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Using Aliases

Before I tell you how to make them, here are ideas for using aliases so you will want to make them (how to make an alias is on the following page).

• Store aliases of documents in two or three places at once, including right on your Desktop. For instance, you may want to keep budget reports in folders organized by months, as well as in folders organized by projects. When you update the real document, every alias will open the updated document.

• Leave aliases of applications neatly organized directly on your Desktop. This makes your applications available to you for the drag-and-drop trick of opening files, including files from other applications. (As explained in Chapter 12, you can drag any document onto the icon of the application ...