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Creating and managing layouts and reports
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• Delete the header part (or footer) part if they are not needed. See Deleting layout parts.
Troubleshooting layouts designed for both Windows and OS X
The following topics describe common problems and solutions when designing layouts for use in
both Windows and OS
X.
Fonts don’t look the same on Windows and OS X systems
• Use fonts with identical names and font metrics on both operating systems whenever you
can. Most font vendors can supply Windows and OS
X versions of the same font. Contact
your font vendor for more information.
• Use only TrueType fonts. The Windows version of FileMaker Pro does not support any other
font formats, such as OpenType, PostScript Type 1, bitmap, raster, or vector fonts.
• OS X does not support bitmap fonts. (TrueType, PostScript, and OpenType font formats are
supported.) If a file created in a previous version of FileMaker
Pro uses bitmap fonts, you
must change them to fonts in a supported format. You can either make the font change in
the original file prior to conversion, or in the converted file.
The following table describes how FileMaker handles fonts when you open a file created on another
platform.
Layout text is truncated or cut off when viewed in Windows or OS X
Even when FileMaker Pro is able to match fonts, there can be subtle differences in font character
width and line spacing when viewed on another operating system. This can cause lines of text to
wrap differently or appear cut off, like the following examples.
• Leave space between objects on your layouts, in case a font is taller or wider on the other
platform.
• Resize text objects so that they are a bit wider and taller than the text within them. This
provides space for small changes in font characteristics to occur without causing word wrap
problems or truncated text.
If a font FileMaker does this
With the same
name is available
Uses the same font. Even so, there may be slight differences in font character widths
that cause problems with word wrapping and exact text placement.
With the same
name is not
available
Attempts to substitute a similar font. This can also cause word wrapping and text
placement problems.
Note If FileMaker Pro cannot find a similar font to substitute, it uses the default font
specified in the Fonts tab of the Preferences dialog box. For more information, see
Setting font preferences.
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