Installation and New Features Guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Before you begin
- About this guide
- Where to find FileMaker documentation
- Customer Support and Knowledge Base
- Product notifications
- About the license key
- Requirements for features in Windows
- Requirements for features in OS X
- Converting the trial version to the full version of FileMaker Pro
- Upgrading FileMaker Pro from a previous version
- Opening files from previous versions
- Updating your User Dictionary
- Installing under a volume license
- Chapter 2 Installing FileMaker Pro in Windows
- Chapter 3 Installing FileMaker Pro in OS X
- Chapter 4 New features
- New user interface for creating scripts and calculations
- New Launch Center window for opening files
- Improved layout design tools and controls
- New themes and improved style handling
- Improved performance and usability
- Script steps, script triggers, and functions
- Changed and removed features
- FileMaker Pro 14 Advanced
- Chapter 5 Where to go from here
Chapter 5
Where to go from here
After you’ve installed FileMaker Pro, you can immediately begin working
with the application. Here are some suggestions on where to go in the
documentation to get started.
1 If you’re new to FileMaker Pro, read FileMaker Pro User’s Guide to
learn about FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Pro Advanced basic
concepts. Choose Help menu > Product Documentation > User’s
Guide.
1 To see how some of the new features in FileMaker Pro 14 work, choose
Help menu > Product Documentation, then choose:
1 Getting Started Tour to start the tour. Don’t worry about spoiling
the tour — if you make changes as you work, you can start again
by deleting the file, FMP14 Getting Started.fmp12, from your
Documents folder, then restarting the tour.
1 More Documentation to display the Product Documentation
Center for downloading other guides.
1 If you’ve used FileMaker Pro before, read chapter 4, “New features,” in
this guide for an overview of new features available in FileMaker Pro 14.
1 For comprehensive information and step-by-step procedures about
using FileMaker Pro, choose Help menu > FileMaker Pro Help.