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jsloop styles your Markdown

March 27, 2025

Screenshot showing an open Markdown document in DEVONthink in side-by-side view. The rendered text in the preview uses the stylesheet from “jsloop”, which is discussed in this blog post.

Looking for a stylesheet to spruce up your Markdown? DEVONthink user jsloop has created his own darkly themed styling for DEVONthink and DEVONthink To Go, that he shares with you. (more)

DEVONthink Integration for Marky

January 23, 2025

Screenshot showing the webtool Marky the Markdownifier. It shows the Markdown text and the different export options, including Clip to DEVONhink.

Do you already know Marky, the Markdownifier? This is a web application that easily converts web pages into beautiful and clean Markdown. And now Marky has also received an integration for DEVONthink. (more)

How to Link Images in Markdown

October 22, 2024

Screenshot of a Markdown document with a linked image.

If you want to use an image in a Markdown document, you need to link to the image file. We show you how to link to images already in your DEVONthink database and how to easily insert images and automatically store them in your database in one go. (more)

How to Focus on Writing

March 12, 2024

Screenshot showing a plain text document in fullscreen mode in DEVONthink.

When you sit down to write, it’s all too common to become distracted. While we can’t disable notification center and sounds from other applications, DEVONthink can provide a more minimalistic view in which to write. (more)

How to Use In-Document Search on iOS

January 9, 2024

Screenshot showing a in-document search in DEVONthink To Go.

Finding documents in DEVONthink To Go is easily done with its search field. But what about searching the document you’re currently viewing? You can easily run an in-document search in native document formats like Markdown or rich text. Here is, how to do that. (more)

How to Style Markdown

November 14, 2023

HTML markup for a converted Markdown document.

You may be wondering how you can change the appearance of your Markdown documents. The answer is: with CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). Here are some tips to get you started. (more)

Why to Use Markdown

October 24, 2023

Screenshot showing a window in DEVONthink with an open Markdown document.

As native file type in DEVONthink and DEVONthink To Go, Markdown is a format used by many of you. However, often the question comes up what Markdown is at all and why one should use it. Here are a few things you may not have known about Markdown. (more)

How to Use Equations in Markdown

February 21, 2023

Screenshot showing some MathJax examples.

Perhaps you like to use Markdown for your notes, but need to write mathematical formulas from time to time. The MathJax extension lets you do exactly that: edit and render documents with terms and equations directly in DEVONthink. Here is, how that works. (more)

How to Use a Custom Stylesheet

January 10, 2023

Illustration showing a split view of a styled and unstyled document.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. For your documents, you certainly care about the aesthetics, because looking at a pretty document is simply much more pleasure. If you use Markdown or HTML-based documents in DEVONthink, you can easily customize the look with a stylesheet. Here’s how that works. (more)

Using a Custom Markdown Stylesheet

November 2, 2021

Screenshot showing CSS stylesheet code.

When it comes to aesthetics, what looks good to one may not look good to another. This is certainly the case when creating Markdown documents. If you have a preferred look, you can specify a default stylesheet that will apply to the rendered view of all your Markdown documents in DEVONthink. (more)