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Creating a database
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2. Click OK to save your changes, or click another tab to set additional file options.
To set spelling options for the current file:
1. Choose File menu > File Options, and click the Spelling tab.
2. Click OK to save your changes, or click another tab to set additional file options.
Checking spelling as you type can be slower than using the other spelling options if a large
amount of text is visible in the active field. See
Checking spelling as you type.
To set text handling and data entry options for the current file:
Note You must log in using the Full Access privilege set to edit items in the Text tab.
1. Choose File menu > File Options, and click the Text tab.
2. In the Text Handling area, select one or more of the following options:
Log in using,
then Account
Name and
Password, and
type an account
and password
This is the default selection. The default is Log in using selected with the
Account Name and Password option set to Admin and a blank password.
Automatically log in using a specific account and password when you open the
database. To temporarily bypass the default password and enter a different one,
press Shift (Windows) or Option (OS
X) while opening the file.
Note If the default account is valid but the password is invalid, you will be
prompted to enter another password.
Log in using,
then Guest
Account
Automatically log in using a guest account
Switch to
layout, then
choose a layout
from the list in
the Specify
Layout dialog
box
Display the specified layout whenever you open the file. If you don't select this
option, FileMaker Pro opens the layout you displayed when you worked in the
file, or opens a layout you specify in a startup script. (See the “Perform script”
option below.)
If a layout has been selected, its name appears to the right of the Specify button
of this option. To change the layout to use, click Specify, then choose a layout
from the list. See
Specify Layout dialog box.
Note FileMaker Pro saves your current layout only if the file has been modified in
a significant way, such as editing a record or modifying database
schema. See
What FileMaker Pro doesn’t save.
Select To
Select To
Indicate
questionable
words with
special
underline
Mark possible misspelled words with a red dotted underline (in Browse, Find, and
Layout modes).
Off Type without receiving any cues that you might have made a spelling error.
Beep on
questionable
spellings
Receive an audio cue that you might have made a spelling error.