Find Your Information

One of the biggest reasons to store your stuff in DEVONthink (as opposed to, say, the Finder) is its fast, smart, and flexible searching. This chapter describes the search options, from simple to complex, including a look at how to Use Smart Groups. It also discusses how to Search Using the Concordance, a specialized way of searching based on the frequency with which words appear in your database.

Perform a Simple Search

Most searches in DEVONthink are simple and straightforward—and the process couldn’t be easier. Type your search term into the search field on the toolbar, and DEVONthink almost instantly returns matching documents from anywhere in the current database—with default settings, you need not even press Return ...

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