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The DEVONthink > Services menu gives you access to special commands provided either by other applications, such as TextEdit or Safari, or by services extensions such as DEVONtechnologies' WordService or CalcService. Also, DEVONthink publishes its own services in the Services menu. DEVONthink services DEVONthink installs several services for copying or summarizing selected text, capturing a web page, or searching for documents in your databases. Add to DEVONthink 3: Adds selected files, bookmarks, or images to your database. This service is also available in the Finder's contextual menu. Take Plain/Rich Note: Adds selected text to the global inbox as a plain or rich text note from any application that support services. Taking a rich text note also copies images and clickable links. If the source document is a web page or a news feed, DEVONthink tries to capture the address of the page or feed as well. This only works with applications that support this feature, such as Safari, DEVONagent Pro, and other web browsers. Append Plain/Rich Note: Adds selected text as plain or rich text to the last note taken using the DEVONthink Services menu items. Lookup: Opens the search pane in DEVONthink with the selected text copied as search term. Summarize: Creates a new note in DEVONthink's inbox with a summary of the selected text. DEVONthink uses all documents in the open database for determining what's important and what's not. The summarization settings in Preferences > Editing, define whether the summary are be based on sentences or paragraphs. If you want to assign hotkeys to services, go to System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Services. Do note that application hotkeys can override hotkeys set here. Try to make sure to specify unused key combinations in your shortcuts. Also, due to the way macOS loads menus, you may need to show the DEVONthink > Services menu once before the hotkey will become active.