Bookmarks are exactly the same as the ones found in your web browser. With DEVONthink's ability to act as a browser, bookmarks can be a valuable part of your experience. When using File > Import > Bookmarks, you can bring your bookmarks into DEVONthink easily. Though this depends on the capability of the individual browser, you may be able to drag links directly into your database. You can also capture them with DEVONthink's browser extension, Clip to DEVONthink.

In addition to importing bookmark files, they can be created via Data > New > Bookmark. Just provide a URL and title. If you don't enter a title, DEVONthink will attempt to detect and use the page title.

Formatted Notes: allow to write simple formatted text including embedded images that can be viewed on any system with just a web browser. While the range of formatting options is smaller that that of rich text they are much more compatible to today's standards. You can find all available formatting commands in the Edit and Format menus. When creating new formatted notes, DEVONthink will use the font set in Preferences > Editing > Rich Text & Note Font. Captured or imported formatted notes, e.g., from Evernote, use the font set in Preferences > Web > Standard Font

Technically formatted notes are based on HTML, the language of the world-wide web. Images are embedded directly into the HTML code so that formatted notes are completely self-contained. The HTML code is also cleaned from unnecessary tags and an identifying meta tag is inserted that lets DEVONthink distinguish formatted notes from normal HTML pages. Form tags, e.g., for checkboxes and input fields are not removed and the status of checkboxes and form fields is retained.

Bear in mind, the underlying markup in formatted notes can't be edited in DEVONthink. However, you can open the files in a compatible external editor, if you'd like.

HTML Files: are similar to formatted notes, but they do not preserve the state of checkboxes and form fields. You also cannot add images by dragging them into the live editing view. However, you can edit the underlying HTML code using the Source and Side-by-Side modes found in the navigation bar.

Formatted notes can be imported or created via Data > New > Formatted note. When using the Notes from Evernote or Folders & Attachments from Notes options in the File > Import menu, the imported notes are formatted notes. HTML files can be imported or created via Data > New > HTML page.

Web archives are a special HTML file format intended to create offline archives of individual web pages. The downloaded data preserves the look and feel of the page very closely. It is often a more useful capture option when a PDF would generate a very long page since web archives always view at the size determined by the browsing area.

They function in a similar fashion as formatted notes, so you can actually edit the captured contents and save your changes. This can be very handy for highlighting passages or removing unwanted elements, e.g., ads, in a captured web page. Also, since they are HTML files the underlying markup can be edited using the Source and Side-by-Side modes found in the navigation bar.

Web archives files can't be directly made. They are the result of capturing web content, either in DEVONthink or using our browser extension.

RSS feeds are special "web pages" that don't show as pages but as a stream of news articles. DEVONthink allows you to keep that news flowing directly into your databases. Supporting RSS, RDF, Atom, and JSON feeds, DEVONthink functions as a basic newsreader.

RSS feeds are treated as a special type of file that functions as a group. Feed articles are downloaded to the feed and saved in a format you specify in DEVONthink's Preferences > RSS > Feed Format. The default is Automatic and saves summary files as HTML. The styling of the HTML articles is controlled by an internal CSS stylesheet specified in Preferences > RSS > Feed Style Sheet. Other formats will get their styling from the source they're downloaded from.

RSS feeds can be created via Data > New > Feed. Provide a URL and title. If you don't enter a title, DEVONthink will attempt to detect and use the feed's title. You will also notice a special feed in this menu: Twitter Feed. This can be used to import feed articles from a specific Twitter account.

Like rich text files, editing HTML-based files (excluding bookmarks) includes the Editing Bar. Click this icon and the editing bar will appear in place of the navigation bar. The tools available here consist of:

In addition to the contextual menu commands available with text selections in a document, HTML based files often include these items: