User manual
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introducing FileMaker Pro
- Chapter 2 Using databases
- About database fields and records
- Opening files
- Opening multiple windows per file
- Closing windows and files
- Saving files
- About modes
- Viewing records
- Adding and duplicating records
- Deleting records
- Entering data
- Finding records
- Making a find request
- Performing quick finds based on data in one field
- Finding text and characters
- Finding numbers, dates, times, and timestamps
- Finding ranges of information
- Finding data in related fields
- Finding empty or non-empty fields
- Finding duplicate values
- Finding records that match multiple criteria
- Finding records except those matching criteria
- Saving find requests
- Deleting and reverting requests
- Viewing, repeating, or changing the last find
- Hiding records from a found set and viewing hidden records
- Finding and replacing data
- Sorting records
- Previewing and printing databases
- Automating tasks with scripts
- Backing up database files
- Setting preferences
- Chapter 3 Creating databases
- Planning a database
- Creating a FileMaker Pro file
- Defining database fields
- Using supplemental fields
- Setting options for fields
- Defining database tables
- Creating layouts and reports
- Setting up a layout to print records in columns
- Working with objects on a layout
- Working with fields on a layout
- Working with parts on a layout
- Chapter 4 Working with related tables and files
- Chapter 5 Sharing and exchanging data
- Sharing databases on a network
- Importing and exporting data
- Saving and sending data in other formats
- Sending email messages based on record data
- Supported import/export file formats
- ODBC and JDBC
- Methods of importing data into an existing file
- About adding records
- About updating existing records
- About updating matching records
- About the importing process
- Converting a data file to a new FileMaker Pro file
- About the exporting process
- Working with external data sources
- Publishing databases on the web
- Chapter 6 Protecting databases with accounts and privilege sets
- Chapter 7 Converting databases from FileMaker Pro 6 and earlier
- Chapter 8 Security measures
- Index
10 | Introducing FileMaker Pro
1 FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Guide: describes how to share FileMaker
data with other applications using ODBC and JDBC
Where to find PDF documentation
To access PDFs of FileMaker documentation:
1 in FileMaker Pro, choose Help menu > Product Documentation
1 click the Learn More button in the FileMaker Quick Start Screen
1 see www.filemaker.com/documentation for additional documentation
Most PDF manuals are located in the folder where you installed
FileMaker
Pro. If you installed FileMaker Pro in the default folder location, the
PDF manuals are located here:
1 Windows: C:\Program Files\FileMaker\FileMaker Pro\English
Extras\Electronic Documentation
1 Mac OS: Macintosh HD/Applications/FileMaker Pro/English Extras/
Electronic Documentation
To view the PDF files, you need a PDF reader. In Mac OS X, you can use either
the built-in Preview application or Adobe
®
Reader
®
. Windows users need
Adobe Reader. If you do not have Adobe Reader, you can download it from the
Adobe website at www.adobe.com.
All of the PDF files use the tagged Portable Document format (PDF). Tagged
PDF files work with assistive technology such as the screen readers JAWS and
Window-Eyes for Windows. For more information about tagged PDF files, see
the Adobe website at www.adobe.com.
Online Help
FileMaker Pro Help provides comprehensive step-by-step instructions on
FileMaker
Pro features. You can open Help from the Help menu in
FileMaker
Pro.
There are three ways to access Help:
1 Browse the Help table of contents to locate topics by subject.
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