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Creating a FileMaker Pro file | 79
2. In the FileMaker Quick Start Screen, do one of the following:
3. In the dialog box that appears, type a name for the file and choose a
different folder, if needed.
Windows: For Save as type, select FileMaker Files. If you don’t type a
filename extension, FileMaker
Pro adds .fp7 to the filename. (To view
filename extensions in Windows, see the Windows operating system Help.)
4. Click Save.
1 If you are creating a file using a Starter Solution, the file opens ready for
you to enter data. You can modify fields and layouts in Starter Solutions.
For more information, see the remaining sections in this chapter.
1 If you are creating an empty database, the Manage Database dialog box
appears. FileMaker Pro automatically creates the first table and the first
layout. The table and the layout are given the same name as the file. To
define fields, see the next section.
For more information about creating FileMaker Pro files, see Help.
To Do this
Create a file using a
Starter Solution
Click Create a database using a Starter Solution, select All Solutions
or a specific solution category in the list on the left, then double-
click the name of a solution on the right.
Notes
1 If the FileMaker Quick Start Screen doesn’t appear, Show
FileMaker Quick Start Screen isn’t selected in the General tab of
the Preferences dialog box.
1 If the FileMaker Quick Start Screen appears but there are no
FileMaker
Pro Starter Solutions displayed in it, the Starter
Solutions weren’t installed.
Create a file without
using a Starter
Solution
Click Create empty database, then click OK.
Open an existing file See “Opening files” on page 22.
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