Setting up Google notebooks on your desktop
Using web 2.01. Go to the Google Accounts page: https://www.google.com/accounts/ManageAccount
2. Click “Create Account Now” (lower right high of page)
3. You will need an email address and a password (at least 6 characters long). After you prove you are not a robot spammer by retyping a word verification, click the button at the bottom of the page to accept the terms of service and create an account.
4. Within a few seconds, you should receive an email from Google. If it doesn’t show up, check your junk folder. You need to click a link in this email to activate your account. That’s it!
5. Once your account is active, return to the Google accounts page to add the notebook feature to your desktop. Use the “More” button to search for “Notebook”. Follow the directions to install it.
6. Once it is installed, you can click and drag your mouse to mark text on any Internet page then use your right mouse button to open the context menu. One of your choices in this context menu is now “Note this (Google Notebook). Selecting this menu choice will paste the text you have selected into a Google notebook.
You can type your own words into a note. You can rename a notebook and create as many as you want. So you could have a notebook for “Melville” and one for “the Civil War” or any other research projects you have. You can go to your notebooks any time you are online. You can copy and paste from notebooks into other documents, such as Word or email.
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