Google Notebook Tips

Google Notebook Tip #10: Printing Individual Notes

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006

At this time, Google Notebook only lets you print out entire Notebooks, not selected Notes. This can become very frustrating, especially if a Notebook contains a LOT of notes, and you only want to print one of them. So until Google adds a "Print selected notes" function, I have a workaround for this that's a bit of a kludge, but it works. Read on for details…

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Google Notebook Tip #9: “Actions” on Selected Notes

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006

Once you have learned to select one or more notes, you can perform several actions. Read on to see what special actions Google Notebook provides…

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Google Notebook Tip #8: Selecting Notes

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006

Using standard selection methods, you can select multiple notes to Drag & Drop and to perform other "Actions". Holding down the [Ctrl] key will let you select multiple notes. Holding down the [Shift] key will let you select a range of notes. Read on for some examples…

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Google Notebook Tip #7: Moving Notes Around

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006

OK, so you have captured a number of notes, but you really don't like how they are organized. Google provides a very simple way to move your notes around letting you organize them as you prefer. Read on for details…

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Google Notebook Tip #6: Organizing Your Notes with Section Headings

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006

Google Notebook provides a nice feature that lets you better organize your notes: Section Headings. These are definable, collapsible, and movable making organizing a snap. Read on for details…

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Google Notebook Tip #5: Expanding And Collapsing Notes

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006

This tip is a very simple one: If your notes are lengthy, consider "collapsing" them by clicking the small triangle next to the note's title. This toggles the note "open" (displaying the fill notes contents) and "closed" (just the title and note summary displays.) It makes for a nice, neat, organized view…and Google Notes remembers the settings! It works for Section Headings too!

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Google Notebook Tip #4: Images: Are They Permanent?

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006

When clipping an image from a Web page, you need to understand one important concept: Google will nicely display images that you clip, but Google does not actually store the image files in your Google Notebook. It only stores an HTML link to that image on the Web. Read on to see how to manage this, and why this is important…

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Google Notebook Tip #3: Clipping Web Pages

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006

Google Notebook provides an easy and fun way to clip sections of Web page right into your Google Notebook without leaving the page you are browsing. It's the "Google Notebook Internet Explorer Extension" for Internet Explorer, and the "Google Notebook Firefox Extension" for the excellent Firefox browser. Read on to see what the extension does and how to make the most use of it…

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Google Notebook Tip #2: Creating New Notes

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006

Creating a new Note within a Google Notebook is very simple: Just open Google Notebook and click on the "Add note" button. A simple editor opens where you can type in your note content. You can format it using some basic editing tools. When you are finished, click the "Save" button. Simple as that! But this, of course, is not the only way to create a note! Read on for some other ways to create notes…

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Google Notebook Tips coming soon!

Tuesday, May 16th, 2006

Check back here in a couple days to see some new Tips for Google's new Google Notebook feature!

Google Notebook is an online notebook that lets you maintain notes containing Web clips (including images and text), your own text, and links to sites! You can keep notes private, or you can publish them making them publically searchable. 

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So go over to http://Google.com/notebook , check it out, and then come back here for some Tips! 

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