U.M. (Mac OS)
Table Of Contents
- Preface: Getting help
- Chapter 1: FileMakerPro basics
- Chapter 2: Creating a database file
- Chapter 3: Laying out and arranging information
- Understanding layouts
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- Working with predefined layout types
- Arranging records in columns
- Managing layouts
- Working with layout parts
- Changing layout parts
- Working with all object types
- Working with graphic objects
- Working with fields in a layout
- Adding fields to a layout
- Adding merge fields
- Deleting a field from a layout
- Defining display formats for fields
- Determining data entry in fields
- Setting the tab order for data entry
- Adding scroll bars to fields
- Formatting repeating fields
- Adding borders, fill, and baselines to fields
- Defining value lists
- Formatting fields with value lists
- Working with text
- Chapter 4: Working with information in records
- Working in Browse mode
- Adding data to a file
- Selecting a field for data entry
- Adding and duplicating records
- Entering and changing data in fields
- Working with container fields
- Entering data from a value list
- Viewing and inserting data from another source
- Copying and moving values and records
- Using drag and drop to move information
- Replacing field values
- Working with records
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- Finding information
- Deleting records
- Sorting records
- Chapter 5: Using ScriptMaker and buttons
- Chapter 6: Previewing and printing information
- Chapter 7: Networking and access privileges
- Chapter 8: Importing and exporting data
- Chapter 9: Customizing FileMakerPro
- Chapter 10: Using data from related files
- Chapter 11: Publishing files on the Web
- About the World Wide Web
- About FileMaker Pro Web Companion
- Publishing your database on the Web—an overview
- Getting ready to publish your files on the Web
- Setting up FileMaker Pro Web Companion
- Configuring FileMaker Pro Web Companion
- Setting up Instant Web Publishing
- Database security
- Helping Web users find your database
- Custom Web Publishing
- Appendix A: Recovering damaged files
- Appendix B: Working with international files
- Appendix C: Summary of functions
- Index
3-42 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
1 To change the unit of measure for the graphic rulers and the AutoGrid,
choose Set Rulers from the Mode menu. Make your selections and
click OK. (You can choose different units of measure for the rulers and
the AutoGrid. If you change units for the AutoGrid, you change the
increments by which objects are snapped “to” the grid.)
Note To align objects to each other, see “Aligning objects to each other”
on page 3-48.
Editing objects and data quickly using the context menu
You can quickly edit an object or data by choosing editing commands
directly from the context menu. You can display the context menu for all
objects in Layout mode and for fields and selected text in Browse mode.
In Layout mode, hold down Control, and then click and hold down the
mouse button while the pointer is on an object to edit. In Browse mode,
hold down Control, and then click and hold down the mouse button
while the pointer is on a field or data to edit.
Choose FileMaker Help Index from the or Help menu, and then type:
E objects, positioning
E text ruler
Choose a unit of
measure for the rulers
Type the number of units for
the AutoGrid, and choose a
unit of measure
?