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FileMaker Pro basics
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To open FileMaker Pro files using FileMaker Quick Start:
1. Do one of the following:
• Start FileMaker Pro.
• If FileMaker Pro is running or if you start FileMaker Pro and you don’t see the FileMaker
Quick Start Screen, choose Help menu
> Quick Start Screen.
2. Do one of the following:
Tip You can place the pointer over a recent or favorite file in the list to display the full path to its
location (local or remote).
3. Double-click a file to open it.
To narrow the list of files that appear in the recent and favorite files list:
Type a few characters in the Open a database text box. Filenames and host names containing the
characters you type appear in the list.
To hide the FileMaker Quick Start Screen when you use FileMaker Pro:
Clear Show this screen when FileMaker Pro opens, then click Close.
To display the FileMaker Quick Start Screen if it has been hidden:
Choose Help menu > Quick Start Screen.
Related topics
Opening shared files as a client
Opening files
Using FileMaker Quick Start to learn more about FileMaker Pro
To Do this
Display a list of
FileMaker
Pro files
that you have recently
opened
Click Recent Files in the box at the center of the Quick Start Screen.
If no recent files are listed, choose Edit menu > Preferences (Windows)
or FileMaker
Pro menu > Preferences (OS X), select Show recently
opened files, enter a value from 1 to 30 indicating the number of recent
files you want to display in the list, then click OK. (To remove the list of
recently opened files, choose File menu
> Open Recent > Clear Recent
Files.)
Display a list of
FileMaker
Pro files
that you have marked
as favorite
Click Favorite Files in the box at the center of the Quick Start Screen.
To add or change the order of favorite files, see Working with favorite files
and hosts.
Locate the local or
remote files that you
want to open
Click Browse.
For more information about accessing remote files, see Working with
shared files as a client.