Summary in one RTF-note of highlighted text in multiple pdfs

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I would suggest the following features for a future Devonthink Upgrade:

With one click, a RTF note is generated, which contains the name / link to all PDFs of the selected pdfs / or the current folder, and also the highlighted text and annotations of these pdfs. This would allow to have with one click a summary of all important (highlighted) paragraphs in one note-file, including also the reference that allows to jump directly to each document.

Would this already be possible with a script currently? If no, is there a chance to see such a feature with the next 3.0 release? Would be great.

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Thanks for the suggestion! This isn’t scriptable and not yet planned as it’s the first request of its kind but we’ll add this to our list of possible improvements.

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Danke, thanks for your answer. I am really sure, that a lot of other users would enjoy such a feature in order to have a summary of all relevant pdfs of a project (journalists, researchers, medical doctors etc). After highlighting text in multiple pdfs of one project, having ONE note-file with all highlighted text sorted by the source with a link to each source would simply be fascinating. I am quite sure. In case there is a realistic chance to include this in the 3.0 release would be great (I know you cannot promise any roadmap). Thanks so much for listening. I am ready to beta-test such a feature as soon as it is ready… just let me know.

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The Highlights app does this but TBH it wasn’t a great implementation.
It was too buggy.
But the idea is great – export highlights in whatever form, RTF, plain text or markdown and have a summary with page links in Devonthink.
A reliable implementation of this would be a game changer for research.

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Great, that you consider this suggestion for a further update… This would be simply great! However I do not fully agree that this is the first request, other users have made similar suggestions in the past, e.g. DTTG: annotation summary --> I believe that this would be an absolute fantastic feature for many users to even better integrate DT in their workflow…

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I realized that I have been the (first?) one to suggest this feature - that has been implemented meanwhile … thanks so much for listening to your customers!

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