MarkMyWords registers a service in macOS that allows you to send selected text from any application to MarkMyWords in order to create a new document with the selected text.
This service also allows selected text to be dragged and dropped onto the MarkMyWords dock icon, creating a new document with the dragged text.
To use the service even more conveniently, you can set up a keyboard shortcut. This can be set up quickly in the macOS system settings. The corresponding area can be quickly accessed via the following menu item:
Name of the current app > Services > Services Settings
In the list, open the "Text" item and search for the entry "MMW document from selected text" in the list that appears. If you double-click on this entry in the right-hand area, you can enter your own key combination to be used as a keyboard shortcut in the text field that appears.
The menu entry may not be activated by default. There may be various reasons for this. Either the corresponding service is not activated in the macOS default settings or the service menu has not been updated automatically.
To check whether the MarkMyWords service is activated, the corresponding system setting must be opened. The settings can be accessed quickly via the following menu item:
Name of the current app > Services > Service Settings
In the list, open the item "Text" and search for the entry "MMW document from selected text" in the list that appears. To activate the service, the corresponding checkbox must be activated.
If this is the case and the service still does not appear, manually updating the services menu can help.
The "Terminal" app must be used for this. This is located in the Applications directory in the "Utilities" subdirectory. Alternatively, the Terminal app can also be started quickly via the Spotlight search.
The following command must be entered in Terminal
/System/Library/CoreServices/pbs -update
macOS will then recreate the Services menu and the entry for the MarkMyWords service should then be visible.