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Editing objects, layout parts, and the layout background
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• The display of format settings is determined by whether you save styles at the layout level
or theme level. See
How FileMaker Pro displays formatting attributes.
Related topics
Creating new layout object, part, or background styles
Renaming layout object, part, or background styles
Reverting changes to layout object, part, or background styles
Deleting layout object, part, or background styles
Copying formatting attributes between layout objects, parts, or backgrounds
Saving a layout theme
Creating new layout object, part, or background styles
You can create new, custom styles for objects, layout parts, or the layout background. You can apply
custom styles to other layouts and import them into other files, which makes it easy to give your
databases a consistent look.
To create a new object, layout part, or layout background style:
1. In Layout mode, select an object, a part label, or click anywhere in the layout background to
select it.
See Selecting objects.
Note To select the layout background, ensure no objects or parts are selected.
2. Click Inspector in the layout bar, then click Appearance.
3. Change the display attributes of the selected object, layout part, or the layout background.
See
Selecting and working with objects on a layout.
An asterisk (*) appears after the style name and the arrow turns red, indicating the display
attributes are different from the attributes saved in the style.
4. For Style, click and choose Save as New Style.
5. Type a new style name, then click OK.
The asterisk disappears and the arrow changes to gray , indicating your changes have been
saved in the current style at the layout level.
An asterisk appears after the theme name in the Inspector and the arrow turns red, indicating
the selected style has not been saved to the current theme.
6. Do one of the following:
• To save the new style in the current theme, click , choose Save Changes to Theme,
then click Save.
• To save the new style in a new theme, click , choose Save as New Theme, type a
name for the theme, then click OK.
The arrow changes to gray .
Notes
• You can’t use styles on other layouts until you save styles to a theme.