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
28 | Using databases
1 Changing layout object default settings
1 Changing ruler display settings
If you perform any of the above actions without also performing an action that
does cause a save (such as modifying data), the change won’t be saved when
you close the file. FileMaker
Pro considers the above actions to be minor
changes, and they are not saved with the file unless the file is also modified in
a more significant way.
For example, if you open a file, perform a find, then close the file, FileMaker
Pro does not save the found set with the file. However, if you open a file, add a
new record, perform a find, then close the file, FileMaker Pro will save the
found set as well as the new record with the file.
For more information about saving files, see Help.
About modes
You work with data in FileMaker Pro in Browse, Find, Layout, or Preview
mode. You can choose a mode from the View menu or from the mode pop-up
menu at the bottom of the document window.
Use this mode To
Browse mode Work with the data in a file. You can add, view, change, sort, omit
(hide), and delete records. Browse mode is where you’ll do most of
your work, such as data entry.
Find mode Search for particular records that match a set of criteria. You can then
work with this subset of your records, called the found set. After you
find a group of records, FileMaker Pro returns to Browse mode so you
can begin working with them.
Mode pop-up menu
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