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4. Click the right page of the book icon to move forward one record at a time, and click the left page to move
back one record at a time.
5. Drag the slider to the right and release to move forward a number of records at one time. Drag the slider
to the left and release to move backwards a number of records.
You can also click the current record number, type the record number you want, then press Enter
(Windows) or Return (Mac
OS) to go to a specific record in the database.
Tip The Records menu also provides commands to move between records. Choose Records menu > Go to
Record and choose either Next, Previous, or Go To.
View information in different ways
Even though you enter information only once in FileMaker Pro, you can use that information in many ways.
Layouts let you view some or all of your fields.
Because it is not necessary to see all of your fields in each layout, layouts are a powerful tool for working
with or printing just the information you need to accomplish a particular task.
See a different layout
To see some layouts in action, use the file you just opened.
1. Click the Layout pop-up menu, located in the layout bar. A list appears showing the layouts available in
this file.
2. Notice the check mark next to the Data Entry layout, your current layout. The Data Entry layout shows
all of the fields in the table.
Steve Williams
789 Ninth Avenue
New York, NY 10001
Juanita Alvarez 555-1234
Michelle Cannon 555-1234
Andre Common 555-1234
Marie Durand 555-1234
Jean Durand 555-1234
William Johnson 555-1234
John Lee 555-1234
Patrick Murphy 555-1234
Le Nguyen 555-1234
Kentaro Ogawa 555-1234
Mary Smith 555-1234
John Smith 555-1234
Sophie Tang 555-1234
Steve Williams 555-1234
Betty Wilson 555-1234
Phone List
Dear Sophie,
Thank you for reserving a cruise with us. We
value your business and appreciate the
opportunity to serve you.
If you have any questions about your
reservations, please call us—we want you to
be satisfied with your cruise.
Sincerely,
John Lee
The same data can be arranged differently with multiple layouts
Layout
pop-up menu