Creating New Note in DTP Options?

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I’m a new user. So far, I’ve been either importing or selecting snippets and bringing them into DTP.
What I would also like to be able to do, and am unable to find out how so far, is this.
Easily/quickly create a new “note” (or document… whatever you call it). Currently I use Stickies to jot things down. Then, I highlight and do a Clip to DevonThink.
I’ve seen allusion to it being possible via the Dock, but unless I’m missing it, it only works if you have something highlighted.

I guess what I’m asking is – can I skip the Stickies step?

It --seems-- that DevonNote offers this, but as far as I can tell, DTP does not.

I’m probably missing it. I hope that is the case.

Thanks for taking the time to shine a light. :slight_smile:

9thStBoy

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Try this: Click on the Sorter to open the panel. Now click on the little ‘Note’ icon at the bottom. The Sorter has become a note panel.

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Bingo.
Thanks, Bill!

9thStBoy

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Less cumbersome is to set a hot key for this in the Sorter preferences.

5

Oh, YEAH.
:laughing:

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Is it possible to set a hot key to save and close the note taker in the sorter after a note is created. As it is now it seems that I must click on save to end the note session. It would be better to be able to operate the whole thing from the keyboard if possible: hot key to open (as is), type your note, hot key to save and close (not currently available). Please consider this… Thanks.

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Command-M always minimizes an open Sorter to the side
Command-S saves a note and minimizes the Sorter

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Thanks, I didn’t notice those commands. They work and that makes it super useful… most of the time, because for some reason in my testing just now they don’t ALWAYS work and sometimes I have to switch out of the sorter and back in to make the key commands you mention work… check it out for a possible bug.

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other nice notetaking option: the notes-widget of DTPO.You find it in the Extras folder.

Then you just press the widgets-button on your keyboard. Take your note, save thats it.

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My guess is because it doesn’t receive focus anymore and since we are breaking the Human Interface Guidelines it’s not immediately obvious.

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I don’t know, it’s not consistent. If I am in Safari, bring up the note taker in the Sorter via key command, type and hit CMND-S it saves. I then bring it up again, type, and hit CMND-S and it does not save.

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I’m sorry but I can’t reproduce that here at the moment…

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No problem, it could be a conflict on my end. It looks that in normal usage, not testing, it should work just fine. I just discovered this way to take notes today so I have not used it much, but will from now on, it is exactly the quick kind of note taking I need for DT. Thanks.