# Your first Keeplet notebook in 5 minutes

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On the Keeplet website you create your first notebook in five steps: you create a **space**, add a **notebook**, write a note, turn it into a **flashcard** and review it. If you have just created your account, a sample notebook, **Keeplet in 30 seconds**, is already there, and you can jump straight to the review.

## Before you start

You need a Keeplet account: if you do not have one yet, read [How to create a Keeplet account](/en/help/web/create-a-keeplet-account). In Keeplet, notes are organized on three levels: a **space** (for example a subject or a course), a **notebook** inside the space (for example a chapter), and **notes and flashcards** inside the notebook.

## What is the "Keeplet in 30 seconds" notebook?

On your first visit, if you do not have any spaces of your own yet, Keeplet creates the **Sample space** with a notebook called **Keeplet in 30 seconds**. It contains a welcome note and 4 flashcards that explain how Keeplet works, including a cloze example. After the guided tutorial the **Ready for your first review?** window appears: press **Start review** to try a 4-card session right away, or **Later**. You can delete the sample space whenever you like.

## Steps

1. In the left menu, next to **Spaces**, press the **+** button (**Add space**).
2. Type the name of the space, for example "Biology", and press Enter. The space page opens.
3. Press **New notebook**, type the name (for example "The cell") and press **Create**.
4. Open the notebook by clicking its card. Click in the sheet and write a note, for example "The mitochondrion produces the cell's energy". Press Enter to start a new block. Keeplet saves on its own: at the top you see "Saved at" followed by the time.
5. Select with the mouse the sentence you want to remember and press **Create card** in the bubble that appears. A flashcard appears under the note with the sentence as its answer: type the question in place of "What do you want to remember?", for example "What does the mitochondrion produce?".
6. Go to **Home** and press **Start review**. Press **Show the answer** and then rate how well you remembered it with one of the four buttons: **Not at all**, **A little**, **Somewhat**, **Great**.

On a phone the path is the same: from the bottom bar open **Notebooks** and press **New space**; the **Today** tab is the Home page, where you find **Start review**.

## What happens next

Each rating button shows when the card will come back (for example "tomorrow" or "in 3 days"): the better you remember it, the further away the next review is. When a card is due you find it in the **To review** count in the menu and on the Home page. For details read [How to do a review session in Keeplet](/en/help/web/do-a-review-session) and [How to rate a card during review](/en/help/web/rate-a-card).

## Frequently asked questions

### How long does it take to create the first notebook?

About five minutes: two to create the space and notebook, two to write a note and a flashcard, one for the first review.

### Do I have to create a space before the notebook?

Yes, every notebook lives inside a space. At sign-up Keeplet already creates the space **General** with a notebook **Notes** (**Generale** and **Note** if you signed up in Italian): you can use them right away or create your own.

### Can I write a note without opening the notebook?

Yes. From the Home page tap the "Write note content..." field, press **Add**, choose the space and the notebook and press **Create**. From the menu, the **New card** button opens the same form already set to flashcard.

### My note became a flashcard: can I go back?

Yes. Press the handle to the left of the block and choose **Turn into note**. If the card has already been reviewed, Keeplet warns you that the review statistics will be lost.

### Where do I find the same path in the app?

Do you use the app for Android or iPhone? Start from [The Today screen in the Keeplet app](/en/help/app/the-today-screen).

## Related articles

- [How to create a Keeplet account](https://keeplet.app/en/help/web/create-a-keeplet-account)
- [How to create and organize spaces in Keeplet](https://keeplet.app/en/help/web/create-and-organize-spaces)
- [How to create a flashcard from a note in Keeplet](https://keeplet.app/en/help/web/create-a-flashcard-from-a-note)
- [How to do a review session in Keeplet](https://keeplet.app/en/help/web/do-a-review-session)
- [Spaced repetition explained with Keeplet](https://keeplet.app/en/help/concepts/spaced-repetition)
- [The Today screen in the Keeplet app](https://keeplet.app/en/help/app/the-today-screen)

Source: https://keeplet.app/en/help/web/your-first-notebook-in-5-minutes