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Creating and managing layouts and reports
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To reorder layout parts:
1. In Layout mode, choose Layouts menu > Part Setup.
2. In the Part Setup dialog box, drag the name of the part to the new location.
A part that can't be moved has a lock icon to the left of its name.
3. Click Done.
FileMaker Pro moves all the fields and objects in the part and maintains its proportions.
Notes
• While working in Layout mode, you can quickly reorder a part directly on the layout by
clicking the Selection tool
in the status toolbar and Shift-dragging the part label (or
the line that marks the bottom of the part).
• You can't move a subsummary part to the same location as another subsummary part that
uses the same break field.
Resizing layout parts
There are several ways to resize a layout part.
To resize a layout part:
1. In Layout mode, click the Selection tool in the status toolbar.
2. Do one of the following:
• Drag the part label or part boundary (the line that marks the bottom of the part) until the
part is the height you want.
When you resize a layout part, FileMaker Pro maintains the size of the other parts. For
example, you can increase the height of the header part, but this won't affect the size of the
part directly following the header part.
• To maintain the height of the entire layout while changing the size of one layout part, Alt-
drag (Windows) or Option-drag (OS
X) the part label or part boundary. (This causes the
size of the layout part immediately below the part you're changing to also change.)
• To precisely resize a part, select the part by clicking its part label. Click Inspector
in the layout bar, then click Position. Enter a value for the part's Height or Bottom
boundary in the Position area. For more information, see Using the Inspector to position
objects.
You can also use the rulers, grid, and guides (choose View menu > Rulers, View menu >
Grid
> Show Grid, and View menu > Show Guides) to help with precisely sizing parts. For
more information, see
Using the rulers and grid and Using guides and dynamic guides.
Notes
• You can't make a part smaller than the objects that it holds (in other words, you can't shrink
a part by dragging its boundary across an object) unless you press Alt (Windows) or Option
(OS
X) as you drag the part boundary.
• If you reduce a layout part to nothing by dragging it under the part above it, FileMaker Pro
deletes the part from the layout.