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Here you can choose options for the location, encoding, and tagging of files coming from external sources, including bookmarklets, DEVONagent Pro, items dropped on the dock icon, (external) scripts, or services. New notes Check Select (and display) automatically to automatically select and display the last note you have taken. Destination Choose the default destination where incoming data is stored. Select group: A group selector is shown that lets you choose the destination. The group selector appears as a black panel floating on top of all other windows. Use it to select the group where you want to file the items. Global inbox: The data is stored in the global inbox. Text Encoding Choose the default encoding used for plain text documents. Select Automatic to let DEVONthink choose the best encoding. Tags Imported files can have metadata that may be useful as tags. Choose options to convert specific types of information to DEVONthink tags. Convert keywords to tags: Check this to convert embedded keywords from PDFs and RTF(D) files to tags. Convert properties to tags: Check this to convert embedded properties from PDF and RTF(D) files to tags. Convert geolocation to tags: Check this to convert proper names of geolocation data to tags, e.g., "Orlando", "FL", and "United States". Convert Hashtags to tags: Check this to convert found hashtags to tags. Add tags to images: Check this to automatically apply tags to imported images. Scan Barcodes: Check this to allow DEVONthink to try and detect a barcode in an imported image. The detected barcode will be added as custom metadata These options are honored by email archiving, scanning and OCR, importing from Bookends, Evernote, Apple Notes, and Yojimbo, as well as documents created via the Sorter and the web interface (Server edition only).