Take Control of Getting Started With DEVONthink 2 by Kissell, Joe -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Take Control of Getting Started with DEVONthink 2

Read Me First

Updates and More Basics

Introduction DEVONthink Quick Start 1. Understand DEVONthink Basics

What Exactly Is DEVONthink? Words You Should Know Importing vs. Indexing Organizing Features DEVONthink Editions What DEVONthink Is Not Good For

2. Explore DEVONthink's Interface

Main Window

Toolbar Sidebar Views

Icon View List View Column View Split View Three Pane View Tag View

Navigation Bar View Options

Cover Flow Tags Details Widescreen Full Screen

Panels

Information Properties Groups & Tags Download Manager Log History OCR Activity

Drawers

See Also & Classify Concordance

Document Windows Inboxes

3. Set Up DEVONthink Databases

Create a New Database Configure Database Properties

4. Get Information into DEVONthink

Decide Where Your Documents Will Go Create Documents in DEVONthink

Plain Text Rich Text New with Clipboard Sheet Template

Use the Import or Index Command

Import Index

Use Drag and Drop Use the System-Wide Global Inbox Use the Services Menu Use the Sorter Grab Web Data with Bookmarklets Add Email Messages

Import Messages Use the Mail Plugin Work with Imported Messages

Use the PDF Menu Scan Documents into DEVONthink

Use a Fujitsu ScanSnap Configure OCR Preferences Import Previously Scanned Documents

Use the Built-in Web Browser Read RSS Feeds in DEVONthink Joe's Recommendations for Getting Stuff into DEVONthink

5. Organize Your Information

Understand Groups and Tags Create and Use Groups

Create a Group Use Auto Group Move Documents Classify and Auto Classify Documents

Classify Auto Classify

Duplicate and Replicate Documents

Make a Duplicate Make a Replicant

Tag Documents

Use the Tag Bar

Use Autocompletion Use Pop-up Tag Menus Work with Group Tags

Use the Tags List

Work with Links and WikiLinks

Create a Standard Link Create a WikiLink

Move Data between Databases Split and Merge Documents

Split a Document Merge Documents

6. Find Your Information

Perform a Simple Search Refine a Search with Search Options Perform an Advanced Search Use Smart Groups

Save an Advanced Search Use the Smart Group Editor Modify a Smart Group

In the Sidebar Anywhere Else

Search Using the Concordance

7. Work with Your Information

Edit Documents in DEVONthink

Edit Text Documents

Edit Images Navigate PDFs

Choose PDF Display Options Move Around in a PDF Select PDF Contents

Annotate PDFs Edit Documents in External Applications

8. Get Information Out of DEVONthink

Use DEVONthink's Web Server Export Data

9. Dig Deeper

Maintain Your Databases

Verify & Repair Backup & Optimize Restore from Backup Rebuild Database

Use AppleScript and Automator with DEVONthink

AppleScript

Included Scripts Extra Scripts Writing Your Own Scripts

Automator

Included Workflows Writing Your Own Workflows

Link DEVONthink Documents to Other Applications

Learn More About This Book

About the Author Author's Acknowledgements Shameless Plug About the Publisher Production Credits

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