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
Index | 209
Layout bar 25, 29
Layout mode, described 28
Layout objects. See Objects
Layout parts
body 130
described 130
field labels 117
footer 130
grand summary 130
header 130
subsummary 130
title header and footer 130
Layout pop-up menu 25, 99
Layouts
adding fields 116
Blank 106
Columnar list/report 102
columns
changing width 109
setup 107
creating 99
described 14, 98
envelope 106
fields
displaying 14, 98
dragging onto layout 116
merge 108
placing 116
placing related 120
removing 118
selecting 114
form layout 102
form view 29
labels 105
Mode pop-up menu 28
printing 61
Standard form 102
tabbed panels on 99
Table view 100
tools 110
types 102
vertical labels 105
Limits
characters in fields 38
field names 81
Lists, viewing records as 29
Literal text searches 44
Locked objects 114
Locking, shared records 160
Logical
AND searches 51, 52
OR searches 51, 52
Lookups
changing 153
defining 151
described 132
lookup source field 135
lookup target field 135
stopping or suspending 153
M
Macros. See Scripts
Mail merge, using merge fields 120
Mailing labels 105
Manage Scripts 68
Margins, displaying in Preview mode 60
Match fields
See also Fields
described 135, 137
in import update 166
Matching records, updating 166
Mathematical operators 86
Maximum characters in fields 38
Maximum for summary fields 89
Merge fields 63, 120
Merge format 164
Microsoft Excel format 164
saving data as 163
Minimum for summary fields 89
Mode pop-up menu 28, 99
Moving
field to field 38
record to record 34
Multimedia files 82
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