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/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.
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:
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.
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.
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
These commands are only available in the Pro and Server editions of DEVONthink: