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
106 | Creating databases
Envelope
Use an Envelope layout to print the fields you select, arranged to print on a
standard “Number 10” business envelope.
For more information about creating an Envelope layout and printing on
envelopes, see
“Printing labels and envelopes” on page 63.
Blank layout
Use a Blank layout as the starting point for a layout that you create entirely
from scratch, for example, a complex data entry screen. You add the fields and
other objects you want on the layout in Layout mode.
For more information about creating layouts and reports, see Help.
Setting up a layout to print records in columns
You can set up a layout to print (or preview) records in columns, for example,
for a directory of names and addresses. This is in contrast to a Columnar List/
Report layout, which arranges fields in columns.
When you set up records to print in columns, all the field values (and labels, if
specified) for one record are printed together in a block (much like on a label),
then all the values for the next record are printed together, and so on. You only
see multiple columns in Layout and Preview modes and when you print (not in
Browse mode or Find mode).
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