime – from your Android phone, another tablet, or maybe your PC
- With Google Keep, you can also create a voice note if your hands are not free (but do not use the phone while driving – text or voice – as it is distracting; you may not love your life but don’t put others at risk). The voice notes can be transcribed instantly using Google Voice.
- You can color-code your notes to mark their importance and to mark complete to-do lists.
- You can add checkboxes to Google Keep note so that you can use it as a checklist (A To-Do List in most cases). I love this feature as I can create my schedule away from the computer anytime – especially just before sleeping. I am sure most of you too get ideas when trying to sleep at night.
- You can also take snaps and add to the notes.
- Archive facility for older notes.
How to use Google Keep Notes
When you first launch the app, you will find the interface of the app is quite colorful and easy to use. These colors actually function as organization tools that help you distinguish your personal notes and other business-related ones. In particular, it helps to discern what’s more important for you and saves you from scrolling through dozens of notes.
So, if you do not wish to adhere to a simple color-coding system offered by the app, you can add your own color. To do so, simply enter a hashtag (#) sign in the title field of the app, and you’ll see a drop-down menu for picking a label.
Choose the desired color.
To create a note in Google Keep, Go to Google Keep and click ‘Take a note’.
Then, add a note and a title.
When finished, click Done. For editing the same note, click on edit, make changes to a note and then click Done
For creating a new image note in Google Keep
Google Keep has a feature that can transcribe text from images scan or convert handwritten text into digital text. To try this, click ‘New note with Image‘ icon and select the picture of whose text you would like to capture. Then, select the image, chose ‘More’ (3 dots) option, and select the ‘Grab text from the image’ option.
Google Keeps takes advantage of character recognition to achieve this task. Using the feature does require an active internet connection is required for this feature to work along with a photo, screenshot, or another image that contains the text.
Please note that the accuracy of the text transcribed may vary depending on the quality of the image is read from and the words in it. No need to add spaces as Google autocorrects texts and adds spaces between them themselves. Clear images with high contrast are likely to give the best results. Blurred ones can result in weird translations.
For granting others, access to your notes, click the Collaborator option and enter the email addresses of collaborators. That’s it! Here on, if the person who has been given access to your notes wants to edit it, he will be allowed to make the changes and can edit the same as if it was his own.
This feature can be useful in instances where you have made a list of ingredients to be used for preparing a food recipe or others such as groceries, where your mother can make last-minute additions. The changes made, if any will readily sync in real-time, so you never miss anything.
Similar to the Cortana application in Windows 10, Google Keeps has location-based reminders feature that you can use in conjunction with events like a weekly/monthly appointment with a physician, monthly tasks/targets and annual tax payments, etc.
For adding a reminder to a note, change the reminder type from Time to Place. Then type in an address, and when prompted with a map, confirm your location. Now when you visit that place, next time, Google Keep will remind you of this note.
Likewise, you can also choose to schedule tasks on a future date and receive notification for the same when due. For this, click the ‘finger with a bow’ icon note as shown in the screenshot above to access the date and time picker and click ‘Done’ when done. Reminders of due notes will be delivered as alert toasts in the Chrome Notification Center on Windows.
Apart from the above, you can make changes in the appearance of the interface. For instance, if you would like to change the default appearance of the list, click on the list icon residing in the upper right-hand corner of the app and select the view. There are two views available – Horizontal and vertical. Chose the one that suits your requirement.
One of the biggest obstacles to keeping digital notes and to-do lists is finding an app you like. Google Keep has been around for a year and is completely free for use. Moreover, it is lightweight and easy-to-use. You can get started at
You can get started at keep.google.com and get the Chrome browser extension here. Do share your experience with us in the comments section below.
