# Am I doing it wrong

**URL:** <https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/am-i-doing-it-wrong/45880>\
**Category:** DEVONthink\
**Created:** [March 22, 2019, 10:11am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/am-i-doing-it-wrong/45880 "2019-03-22T10:11:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Nick73](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/aca169/32.png) [@Nick73](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Nick73)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2019, 10:11am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/am-i-doing-it-wrong/45880/1 "2019-03-22T10:11:54Z")

</div>

Hi - I have this clunky workflow, and Im wondering if there is a simpler way that I’m missing…

As an example, I was reading a work document, and wanted to clip some text to a folder where Im keeping some writing ideas. So my process is:

HIghlight the relevant text \>\> right click \> services \> new DTP note . The next bit is the clunky bit. The new note saves to the global inbox, which i then move to the DB i want the note in. This moves it to the inbox of the database where I have to go again to move it to the group where I actually want it. Maybe its the way I’m using the app, but it seems like it should be possible to do this in fewer steps…?

As an aside, I end up doing the same dance when saving something (say a word document) to the DTP Inbox in finder.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/cgrunenberg/32/7172_2.png) [@cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/cgrunenberg)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2019, 11:08am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/am-i-doing-it-wrong/45880/2 "2019-03-22T11:08:32Z")

</div>

You could enable the group selector (see Preferences \> Import) and use also the services shortcut, this should speed this up a lot.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Nick73](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/aca169/32.png) [@Nick73](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Nick73)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/am-i-doing-it-wrong/45880/3 "2019-03-25T17:12:19Z")

</div>

Thanks for the suggestion! will give that a try