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Creating and managing layouts and reports
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• For objects containing text, the font color and font family change to the default style defined
in the theme. However, all other text properties, such as text size, are retained.
• Buttons created using versions of FileMaker Pro earlier than version 12 retain their original
formatting.
• If objects on the layout and the layout background are filled with an image, the image is
retained. However, layout parts filled with an image display the fill defined in the new theme.
To change the theme of a layout:
1. In Layout mode, display the layout you want to change.
You see the name of the current theme in the layout bar.
2. In the status toolbar, click to display the Change Theme dialog box.
Tip You can also choose Layouts menu > Change Theme.
3. Click OK to apply the selected theme to the current layout.
Notes
• The styles of layout objects are controlled by the layout’s theme. If the predesigned themes
do not display the object styles you want, you can create a custom theme. For information
about creating a theme, see
Saving and managing layout themes.
• Any objects you add to a layout are formatted according to the new theme’s attributes. You
can use the
Inspector to apply styles to objects or reformat the font and buttons after you
change the theme, or you can copy and paste font styles from the original text objects to
new text objects. See
Copying formatting attributes between layout objects, parts, or
backgrounds.
• When you change the theme of a layout:
• custom styles applied to any objects on the layout are removed, unless you save
custom styles to the theme before changing the theme
• any unsaved changes to styles stored at the layout level are deleted (see Creating and
working with styles for layout objects, parts, and the layout background)
• If you change the theme of a layout and then undo the change, you have two levels of undo.
The first undo keeps the new theme but reveals any attributes previously applied to your
objects that were not saved as styles. The second undo reverts to how the layout looked
before you changed the theme.
• You might need to resize layout parts and layout objects after the theme is applied for the
layout to display properly. See
Using tools to precisely position objects.
• If the current layout theme has a border, the border corresponds to the width of the layout. If
you resize the layout in Layout mode, the border resizes proportionally. To allow the layout
To Do this
Apply a theme from
this file
Select a theme in the Layout themes list to display a preview of
each theme.
Apply a theme from
another
FileMaker
Pro file
Click Import Themes, choose the file containing the theme(s)
you want to import, and click Open. Select one or more themes
in the Import Themes dialog box, and click OK. Then select a
theme in the Layout themes list.