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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Deleting records 37
Entering data 38
Selecting a field 38
Entering and changing data in fields 38
Finding records 40
Making a find request 41
Performing quick finds based on data in one field 42
Finding text and characters 43
Finding numbers, dates, times, and timestamps 46
Finding ranges of information 48
Finding data in related fields 49
Finding empty or non-empty fields 51
Finding duplicate values 51
Finding records that match multiple criteria 51
Finding records except those matching criteria 53
Saving find requests 55
Deleting and reverting requests 55
Viewing, repeating, or changing the last find 55
Hiding records from a found set and viewing hidden records 55
Finding and replacing data 56
Sorting records 58
Previewing and printing databases 59
Previewing data on a layout 60
Printing records 61
Printing labels and envelopes 63
Printing scripts 66
Printing table and field information 67
Printing the relationships graph 67
Automating tasks with scripts 68
Backing up database files 68
Setting preferences 69
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