Tutorial

Lesson 5 | Customizing what you see 32
Resize, move, and add a field
Select and resize a field
1. Click the First Name field on the layout to select it.
2. Drag the handle at the right side of the field toward the left until the field is smaller, yet large
enough to display the longest first name you expect in your file.
Blue dynamic guides appear on the layout. When you move, resize, or align objects on a layout,
dynamic guides help you create and edit objects more precisely.
Each field contains a badge , which indicates that the field is enabled for quick find. The color
of the badge shows the estimated performance when searching by this field. You can hide quick
find badges by choosing View menu
> Show > Quick Find.
3. Click Save Layout, then click Exit Layout to see your results in Browse mode.
4. In Browse mode, click the book in the status toolbar to flip through the records.
If the field doesn’t display all names completely, return to Layout mode and make the field larger.
5. Click Edit Layout in the layout bar, and repeat steps 1 through 4 for Last Name.
Move a field
1. Click Edit Layout in the layout bar, then click inside the Last Name field and drag it to the right
of the First Name field.
You can use the dynamic guides to align the text in the First Name field.
Tips
1 If you accidentally move the wrong field or the tab panel, choose Edit menu > Undo Move
to reverse the change.
1 You can also use the rulers and grid, the Position tab of the Inspector, and the arrow keys
on your keyboard to align objects.
2. Drag the Last Name field label above the Last Name field.
3. Drag the First Name field label above the First Name field.
4. Align the First Name and Last Name field labels with each other and their respective fields.
Select and drag the
handle to resize
Click to select the field