U.M. (Mac OS)

9-8 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
To set document preferences:
1. Open a FileMaker Pro file.
2. Choose Preferences from the Edit menu, and then choose Document.
3. In the Document Preferences dialog box, choose a preference type
from the pop-up menu, and then set the options.
Setting general document perferences
Select To
Use smart quotes Use curly apostrophes (’) and quotation marks (“ ”). If you
use a font that doesn’t have smart quotes, FileMaker Pro
substitutes plain marks (' "). When you change this option,
FileMaker Pro uses the new setting when you type in the
file (existing marks do not change). If you deselect this
option, FileMaker Pro uses plain marks.
Store compatible graphics Store graphics in a cross-platform format. You can
deselect this option to conserve disk space. Changing this
option affects only the objects you create after the
change.
Try default password, and then
type a password
Automatically enter a password when you open the file.
If the password isn’t valid, FileMaker Pro prompts you to
type another password. To temporarily bypass the
default password and enter a different one, press Option
while opening the file.
Switch to layout, and then
choose a layout from the
pop-up menu
Display the specified layout when you open the file. If
you don’t select this option, FileMaker Pro opens the
layout you displayed when you closed the file, or opens
a layout you specify in a startup script. (See the Perform
script option below.)
Changes to document
preferences affect only
this file
Choose a script to run
when the file is closed
Choose a script to run
when the file is opened
Choose a preference type