Template for "New Rich Text"

DEVONthink Tips
1

How can I define a template for the “New Rich Text” function in DevonThink?
Or: how can I change the font and other attributes for the default rtf document in DevonThink?

I am using Nisus as texteditor and I do all writing, even most notetaking, in Nisus. All my rtfs get edited in Nisus. I would like to be able to create a new rtf in DevonThink that already has the right font, the right page layout, margins, etc. How can this be done?

2

You can create your own templates and save them in the DT Application Support folder ‘Templates.noindex’. Then use the ‘Data>New From Template>YourTemplate’ menu to create a new document with the styles that you have saved in the template.

3

The best approach is to use File > Export > as Template…

4

Thank you Greg and Christian for the suggestions.
It would mean that I had to go through the menu each and every time I whish to create a new rtf with my styles.

Instead I would like to instruct DevonThink to use a template when clicking on the button “Rich Text”. How ca this be done?

5

The new Rich Text function uses the system-wide styles from the OSX text toolbox. You can setup styles there that will also be available in other applications that share these styles (TextEdit, etc.). There was a recent discussion of this in this thread that may be helpful.

6

You can make a shortcut to make new documents based on your RTF template. After creating the template using Christian and Greg’s advice, it will be in your Data > New from Template menu. Open System Preferences > Keyboard and create an Application Shortcut for DT using the name of your template as the “Menu Title” in the shortcut dialog.

→ See the detailed instructions for making app-specific keyboard shortcuts in Finder > Help > Mac Help under the topic “Creating keyboard shortcuts for applications” Just be careful not to make a shortcut that conflicts with an existing DT shortcut.

1 Like
7

Maybe not in Snow Leopard but I think it’s often/always necessary in 10.5 and the 10.6 version of the help document still claims it is.

8

In SL it’s not necessary. How strange of Apple to publish incorrect documentation. :wink:

9

Thank you for this solution.

  1. Try: I create my rtf-template in Nisus and copy it into my database. Open in Devon’s rtf editor. This editor does not support footers. So footers are gone for good when I export as template.

  2. Try: I create my rtf-template in Nisus and copy it directly to …/Templates.noindex. New File from Template creates a new file in the selected group, renamed to “name-1”. Now header and footer are present as such but the pagination I put in the footer is gone for good. Devon is changing my template when creating the new file.