I suppose one of the reasons that it’s easy to have a full inbox is because there might just be that good article that’s worth saving for a class or another reason. So what do I do when finding such articles? My new answer: save them to DevonThink and my database for that class.
Just today, for example, I happened upon one of the New York Times newsletters, OnTech. Their lead question: will streaming save sports or kill it? Sounds like a good question for a Media Literacy class. So what to do? Save it in my DevonThink media literacy database so I can use it later. Here’s how I do that:
In Outlook, I have the email message. Then File/Print, but here’s where I make an adjustment:
Here, I selected the PDF drop-down box on the bottom. I have several options of what to do with the PDF that’s generated by Mac OS. The one I want is “Save PDF to DEVONthink 3.” When I do that, DEVONThink opens and I get this screen:
The nice thing about DEVONThink Pro is that it has OCR, so it will convert the PDF into a searchable PDF, which then will allow me to search on any term.[1]As I mentioned elsewhere on my site, this is the main reason to prefer DEVONThink Pro to the normal version.
And given that the textbook I’m thinking about using has a heavy dose of convergence to it [2]Joseph Turow’s Media Today, 7th edition. Unfortunately, the 8th edition is coming out during week 6 of the semester. Ugh. But it’s cheaper than the other book I have used, and suits my … Continue reading, this article makes perfect sense to keep on hand to use.
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↑1 | As I mentioned elsewhere on my site, this is the main reason to prefer DEVONThink Pro to the normal version. |
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↑2 | Joseph Turow’s Media Today, 7th edition. Unfortunately, the 8th edition is coming out during week 6 of the semester. Ugh. But it’s cheaper than the other book I have used, and suits my approach to the class a bit more. It keeps the historical pieces that I think are important, but not as much as I’d like. Then again, the perfect book would be 1,000 pages long and nobody would read it! |