{"id":104893,"date":"2026-03-31T16:54:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T11:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.guvi.in\/blog\/?p=104893"},"modified":"2026-11-09T13:08:32","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T07:38:32","slug":"how-to-use-notebooklm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guvi.in\/blog\/how-to-use-notebooklm\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use NotebookLM: Create Study Notes & Presentations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NotebookLM (now Gemini Notebook) turns your own documents into study notes and presentation outlines. Upload your files to a notebook, then ask it to summarize them into notes or build a slide structure. Every answer comes from your sources, with citations you can check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most people spend hours converting long PDFs and reports into notes and slides. This guide gives you the exact steps and prompts to do it in much less time. It also covers how NotebookLM compares to ChatGPT and whether it is safe to use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How to Use NotebookLM in 5 Steps<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Sign in to NotebookLM with your Google account and create a new notebook.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Upload your sources, such as PDFs, Google Docs, Slides or web links.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. For study notes, ask it to summarize your sources into notes with headings and bullet points.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. For a presentation, ask for a slide outline, then expand each slide and add speaker notes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Check the citations, then move your content into Google Slides, PowerPoint or Canva.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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    What is NotebookLM?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    NotebookLM (now Gemini Notebook)<\/strong><\/em> is an AI-powered research and knowledge synthesis tool developed by Google. It lets users upload documents and interact with them through natural-language queries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Unlike generic chatbots, it grounds every response in user-provided sources such as PDFs, Google Docs, and web content, using retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)<\/a> to ensure accuracy and contextual relevance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    It parses, indexes, and semantically links information across documents, enabling tasks like summarization and insight extraction with inline citations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Getting Started with NotebookLM<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    1. Login or Sign Up to NotebookLM<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    To begin, visit the NotebookLM platform and sign in using your Google account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Once logged in, you\u2019ll land on the homepage, your central dashboard. Here, you can:<\/p>\n\n\n\n