Creating 3rd party file formats from inside DevonThink
With DevonThink as the hub of my document management, I want to create files from inside the app itself. This works great for text related documents .txt, .rtf, .md, but what about .docx, .xlsx, .pptx and the like. Or even a document format to be named later? The answer is very simple and I’m surprised and perhaps a little disappointed it took me this long to get around to sorting it out. The process involves making a document of the type you plan to use in the future then making that available to DevonThink as a template. First, within DevonThink, select Data->New From Template->Open Templates Folder. This will open the Templates.noindex folder. Next, make a blank document from each application you want to work with in the future. For example, open Writer from within LibreOffice and save a blank document as .docx, then another for .odt. Do the same for Calc as .xlsx and .ods, Presentation and all your other […]
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