Installation and New Features Guide (Mac OS)

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specify a custom validation message
In addition, you can define new storage options for text, number, date, time,
and calculation fields. You can specify:
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whether FileMaker Pro should always index the field, index the field
when required, or never index the field
1 what language to use for indexing text
1 whether to store a calculated value or to calculate the value when it is
required
For more information, see “Choosing data entry options” in chapter 2 of the
FileMaker Pro User’s Guide .
More flexibility with value lists
Value lists are no longer attached to specific fields. This change means that
one value list can be shared by several fields. In addition, you can base a
value list on the contents of a field.
You can now edit a value list:
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during data entry
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during layout design, even over a network
For more information, see “Defining value lists” in chapter 3 of the
FileMaker Pro User’s Guide .
New options in Layout mode
New features in Layout mode allow you to:
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insert the contents of a field into a text object on a layout using merge
fields
1 define buttons more easily using a new button tool
1 edit the text within buttons or groups without having to ungroup or
undefine the button
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remove a layout from the Layout pop-up menu that appears in Browse
mode
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work with additional zoom levels
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set custom page margins for your layouts