# How to Alias (Yes I've tried manual)

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**Created:** [May 15, 2022, 11:14am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/how-to-alias-yes-ive-tried-manual/71025 "2022-05-15T11:14:04Z")
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Aliases are a way to give your file another name to make it easier to find. It is extremely useful to create short names for Wiki linking in markdown (that is, using `[[`). Here are some examples of how I alias stuff:

  

1. Academic papers

> _Name of File_: `Genetics of rheumatoid arthritis contributes to biology and drug discovery. Okada, et al., 2014. Nature 506:376-380.pdf`

> _Alias_: `okada2014`.

So if I am writing notes for instance and want to refer to that doc in markdown, I use `[[okada2014]]`.

1. Disease notes.  
Say I have a file where I keep notes on a particular disease:

> _Name of File_: `Primary Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis.md`

> _Alias_: `pMPGN`

  
Again, if I wanted to create a forward link to that document in markdown, I'd use `[[pMPGN]]`.  
  

1. Project Group/Tags  
This is where it can get interesting. You can alias Groups and Tags in Devonthink3. So for instance I have a project Group (think of it as a folder):

> _Name of Group_: `2021-06 BenevolentAI Competitive Landscape Analysis`

> _Alias_: 202106BAI-4

Where the alias is my client reference. When I am typing out notes I can quickly point to my Group with the Alias.

  
The one thing I wished Devonthink3 did is to make autocomplete suggestions for aliases like it does file names (Obsidian does this). 

HTH

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