Installation and New Features Guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Before you begin
- About FileMaker documentation
- Customer support and Knowledge Base
- Update notification
- New version notification
- About the license key
- Requirements for features in Windows
- Requirements for features in the Mac OS
- Features not supported in Windows
- Features not supported in the Mac OS
- Converting the trial version to the full version of FileMaker Pro
- Upgrading FileMaker Pro from a previous version
- Opening files from previous versions
- Updating your User Dictionary
- Installing under a volume license
- Chapter 2 Installing FileMaker Pro in Windows
- Chapter 3 Installing FileMaker Pro in the Mac OS
- Chapter 4 New features
Chapter 4
New features
This chapter provides you with an overview of the new features and
improvements in FileMaker
Pro 12. Unless otherwise noted, please see
FileMaker
Pro Help for more information on these features.
New layout design and controls
1 FileMaker Pro themes – The FileMaker Pro architecture has been
redesigned to support rich, beautiful layout themes. You can easily
change the theme by choosing from the Layouts menu in Layout mode.
1 Layout object formatting – FileMaker Pro provides greater control over
object formatting with features such as gradient fills, image fills
(including scaling and slicing), transparency, object states, and rounded
corners. Rather than setting default object styles with no objects
selected, use themes to set object formatting. You can remove styles
from selected objects and control changing themes with multiple undo.
1 New layout assistance tools – In Layout mode, dynamic alignment
guides, guidelines that drag out from rulers, and control over the grid
give you visual cues to help you design new layouts and modify existing
ones. Multiple undo and redo let you experiment and refine with ease.
1 Screen stencils – In Layout mode, you can click to display guides
that help you design layouts optimally for iPad, iPhone, and common
desktop resolutions, or set custom dimensions.
1 Improved accessibility – FileMaker Pro supports assistive technology
and the ability to access the FileMaker Pro document window and
objects on layouts using the keyboard and screen readers. With the new
Accessibility inspector, you can add accessibility labels to layout
objects, which are then interpreted (for example, read aloud) by users’
software screen readers. Also, you can create accessible runtime
solutions (with FileMaker Pro Advanced).
1 Updated Starter Solutions – FileMaker Pro Starter Solutions have been
updated to a modern appearance with more options for customization.
Some Starter Solutions contain layouts designed for FileMaker Go.
1 New file format – The FileMaker Pro file format has been changed to
support the new features.