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
Finding records | 45
Exact matches of whole words
you specify (match whole
word)
= =Market finds Market,
Market Services, and Ongoing
Market Research but not
Marketing or Supermarket
=Chris =Smith finds
Chris
Smith or Smith Chris but
not Chris or Christopher
Smithson
Words that contain Japanese
Hiragana, Katakana, and
Kanji characters (Japanese-
indexed fields only)
The characters 京都 finds 京都 , 東京都 , and
京都府
Kana characters in a Japanese-
indexed field without
differentiating between
Hiragana/Katakana, Voiced/
Semi-Voiced/Unvoiced Kana,
Small/Regular Kana, and
Kana Voiced/Unvoiced
Iteration Marks
~ (tilde) and the
character, to do a relaxed
search
~は finds は , ば , ぱ , ハ , バ ,
and パ
Ranges of information See “Finding ranges of
information” on
page 48.
Case-sensitive text Change the default
language for indexing
the field to Unicode.
Note This procedure
will change the order in
which records sort. For
more information, see
Help.
fred finds fred but not Fred
To find Type this in the field Examples
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