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
42 | Using databases
You can do one or more of the following during or after performing a find
request:
Performing quick finds based on data in one field
You can perform quick finds based on field data without having to go to Find
mode. You can perform a find based on an entire field or a selection of text
within a field. For more information, see Help.
1. In Browse mode, select the text in a field you want to use for the find.
2. Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the selected text. From
the shortcut menu, choose Find Matching Records.
To Do this
Cancel a find operation before
it is finished and leave the
previous found set unchanged
Press Esc (Windows) or 2-period (Mac OS).
Change or refine criteria after
performing a find request
See “Viewing, repeating, or changing the last find” on
page 55.
Narrow an existing found set See “Constraining (narrowing) a found set” on page 51.
Broaden an existing found set See “Extending (broadening) a found set” on page 52.
Show all records again In Browse mode, choose Records menu >
Show
All Records.
In Find mode, choose Requests menu > Show All Records.
You don’t need to choose Show All Records before
performing finds. FileMaker
Pro always searches all
records in the tables you specify unless you have narrowed
the existing found set.
Open another window in order
to perform different find
requests on the same data
Choose Window menu > New Window.
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