Google Workspace: Keep

Keep is Google’s answer to note taking apps such as Evernote. Allowing you to take notes in different formats as well are reminders. It is available on both iPhone and Android devices. You can also add tick boxes and collaborate

You can access Keep by going to keep.google.com.

Features

Basic note – A basic note consists of either just text or text with a title.

List – A list has tick boxes on each line. Once clicked or tapped to tick the box, it moves to the bottom of the list and has a strikethrough the text.

Note with drawing – Allows you to draw using the mouse on your computer or using your finger on a touchscreen.

Note with image – Add an image to your note, you can add annotations to the image as well.

Pin a note – Keep track of important notes by pinning them to the top of your Keep page.

Colours – Pick from 12 colours to help organise your notes.

Labels – Use up to 50 different labels to organise and group notes.

Create a Note

It is incredibly easy to add a note, follow the steps below on either your phone or the web app:

Open Google Keep.
Click or tap Take a note.
Add a note and a title.

Click Done or press the back arrow.

A title in a note is a little bolder than the rest of the text in the note.

Create a Reminder

You can set a reminder in the same way as you set a note, but just click or tap the little bell icon to add a date and time for your reminder. You can also set it to repeat on a custom schedule, every day, every 3 days or every 3 weeks if you want. For example, you could set yourself a weekly reminder to put out the dustbins.

If you have the Keep app installed to your phone and are logged in with the same account, you will get a reminder sent to your phone as below:

Integration with Docs

Docs has great collaboration with Keep allowing you to quickly add text to your document that you’ve saved as a note. In Docs, you’ll find the Keep icon on the right hand side of the window, under the Calendar icon. Or, you’ll need to expand the side panel by clicking a little arrow in the bottom right corner of the screen.

Take a look at the GIF below to see how easy it is to add your notes in to your document.

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