Additional functions

These additional functions can be accessed via the menu and keyboard shortcuts.

Statistics
Computes some simple statistics about the slips, keywords and scents in a box. The averages of slip scents and keyword scents indicate how densely the items in the box are interconnected.
Note that the number of keywords in these statistics is the number of different keywords in the box, not the number of keywords entered in the Keywords field. (Thus, the number of keywords is the same number as the number of items listed in the in the Keywords Drawer.)

Copy Slip
In the Slip View and Alternating Scent View: copies the current slip to the pasteboard. In the Search View: copies the selected (not the flagged!) slips to the pasteboard.

Paste Slip
Pastes the slips from the pasteboard and appends them to the current SlipBox document.

Clear Slip Fields
Clears all fields of the current slip.

Show Selected Slip(s) in Extra Window
In the Slip View this shows the current slip in a new window. In the Search View it shows the selected slips in the search results table in new windows. These windows are read-only, ie they cannot be edited, but the "flagged" status of a slip can be changed. By clicking the button in the lower right corner the extra slip window is closed and the slip is displayed in the main window. Note that these windows are not updated if the content of a slip changes after the window is opened.

Show Flagged Slip(s) in Extra Window
Same as the above function, except that the flagged slips are used.

Add
Adds an empty slip to the box using the slip template.

Remove
Removes the slip from the box. The slip is not deleted but moved to the trash. Via "Browse Trash" slips can be searched just like in the normal view and reinserted to the box.

Flag/Unflag
Flags or unflags a slip. Functions that can be applied to the flagged slips are sorting in the Search View, printing, exporting or opening extras slip windows.

Go Back/Forward
History function like in web browsers or the Mac Finder.

Go To…
Opens a dialogue to enter that allows to enter a number of the slip that will then be displayed.

Random Slip
Randomly chooses a slip from the box and makes it the current slip.

Suggest Slip
Suggests a slip from the box that is linked to the current slip. It uses the following algorithm. First all slip scents for this slip are collected. The scents for a slip are the slips that have at least one keyword in common with the current slip. The scents are then ranked by the number of keywords they share with the current slip. From the set of the highest ranking slips (those with the most shared keywords) one slip is chosen randomly.

Make Link
If a number is selected in the Slip Text field, it creates a manual link to this slip. Otherwise a dialogue opens that allows to enter a slip ID to link to.

Get Info
Displays information about the current slip: author, creation date and last modification date.

Keyword Search/Source Search/Full Text Search
Switches to the Search View and selects the corresponding search type.

Flag All Results
Only active in the Search View. Flags all current search results.

Unflag All Slips
Unflags all slips in the box (not just the search results).

Highlight Text
Highlights the selected text in the Slip Text field in a pre-defined colour. This function is useful for highlighting text in citations if you are (like I) fussy about whether the cited text is bold or italic in the original. The colour can be set in the Preferences dialogue.