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# Getting Started with Omnivore
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Omnivore is a **read-it-later app** that lets you save and organize everything you read online.
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Omnivore is a **read-it-later app** that lets you save and organize everything you read online.
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This guide will show you how to use Omnivore’s basic functions and advanced features, divided into four main activities:
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* Saving
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* Reading
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* Organizing
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* Integrations
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- Saving
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- Reading
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- Organizing
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- Integrations
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The **Library** is the center of your Omnivore experience, where you can quickly access any links you have saved. Saved links remain in your Library forever unless you delete them.
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## Saving
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There are five main ways to save links to pages or articles that you wish to read later:
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* Saving from Your Omnivore Library
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* Saving from a Browser
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* Saving from a Phone or Tablet (iOS or Android)
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* Newsletter Subscriptions via Email
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* Saving PDFs from a Mac
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- Saving from Your Omnivore Library
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- Saving from a Browser
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- Saving from a Phone or Tablet (iOS or Android)
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- Newsletter Subscriptions via Email
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- Saving PDFs from a Mac
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### Saving from Your Omnivore Library
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1. In the upper right corner of your Library, tap the **Add Link** button.
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2. Enter the URL you wish to save and tap **Add Link**.
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3. The link will appear in your Library the next time you refresh it.
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### Saving from a Browser
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1. Download and install the Omnivore extension for your browser:
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* [Chrome ](https://omnivore.app/install/chrome)
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* [Edge](https://omnivore.app/install/edge)
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* [Firefox](https://omnivore.app/install/firefox)
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* [Safari](https://omnivore.app/install/safari)
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- [Chrome ](https://omnivore.app/install/chrome)
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- [Edge](https://omnivore.app/install/edge)
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- [Firefox](https://omnivore.app/install/firefox)
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- [Safari](https://omnivore.app/install/safari)
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2. Navigate to the page you wish to save and tap the Omnivore button in your browser’s toolbar or Extensions menu.
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3. Alternatively, you can right-click (command+click on Mac) on any hyperlink and select **Save to Omnivore** from the menu.
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4. The link will appear in your Library the next time you refresh it.
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### Saving from a Phone or Tablet
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The best way to save links from your mobile device is via the Omnivore app. You can download the app here:
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* [iOS (iPhone or iPad)](https://omnivore.app/install/ios)
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* Android
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- [iOS (iPhone or iPad)](https://omnivore.app/install/ios)
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- Android
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Once the mobile app is installed:
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5. Paste the Omnivore email address into the signup form.
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6. New newsletters will be automatically delivered to your Omnivore inbox.
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### Saving PDFs from a Mac
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1. Install the [Mac App](https://omnivore.app/install/mac).
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1. Install the [Mac App](https://omnivore.app/install/mac).
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2. On your Mac, locate the PDF you wish to save and right-click or ctrl+click on the file name.
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3. Select **Share** from the menu and choose **Omnivore**.
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4. The link will appear in your Library the next time you refresh it.
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## Reading
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Click any link saved in your Library to enter the Reader view.
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Click any link saved in your Library to enter the Reader view.
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Omnivore formats pages for easy reading and highlighting, removing ads and clutter for distraction-free reading. The text-focused view also makes articles smaller and quicker to load.
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While reading, you can:
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* <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Change Formatting</span>
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* <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Highlight Text</span>
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* <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Add Notes</span>
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* <span style="text-decoration:underline;">View All Saved Highlights and Notes</span>
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* <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Track Reading Progress</span>
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- <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Change Formatting</span>
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- <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Highlight Text</span>
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- <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Add Notes</span>
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- <span style="text-decoration:underline;">View All Saved Highlights and Notes</span>
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- <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Track Reading Progress</span>
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### Change Formatting
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1. **_Theme:_** Tap your photo, initial, or avatar in the top right corner to access the profile menu. Select the white or black thumbnail to choose the Light or Dark theme.
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1. **_Theme:_** Tap your photo, initial, or avatar in the top right corner to access the profile menu. Select the white or black thumbnail to choose the Light or Dark theme.
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2. **_Text Formatting:_** Tap the Aa icon to adjust the text size, font, margins, and line spacing.
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### Highlight Text
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### Track Reading Progress
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Omnivore automatically keeps track of your reading progress across your different devices so you can easily pick up where you left off. A progress bar will appear at the top of each link in your Library after you have started reading.
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Omnivore automatically keeps track of your reading progress across your different devices so you can easily pick up where you left off. A progress bar will appear at the top of each link in your Library after you have started reading.
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## Organizing
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By default, the Library inbox displays all links you have saved. To manage your list and keep your reading organized, Omnivore provides the following actions:
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By default, the Library inbox displays all links you have saved. To manage your list and keep your reading organized, Omnivore provides the following actions:
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* <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Archiving</span>
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* <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Labels</span>
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* <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Search</span>
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* <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Filters</span>
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- <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Archiving</span>
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- <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Labels</span>
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- <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Search</span>
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- <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Filters</span>
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### Archiving
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### Search
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1. To search through all your saved links, enter a keyword or phrase in the search bar.
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2. You can combine keywords with labels and filters to focus your search even further. [Learn more about advanced search](https://omnivore.app/help/search).
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1. To search through all your saved links, enter a keyword or phrase in the search bar.
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2. You can combine keywords with labels and filters to focus your search even further. [Learn more about advanced search](https://docs.omnivore.app/using/search.html).
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### Filters
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1. Use the **Filters **menu to refine your Library view (some filters may be visible by default).
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2. Select **Read Later** to view a list of all your non-archived links except Newsletters.
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3. Select **Highlights** to view the text selections you have highlighted in all your saved pages.
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3. Select **Highlights** to view the text selections you have highlighted in all your saved pages.
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4. Select **Today** to view a list of links you saved today.
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5. Select **Newsletters** to view links saved via your newsletter subscriptions.
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Omnivore allows integrations with knowledge bases and note-taking apps including:
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* Logseq
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* Webhooks
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- Logseq
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- Webhooks
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### Logseq
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With Omnivore's Logseq plugin you can sync all your saved articles, highlights, and notes into Logseq, a popular knowledge base. For information on setting up and using the Logseq plugin, please refer to this helpful [Omnivore for Logseq Plugin Guide](https://briansunter.com/graph/#/page/omnivore-logseq-guide).
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### Webhooks
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Omnivore can trigger webhooks when you save a link or add highlights to a page you are reading. <span style="text-decoration:underline;">This example</span> shows webhooks being used to write all saved links to a Google Sheets spreadsheet stored on a Google Drive.
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Omnivore can trigger webhooks when you save a link or add highlights to a page you are reading. <span style="text-decoration:underline;">This example</span> shows webhooks being used to write all saved links to a Google Sheets spreadsheet stored on a Google Drive.
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