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
Previewing and printing databases | 61
1 how fields set with sliding options close up blank space
1 records arranged in columns if the Layout Setup is defined to print in
columns
1 the tab panel in the front if the page contains tab controls
To preview data on a layout, you follow the same preliminary steps that you
perform when you print, including specifying a printer and printing options
and verifying that the found set contains the records you want to preview (see
steps 1 through 4 in the next section,
“Printing records”). Then, switch to
Preview mode.
Printing records
You can print information from your database, or you can print a blank record
in order to print a blank “form.”
To print records:
1. If you have more than one printer, specify which one you want to use.
2. Confirm printing options by choosing File menu > Print Setup (Windows) or
File menu
> Page Setup (Mac OS), then click OK.
If you’re in Preview mode, you can also click Print Setup (Windows) or
Page Setup (Mac
OS) in the status toolbar.
For information about printer options, refer to your printer and system
documentation.
3. Switch to the layout you want to use.
4. Make sure the found set is the way you want it by:
1 using Find mode and commands on the Records menu to change the
found set
1 sorting the records
5. Switch to Preview mode to see exactly how your paper copy will look.
Some items, like sliding objects, records arranged in columns, and variable
information like page numbers, appear correctly only in Preview mode. If
a record contains tab controls, only the tab panel that is in the front is
printed.
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