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
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T
Tab controls
described 99
including in tab order 38
Tab order 38
Table view, described 104
Tables
defining 97
described 21
importing data into new 165
naming 98
table occurrences 137
viewing records as 29, 31
Tabs, inserting in fields 40
Tab-separated text format 164
Templates
creating files 78
described 78
Text
See also Fields
attributes 122
fields 82
finding 45
formatting 122
rotating Asian text 127
selecting 114
Text fields
described 82
entering and editing values in 38
Text notes, in relationships graph 147
Time fields
described 82
entering and editing values in 39
Times
finding 46
formatting 124
invalid 46
Timestamp fields
described 82
entering and editing values in 39
four-digit years 39
Timestamps, formatting 125
Title headers and footers, described 130
Today’s date, finding 46
Tools
Field tool 117
selection tool 114
status toolbar 29
Total for summary fields 89
True result 46, 82, 95, 123
Type-ahead feature 118
U
Unauthorized users. See Accounts; Privilege
sets
Unstored results 96
Updating existing data during import 166
Upgrading files 193
URLs, opening 172
V
Validating field values 94
Value lists 92, 160
described 119
Values
See also Field values
finding duplicates 51
finding exact 45
Variables
symbols for 81
Vertical writing 127
View as Form, described 29
View as List, described 29
View as Table, described 31
Viewing
accounts 185
extended privileges 191
page breaks and page numbers in
Preview mode 60
print area 60
privilege sets 185
records as forms, lists, or tables 29
Virtual results 97
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