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Quick links: |  | Undo, Cut/Copy/Paste, … Tags, Set Name Find, Spelling, Insert Dictation & Emojis Pro/Server Commands

|  |  | The Edit Menu

The Edit menu contains all commands and options relating to editing. You'll find the classic Mac cut/copy/paste and find/replace commands here, as well as many more. Undo, Cut/Copy/Paste, … Undo/Redo: Use these commands to undo or redo the last action, e.g.,to undo deleting a file. Undo and Redo work for many actions. Cut/Copy/Paste: Cut, copy, or paste as standard behavior. Copy with Source Link: Copies selected text and a link to the current document. This text and link can be pasted into other applications. Copy URL: Copies the URL of the selected or frontmost document to the clipboard. Copy Item Link: Copies a DEVONthink-specific URL, called an item link, that links to the selected document or group. These links can be used to create a backlink to the item in your database in applications that support live hyperlinks. For certain file types, there are alternate item links that appear when holding the ⇧ Shift key. These alternate links are discussed in the individual sections in the Documents chapter. Paste with Source Link: When copying text from files in DEVONthink, use this command to paste the text in rich text and Markdown documents with a link back to the source document. Paste and Match Style: Pastes text from the clipboard, matching the styles in the current document. This can also be used when pasting rich text into Markdown documents. Delete: Deletes the selected piece of text. Complete: Tries to auto-complete the partial word before the insertion caret. This standard Mac function uses the currently active dictionary, chosen in the language dropdown of the Spelling and Grammar > Show Spelling and Grammar panel. Select All/Deselect All: Selects or deselects the complete content of the frontmost document. Hold the ⇧Shift key to reveal the Deselect All option. Tags, Set Name Tags: Quickly apply tags to the current document. This displays the Tag bar, if necessary. Set Name As: Applies the selected text as the document's name. Find, Spelling, Insert Find: This submenu contains standard Mac find commands, like those available in TextEdit. Searches on the current document are displayed in the Search Inspector. Two commands of note are: In Database: Puts the cursor in the toolbar search field of a main window. Find: Opens the Search inspector. Find Next/Previous: Steps through search hits in the document. Use Selection For Find: Uses the selected text as the search term in the Search inspector. Scroll To Selection: In long documents, this command scrolls the current document to selected text. Spelling and Grammar: Provides the standard macOS functionality for checking text for spelling or grammar errors. To choose the language used for spell checking, or for auto-completion (see above), open the spell checker panel with Edit > Spelling and Grammar > Show Spelling and Grammar and choose your language of choice from the pop-up menu. Substitutions: Shows the standard Substitutions settings panel where you can toggle the options on and off manually: Smart Copy/Paste, Smart Quotes, Smart Dashes, Smart Links, Data Detectors, and Text Replacements. Data Detectors analyze shown text and make context-sensitive actions available, e.g., when you hover the cursor over a phone number or postal address.
Note: The Spelling and Grammar and Substitutions commands can be temporarily applied to the current document. If you'd like these to be persistent choices, you can make global changes in Settings > Editing.
Transformations: Use this submenu to change selected text to all lowercase or uppercase, or to capitalize every word. Speech: Starts or stops speaking the selected piece of text. Insert: Inserts items, like pictures, checkboxes, bulleted lists, etc. The options available are dependent on the current file type. Dictation & Emojis Start Dictation: Starts the Mac's dictation function. Emoji & Symbols: Shows the standard Special Characters panel for inserting characters and emoji that you cannot enter directly with your keyboard. PRO Pro/Server Commands These commands are only available in the Pro and Server editions of DEVONthink: Summarize via Chat: Opens the Summarize and Transform popover and processes the selected document or its selected text to present a summary. The default results are set via the Summaries dropdown in the AI > Chat settings. Transformations > Transform Text via Chat: This also opens the Summarize and Transform popover and processes the document or its selected text to present alternate styles.