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 | 211
Portals
See also Relational databases
adding records 36
deleting records 37
described 135
omitting related records 54
placing related records 120
selecting 114
selecting records 33
summarizing data in 150
Preferences
application 69
described 69
file 69
Preview mode, described 28, 60
Previewing printing. See Printing
Previewing columns 106
Primary keys. See Match fields
Print area, viewing 60
Printing
Asian text 127
blank records 62
described 59
envelopes 63
information about database 67
labels 63
previewing 60
records 61
records in columns 106
scripts 66
setting up 62
Privilege sets
Data Entry Only 180
defining 189
described 176
Full Access 180
predefined 180
Read-Only Access 180
viewing 185
Protecting files. See Accounts; Privilege sets
Publishing, databases on the web 172
Q
Quick finds 42
Quick Start Screen 23, 78
Quotation marks in searches 43, 44
R
Radio buttons, displaying fields as 119
Ranges of information, finding 48
Read-Only Access privilege set,
described 180
Recent files 24
Record locking 160
Records
active 32
adding 35, 165
browsing
in a list 29
individual 29
copying 35
deleting related 37
described 22
displaying sorted related 149
duplicating 35
exporting 169
finding 40
hiding 55
locked 160
matching 166
moving to 34
omitting 53
printing in columns 106
selecting 32
sorting 45, 58
in table format 31
related records 149
viewing as forms, lists, or tables 29
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