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Creating and managing layouts and reports
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ILEMAKER PRO HELP 272
You only see multiple columns in Layout and Preview modes and when you print (not in Browse
mode or Find mode).
To set up columns in a layout:
1. Choose File menu > Print Setup (Windows), or File menu > Page Setup (OS X), confirm
that your printer and paper settings are correct, and then click OK.
In Preview mode, you can also click Print Setup (Windows) or Page Setup (OS X) in the status
toolbar.
FileMaker Pro considers the selected printer, and print or page setup information when it
calculates margins and other measurements on the layout.
2. In Layout mode, create a layout or choose a layout from the Layout pop-up menu.
It's easiest to start with a Blank layout or a layout with no objects in the body part. For more
information on creating layouts, see
Creating a layout.
3. Click Layout Setup in the layout bar.
You can also click the name of the layout’s current table.
4. In the Layout Setup dialog box, click the Printing tab.
5. Select Print in <value> columns, and then set the options described in the following table.
6. Click OK.
On the layout, you see vertical lines indicating columns.
7. Place or arrange fields and other layout objects so they are contained within the sample
column on the left.
Use merge fields or fields or objects with sliding enabled to fit more data into the width of a
column. With either of these two features, fields can extend into the gray area of the second
column, and blank space in fields is eliminated when you view or print data. For more
information, see
Placing merge fields on a layout and Removing blank spaces in printouts.
To Do this
Specify the number of columns For Print in <value> columns, type a number between 1 and
99.
Arrange records to flow across the
page first (left to right a row at a
time)
Select Across first.
Use this option for reports like labels, to use the fewest number
of rows and preserve label stock.
Arrange records to flow down the
page first (top to bottom a column
at a time)
Select Down first.
Use this option for reports like directories, where you usually
read from top to bottom, column by column.