# Is there a better way to create a link to another document?
**URL:** https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/is-there-a-better-way-to-create-a-link-to-another-document/24976
**Category:** Automation
**Created:** [January 12, 2019, 4:47am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/is-there-a-better-way-to-create-a-link-to-another-document/24976 "2019-01-12T04:47:38Z")
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### Author:  [@sarima](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/sarima)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2019, 4:47am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/is-there-a-better-way-to-create-a-link-to-another-document/24976/1 "2019-01-12T04:47:38Z")
Currently I’m having applescript open the window for the record and then
```auto
tell application "System Events" to tell process "DEVONthink Pro Office" to click (menu item 1 where its name starts with "Copy Page Link") of menu 1 of menu bar item "Edit" of menu bar 1
```
then later, have the applescript open a second document and:
```auto
tell application "System Events" to tell process "DEVONthink Pro Office" to click (menu item 1 where its name starts with "Paste") of menu 1 of menu bar item "Edit" of menu bar 1
```
I’m guessing there is a better way? Or, another way to ask is how can I generate a clickable link for a Formatted Note or rtfd? I can get the ‘reference URL’ of the record and insert that, but I don’t know how to make it into a link .
Thanks
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### Author:  [@Allsop](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Allsop)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2019, 7:25am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/is-there-a-better-way-to-create-a-link-to-another-document/24976/2 "2019-01-12T07:25:47Z")
Edit\>Copy Item Link and then Edit\>Paste Item Link
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### Author:  [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/is-there-a-better-way-to-create-a-link-to-another-document/24976/3 "2019-01-12T13:57:08Z")
Inserting a link into a format like those is not a simple matter. There is underlying code that controls the recognition and display of the text in formats like RTF and HTML formats.
Have you tried Option-Command-dragging and dropping a file into the RTF file?
PS: Getting the reference URL is the correct thing to do. It’s what you get in the Copy item Link menu command.
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### Author:  [@korm](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/korm)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/is-there-a-better-way-to-create-a-link-to-another-document/24976/4 "2019-01-12T15:37:03Z")
If you have DEVONthink \> Preferences \> Editing \> WikiLinks \> Automatic active, then you can enter the name of another document in the same database into an RTF(D) or plain text file, and DEVONthink will create a link to that document. Does not work in markdown or formatted notes.
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### Author:  [@sarima](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/sarima)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/is-there-a-better-way-to-create-a-link-to-another-document/24976/5 "2019-01-12T17:13:49Z")
Thank you for all the replies! Ah @korm, there was part of my confusion re: wiki style links not working in formatted notes. That’s great it works. It’s not exactly ideal, but I want to be able to edit some of the text on iOS occasionally, so I scripted a round trip of the note through “convert record xx to rich … convert record xx to note” and the link text gets properly linked.
🙂 Thanks!