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Aliases |
Category aliases work just like aliases in the Finder. They act as placeholders that refer to an original, and essentially allow categories to be inserted into more than one place in the outline. Aliases are shown in italics.
You can make an alias of a category by choosing Categories ▶ Make Alias (⌘L). If you hold down the option key when creating an alias, Shoebox will ask where to put it. Choose Categories ▶ Show Original (⎇⌘R) to show the original of an alias.
When you export categories to plain text or HTML, aliases are shown with an arrow pointing to their originals. In HTML documents, you can click an original to jump to it.
Aliases can be used to make logical connections between categories. The more connections you make, the more Shoebox will understand how the world works. Here are some examples:
| Purpose | Alias | Original |
| Personal names |
Me Mom Steve |
Your Name Mom's Name Stephen |
| Branding differences |
Bora (in Europe) Vauxhall (in UK) |
Jetta (in US) Opel (in Euro) |
| Dialects |
Chips (in UK) Crisps (in UK) |
Fries (in US) Chips (in US) |
| Foreign scripts |
Moscow Japanese Skoda |
Москва 日本語 Škoda |
| Physical location |
Things/Towers/Eiffel Tower Things/Universities/Stanford Things/Apple Stores/Valley Fair Things/Teams/49'ers |
Places/Paris/Eiffel Tower Places/Palo Alto/Stanford Places/San Jose/Valley Fair Places/San Francisco/49'ers |
| Personal possession |
Places/Our House Things/Cars/Our Car |
Places/Our City/Our House Cars/Our Make/Our Model |
| Corporate ownership | German/BMW Group/Mini | British/Mini |
| Property of an instance |
Colors/Black/Our Car Types/Station Wagons/Our Car |
Cars/Our Car Cars/Our Car |
| Property of a class |
Colors/Yellow/Dandelions Cuisines/Italian/Gelato Types/Convertibles/SL-Class |
Flowers/Dandelions Ice Cream/Gelato Mercedes-Benz/SL-Class |
| Country in two continents |
Places/Europe/Turkey Places/Asia/Russia |
Places/Asia/Turkey Places/Europe/Russia |
| Membership | European Union/Estonia | Baltics/Estonia |