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FileMaker Pro basics
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ILEMAKER PRO HELP 46
Working with favorite files and hosts
You can add a FileMaker Pro file located on your computer or on a remote computer to your list of
favorites in the File menu and in the Quick Start Screen. You can also add a remote host to the list of
favorites.
To add the current file to your list of favorites, choose File menu > Open Favorite > Add Current
File to Favorites.
To manage favorite files and hosts:
1. Choose File menu > Open Favorite > Manage Favorites. Or, in the FileMaker Pro Quick
Start Screen, click Manage Favorites.
The Manage Favorites dialog box appears.
2. Close the Manage Favorites dialog box.
To Do this
Add a favorite local file
Click to open the Add a Favorite dialog box (Windows) or Open
dialog box (OS X), select one or more files in the list, click Select, then
close the Manage Favorites dialog box.
Add a favorite remote file
Click to open the Add a Favorite dialog box (Windows) or Open
dialog box (OS X). Click Remote. Select the host on which the file
resides, select a remote file, then click Add to Favorites. Click Close
to return to the Add a Favorite dialog box (Windows) or Manage
Favorites dialog box (OS
X). Click Cancel to return to the Manage
Favorites dialog box (Windows).
Tip When you double-click a collapsed host name or IP address, the
list of remote files is refreshed.
Change the order of
favorite files
Select a file and drag it to a new location in the list.
Open a file Double-click the file in the list.
Add a favorite remote
host
Click to open the Add a Favorite dialog box (Windows) or Open
dialog box (OS X). Click Remote. Select the host, then click Add to
Favorite Hosts. Click Save in the Edit Favorite Host dialog box. Click
Close to return to the Add a Favorite dialog box (Windows) or Manage
Favorites dialog box (OS
X). Click Cancel to return to the Manage
Favorites dialog box (Windows).
Remove a file or host
from the favorites list
Select a file or host name and click .
Change the remote host
settings
Select a host, click . Choose Edit Host. For information about
changing the settings for the remote host, see Opening shared files as
a client.
Update the list of
expanded hosts
Click . Choose Refresh Expanded Hosts.