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.