In addition to normal copies, iCalamus also supports virtual
copies, which are named Alias
here. An alias is basically a
copy which behaves exactly as the original. If you change text in a
text frame, you will automatically change the aliases of that text
frame, too. This is e.g. very cool for multiple copies of business
cards. But it works vice versa, as well: If you change the content of
an alias frame, the original frame will be changed too (as well as any
other existing alias frames). Structurally speaking, an alias isn't
much more than a frame with a reference to its original, so it doesn't
need much memory. This is very cool for multiple copies of large
objects in a document.
Hint: There is no mother-child relation between the original frame and an alias frame. They are completely identical. If you change one, you change them all.
