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Documents that DEVONthink Personal cannot render natively are displayed using QuickLook. But while you have to press the Space bar in the Finder to open a QuickLook head-up display, DEVONthink Personal previews these documents directly in the view/edit pane like any other document format.

Among others, the following document types are shown though QuickLook:

For some document formats the preview allows you to select and copy text, for other formats it doesn't. If DEVONthink Personal is able to interpret and convert the document format you can use the Text View/Preview button in the navigation bar to switch to a text view that allows you to select, copy, and drag text.

Note: The availability and, if available, quality of the preview as well as the possibility to select and copy text depends solely on the source application. Developers can embedded a QuickLook-compatible preview diectly into the files or they can write a preview plugin and add it to either the source application or have you install it separately in ~/Library/QuickLook. If a document that you want to view in DEVONthink Personal does not show a QuickLook preview, please contact the maker of the source application and ask them to add QuickLook support.


Toolbar

For document previews based on QuickLook, DEVONthink Personal offers a number of toolbar items, e.g. for moving back and forth through the other documents contained in the same group or opening the document in its source application.

Use Data > Open to open the document in a separate document window instead of in its source application.

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