You aren’t going to get active hyperlinks in plain text metadata fields.
If you create a custom attribute with a Rich Text data type, you can use Copy then Paste with Source Link in the Info > Data inspector.
Q: what would you advise to do? make a screenshot of a recipe and import it as an image? this way, I can get text of the recipe in the “Text Alternative” screen (btw, is it included in the search…?)
OR create a new rich text note, and paste the screenshot of the recipe there…? but in this case, I cannot use OCR or transcribe the text of the screenshot inside the rich text note…
p.s. I’ve just realized, that the paste with source also does not work in the rich text note — why is that…? I’d assume the link would work there
Adding to BLUEFROG’s comment on URLs in plain text: If you right-click the URL, macOS will recognize it as a link and give you an “Open link” command in the contextual menu.
But… I don’t understand why you’re taking a screenshot of a PDF in the first place?
this way, I can get text of the recipe in the “Text Alternative” screen (btw, is it included in the search…?)
If you are using text recognition for images with Searchable Text (see the AI > Chat > Transcription settings), then yes it is searchable.
OR create a new rich text note, and paste the screenshot of the recipe there…? but in this case, I cannot use OCR or transcribe the text of the screenshot inside the rich text note…
Do you already have a process in place? Why not just a selection link to the recipe in the PDF?
p.s. I’ve just realized, that the paste with source also does not work in the rich text note — why is that…? I’d assume the link would work there
Clarify what a rich text note is. There is no such format and I don’t know if you’re referring to a rich text file or custom metadata with a Rich Text data type.
Copy in a PDF then Paste with Source Link in a rich text document…
thanks! that would indeed be an alternative approach! but I could not find an easy way to do that, apart from “drag-and-dropping” a page thumbnail into an index…
is there a way to “copy” a selected page in a PDF…?
Yes, you can simply drag and drop a page from a PDF in the Document > Thumbnails inspector, though I don’t know what “into an index” means. And yes, you can copy a page and use Command-N to create a separate PDF of the page from the clipboard.
okay I have found out why the paste with source link does not work:
steps to replicate:
select text in pdf, click “Copy with Source Link”
create a new rich text document.
copy anything else.
I’m using pastebot as my clipboard manager, if the link is not the most recent one → DEVONthink copies it as a text, the source link is not clickable in this case.
4a. if the source link is the most recent one → DEVONthink pastes it formatted and the links is clickable.
regardless, the “paste with source link” is always grayed out for me. I’m just using CMD V command for pasting.
1: the link was first in the pastebot. CMD V gave me formatted and clickable link
2. the link was not the most recent one in pastebot. the link is not clickable.
