DEVONthink Quick Start
This book helps you find your way around DEVONthink 3 and explains how to use its most important features effectively. For the most part, each chapter builds on the one before it, so I recommend reading the book sequentially. If you choose to jump around, please read at least the first two chapters—Understand DEVONthink Basics and Explore DEVONthink’s Interface—which will help you understand the rest of the material.
Get your bearings:
Acquaint yourself with DEVONthink’s unique conventions and terminology; see Understand DEVONthink Basics.
Learn your way around and find essential features; see Explore DEVONthink’s Interface.
Create one or more containers to hold your personal data; see Set Up DEVONthink Databases.
Put DEVONthink to work:
Create new documents or import data from a variety of sources; see Get Information into DEVONthink.
Group, label, and tag data; add any of numerous kinds of metadata; and use other organizational tools. See Organize Your Information.
Use simple or advanced techniques to locate data you’ve previously stored in DEVONthink; see Find Your Information.
Edit data in DEVONthink or an external editor, use OCR with scanned documents, add annotations and imprints, and convert document formats; see Work with Your Information.
Let DEVONthink’s automation features do more of the heavy lifting for you; see Automate DEVONthink.
Use DEVONthink with other devices and people:
Keep multiple copies of DEVONthink in sync; see Sync DEVONthink Databases.
Store and manage your DEVONthink data on any iOS/iPadOS device; see Use DEVONthink To Go.
Share data locally or export it in numerous formats; see Get Information Out of DEVONthink.
Use DEVONthink Server to share databases on the web; see Use DEVONthink’s Web Server.
Go beyond the basics:
Solve problems and learn about some advanced features; see Dig Deeper.
Find a list of less obvious keyboard (and keyboard-plus-mouse) shortcuts; see Appendix A: Keyboard Shortcuts.
Find resources for further exploration; see Learn More.