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Chapter 3 | Designing and creating solutions 64
You can choose to arrange columns across the page or down the page.
Setting up columns in a layout
1. Choose a printer, and print setup or page setup options.
FileMaker Pro considers the selected printer, and print or page setup information when it
calculates margins and other measurements on the layout.
2. In Layout mode, create a layout or choose a layout from the Layout pop-up menu.
It’s easiest to start with a Blank layout or a layout with no objects in the body part.
3. Choose Layouts menu > Layout Setup.
4. In the Layout Setup dialog box, click the Printing tab, select Print in <value> columns, select
options for the columns, then click OK.
5. On the layout, you see vertical lines indicating columns.
To Do this
Specify the number of columns For Print in <value> columns, type a number between 1 and 99.
Arrange records to flow across the page first
(left to right, a row at a time)
Select Across first.
Use this option for reports like labels, to use the fewest number
of rows and preserve label stock.
Arrange records to flow down the page first
(top to bottom, a column at a time)
Select Down first.
Use this option for reports like directories, where you read from
top to bottom, column by column.
Down first
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Across first