[jacaciodebarros]

Hi,

Whenever I print a file on my Mac, I can choose to save it as a pdf or send the pdf to another application (for example, my menu gives me the option of "send pdf to Journler" or "send pdf to Evernote.") I was wondering if it is possible to have this menu for Omnifocus as well. If so, how do I activate it?

Thanks for suggestions,

Acacio

[curt.clifton]

This functionality isn't built-in to OmniFocus. It could probably be implemented using scripts. Use Help → Send Feedback to submit feature suggestions to get them entered in the development database. (See this sticky thread at the top of the forum for details.)

[Lucas]

If you do a search on the internet I think you'll be able to find instructions for writing scripts for that PDF menu. I remember it being relatively straightforward.

[whpalmer4]

Writing workflows for the PDF button is relatively straightforward if and only if there's an Automator plug-in that does what you need...but at the end of this workflow, you need to clip the file into OmniFocus, and I don't think there's anything off the shelf that will do that. I understand that you can roll your own Automator actions with Applescript and Xcode, however. http://developer.apple.com/mac/libra...roduction.html

Personally, I think I'll be able to print quite a few PDF files to the desktop and clip them from the Finder in the time that getting the fully automated setup working might take :-)

[Toadling]

An interesting aside that might be of some help: You can place a folder alias in your "~/Library/PDF Services" folder to have the location show up in the "Save as PDF" menu in the Print dialog. This might make it easier to have a common location for all your saved PDFs.

Now, if OmniFocus' dock icon accepted file drags, you might be able to place an alias of the OmniFocus app itself in your PDF Services folder. Seems like that should work.

But, alas, the OmniFocus dock icon turns its back and looks the other way whenever a dragged file approaches. :-(

-Dennis

[whpalmer4]

I did a bit more digging, including installing Evernote to see how it accomplished the PDF to Evernote workflow. It installs an alias to the Evernote app in the Library/PDF Services folder, named PDF to Evernote. Apparently, the Evernote app knows that if it is invoked with the alternate name, it is to take the associated PDF file and add it to the database. Doesn't help us, unfortunately. Put in a folder alias as Dennis suggests as a "PDF inbox", then clip them one at a time from the Finder on a regular basis...

Sadly, it appears that sending an email with an attached PDF to user+omnifocus doesn't do the trick either.