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Creating and managing layouts and reports
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ILEMAKER PRO HELP 223
Note You can also use the Layout Setup dialog box to include or exclude an item. From the Layout
pop-up menu, choose the layout, folder, or separator line to include or exclude. Click Layout Setup
in the layout bar, select or clear Include in layout menus, then click OK.
Editing layouts
After you’ve created a layout, you can choose how it will be displayed and used. You can:
• choose which views the layout can be shown in, and choose the default view to appear
whenever you first open the layout
• choose the default table from which records are displayed
• choose how to save records that are added or changed
• show or hide field frames in Browse and Find modes
• show field borders and fill on only the current record in List View
• associate a menu set with the layout, which appears when the layout is active
• change the theme of the layout
• change the width of the layout
You make most of these changes in the Layout Setup dialog box, which is available from the layout
bar in Layout mode.
Tip You can also enable quick find for a layout, which performs searches on fields you specify. See
Configuring quick find.
Setting up form, list, and table views for a layout
FileMaker Pro provides three different views of each layout: form, list, and table. When you change
views, you change the way records display or print.
To specify which views are available in other modes:
1. In Layout mode, choose the layout you want to work with from the Layout pop-up menu.
Create a separator line
for grouping layouts and
folders in the Layout
pop-up menu
Choose Manage Layouts from the Layout pop-up menu. In the list, select the
layout above which you want the separator to appear. Then click the arrow
next to New, and choose Separator.
Include or exclude
layouts, folders, or
separator lines in the
Layout pop-up menu in
Browse, Find, and
Preview modes
Note In Layout mode,
all items are displayed in
the Layout pop-up
menu, even the
excluded ones.
Choose Manage Layouts from the Layout pop-up menu. In the list, select the
checkbox next to a layout or folder name, or a separator line. To include the
item, select Include in layout menus. To exclude the item, clear this option.
A check mark appears next to the name of each item that's included in the
Layout pop-up menu.
Note Be sure to select each item (including a folder’s layouts and subfolders)
that you want to appear in the Layout pop-up menu. Only the items you select
are displayed.
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