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
34 | Using databases
Moving through records
To move from one record to another, use the book in the status toolbar.
You can also use a mouse scroll wheel to move through records. For more
information about viewing records, see Help.
To move Do this
To the next record in the
current table
Click the right page of the book or choose Records menu >
Go to Record > Next.
To the previous record in
the current table
Click the left page of the book or choose Records menu >
Go to Record > Previous.
Quickly to a specific
record
1 Click the current record number, type the record number
you want, then press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac
OS).
1 Press Esc, type the record number, then press Enter or
Return.
1 Choose Records menu > Go to Record > Go To..., then type
the number of the record.
Quickly through records Drag the slider right or left to move forward or backward.
Through records in List
View or Table View
Use the scroll bar on the right side of the window.
To a record with a unique
value that you know
See “Finding records” on page 40.
Slider
Current record
number
Number of records
in the table
Book
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