Generic Info:

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  Name: The name or title of the document. (%recordName%)
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  Proposed Name: A suggested name derived from a document's title or from the first line of the document if no title is present. (%recordProposedName%)
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  Name Without Date: Returns the filename after parsing out any detected dates. (%recordNameWithoutDate%)
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  Aliases: Any aliases applied to the document. (%recordAliases%)
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  Finder Comment: Any Finder comments applied to the document. (%recordComment%)
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  File Name: The filename in the file system. (%recordFilename%)
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  File Extension: The extension of the document's filename. (%recordPathExtension%)
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  Kind: The kind of the file, e.g., group or rich text document. (%recordKind%)
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  URL: The URL in the Info pane. (%recordURL%)
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  Item Link: The unique URL of the document. (%recordLink%)
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  Location: The location in the database; e.g., /Inbox/Research. (%recordLocation%)
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  Tags: Tags applied to the document. (%recordTags%)
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  #Tags: Tags applied to the document but returned as hashtags. (%recordHashTags%)

Counters:

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  Index: An incrementing number relative to the number of items being processed, e.g., by a smart rule or imprint. (%recordIndex%)
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  Counter: Similar to the Index, this number is zero-padded. (%recordCounter%)
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  Bates Number: Inserts a Bates number. (%recordBatesNumber%)
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  Page Count: The total number of pages in the document. (%recordPageCount%)

Item Locations:

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  Group Name: The name of the group containing the document, e.g., /001/a/b/myfile.txt would report b as the group name. (%groupName%)
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  Top Group Name: The name of the top level group in the root of the database, e.g., /001/a/b/myfile.txt would report 001 as the top group name. (%topGroupName%)
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  Database Name: The name of the database containing the document. (%databaseName%)
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  Database Path: The filesystem path of the database. (%databasePath%)

Document Attributes:

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  Original Name: The persistent original name of a renamed document. Typically used in audit-proof databases. (%record_originalname%)
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  Attachments: The number of attachments in a document, e.g., a rich text document or email. (%record_attachments%)
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  PDF Annotations: The number of annotations in the active document. (%record_annotationcount%)
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  Incoming Item Links: The number of documents containing item links to the active document. (%record_incomingItemLinkCount%)
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  Outgoing Item Links: The number of documents linked to in the active document. (%record_outgoingItemLinkCount%)

Geographic Info:

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  Language: An abbreviation of language detected in the document's indexed contents. (%record_language%)
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  Country: The country in the geolocation data for a document. (%record_country%)
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  Postal Code: The postal code derived from the geolocation data for a document. (%record_zipcode%)
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  Administrative Area: This is state, province, or region in the geolocation data for a document. (%record_area%)
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  Locality: The city in the geolocation data for a document. (%record_locality%)

Formatting:

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  Tab: A tab character. (%tab%)
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  Line Break: A line break (return) character for multi-line text. (%newline%)

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  Document Amount: This is an monetary amount detected in the name or content of documents, typically receipts or invoices. (%documentAmount%)
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  Document String: This is a string detected in the name or content of documents. (%documentString%)
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  Digital Object Identifier: The unique digital object identifier of the active document, if available. (%digitalObjectIdentifier%)
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  International Standard Book Number (ISBN): The detected ISBN number of a document. (%internationalStandardBookNumber%)

Calendar Components:

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  01/01/2001: The short date format. (%shortDate%)
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  Jan 1, 2001: The medium date format. (%date%).
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  2001/01/01: The ISO date format. (%sortableDate%)
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  Saturday, Jan 1, 2001: The long date format. (%longDate%)
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  01: The zero-padded number of the date. (%day%)
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  Saturday: The name of the day. (%weekday%)
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  01: The zero-padded number of the month. (%month%)
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  January: The name of the month. (%monthname%)
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  2001: The full year. (%year%)
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  01: The short year. (%shortYear%)

Time Components:

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  Time: The current time shown in 12 or 24 hour format, depending on your system settings, e.g., 11:59:59 AM. (%time%)
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  Hour: The hour of the time. (%hour%)
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  Minute: The minutes of the time. (%minute%)
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  Second: The seconds of the time. (%second%)

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  Current Date: Today's date. There is no prefix to the raw placeholders for current date.
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  Addition Date: The date the item added to the database. recordAddition…
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  Creation Date: The date the item was created. recordCreation…
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  Modification Date: The date the items was last modified. recordModification…
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  Date: This is a date detected in the document's contents, e.g., in a receipt. For PDFs only the first four pages are used. documentDate…
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  Newest/Oldest Document Date: The newest or oldest date detected in the document. For PDFs, only the first four pages are used. newestDocumentDate… and oldestDocumentDate…

Clipboard:

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  Clipboard: Inserts plain text content from the clipboard. (%clipboard%)
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  Clipboard Styled: Inserts rich text content from the clipboard. (%styledClipboard%)
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  Clipboard Link: Inserts a link from rich text content on the clipboard. (%clipboardLink%)

Computer Properties:

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  Predefined Author: The Author specified in DEVONthink's settings. (%author%)
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  Username: The shortname of the current macOS account. (%username%)
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  Full Username: The longname of the current macOS account. (%fullUsername%)
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  Organization: The company name, if defined by the (Me) contact card in macOS Contacts. (%organization%)
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  Email Address: The primary email address, as defined by the (Me) contact card in macOS Contacts. (%emailAddress%)
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  Host: The hostname of the machine. (%host%)

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  Author: The name of the sender of an email. (%kMDItemAuthors%)
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  From: The email address of the sender of an email. (%kMDItemAuthorEmailAddresses%)
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  Recipient: The name of a recipient of an email. (%kMDItemRecipients%)
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  To: The email address of a recipient of an email. (%kMDItemRecipientEmailAddresses%)
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  Title: The title of a file. The title may be distinct from its name, e.g., a song title for an MP3 file. (%kMDItemTitle%)
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  Comment: The RTF-specific comments for a file. (%kMDItemComment%)
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  Headline: A headline applied to some files. Rare. (%kMDItemHeadline%)
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  Subject: The subject line from an email. (%kMDItemSubject%)
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  Description: The description found on some files, typically images. (%kMDItemDescription%)
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  Keywords: Keywords typically applied to PDF, rich text, or images. (%kMDItemKeywords%)
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  Organization: The company specified in imported links or vCards from the Contacts application. (%kMDItemOrganizations%)
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  Copyright: Copyright information in the metadata of a file. (%kMDItemCopyright%)
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  Album: The album information from media metadata, e.g., MP3 files. (%kMDItemAlbum%)
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  Composer: The composer information from media metadata, e.g., MP3 files. (%kMDItemComposer%)
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  Creator: The process or application used to create a file. (%kMDItemCreator%)
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  Producer: The producer of a file, usually applied to media files. (%kMDItemProducer%)
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  E-mail: Email addresses detected in a document. (%kMDItemEmailAddresses%)
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  Contributor: People or organizations who contributed to the document. (%kMDItemContributors%)
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  Publisher: The organization who published the document. (%kMDItemPublishers%)
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  Editor: People or organizations involved in editing a document. (%kMDItemEditors%)