Hello everyone, These are just some general thoughts about my limited experience with using DevonThink. Installing the program is typical of most Apple-developed software, so no explanation is necessary. Frankly, I am quite impressed with the accessibility of the software. I have been able to create groups, modify tags for various items, and import or index files with ease. A caveat is that in some instances of opening PDF files within the program, the content appears as “static text,” which is easily overcome by pressing “CMD-shift-o,” rather than, “CMD-O.) Furthermore, I have been able to import documents from EverNote. I have many articles saved, so to access these from within one general location with ease is definitely a great advantage. Moreover, if additional articles are saved to a particular notebook, upon import, only those articles that were recently added will be indexed. Side note: EverNote needs to be installed for this to work successfully.
Another great feature, which makes DevonThink an excellent tool for those in academia or in other research-heavy professions is that preforming a “keyword” search of your entire database is possible. For instance, if I have an idea of a particular article or document I want to read or share, but I am unsure of the tile, but I can recall a few “keywords,” then invoking the search function with “CMD-shift-F” will place voiceover into an edit field where I may type the select words for the search. By pressing “enter,” the search will commence, and in a layout table (accessible with VO-T) the most recent document will appear with a percentage value corresponding to the accuracy of the content relevant to the search. Finally, accessing the options within the source table, is possible, but one needs to preform a mouse-click on the highlighted feature he or she wants to view. For example, if I only want to view the “recently added” content, I interact with the source table, VO-down arrow until I come to this option, and preform a mouse-click, and interact with the layout table, which will display the “recently added” items. In my opinion, DevonThink is the “iTunes” of file management. I am excited to have this program available to me during my second round of grad school. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
