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Setting preferences
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6. To allow FileMaker Pro to install plug-in files and updates automatically, select Allow
Solutions to Install Files.
7. Click OK.
Setting font preferences
Use font preferences to set the default font for a particular input type as well as other font options.
Input types are scripts that categorize languages according to their writing systems. For example,
the Western/Roman input type is used for English, French, Italian, and other languages. Chinese
has two main input types: Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
To set font preferences:
1. Open the Preferences dialog box by doing one of the following:
• Windows: Choose Edit menu > Preferences.
• OS X: Choose FileMaker Pro menu > Preferences.
2. Click the Fonts tab, and then set the options you want to use.
3. Click OK.
Customizing the font menu (Windows)
You can configure the Font menu to include only the fonts you want and to display all fonts in their
typeface.
To configure the Font menu in Windows:
1. If you are in Browse mode, click in any field that displays text (any field except a container
field).
2. Choose Format menu > Font > Configure/More Fonts.
3. Set the options you want to use:
To Do this
Define a default font for an input
type.
Select an input type from the list, then choose a font from the
Specify font pop-up menu.
Switch to an input method that
matches the font’s input type when
entering each field.
Select Synchronize input method with font on field entry.
Note You can also set the input method for individual fields in
layouts. For more information, see
Setting the text input method
for fields.
Apply font changes only to
characters that exist in the new
font. (When a character does not
exist in the new font, its font is not
changed, and it continues to
display properly.)
Select Use Font Locking.
Note Selecting Use Font Locking is only necessary if you use
fields that contain multiple input types, such as Roman and
Japanese text within the same field. If you’re not mixing input
types in fields, then leave this option cleared. Data entry and
editing is a little faster when font locking is turned off.