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
B-2 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
Using the current system formats
When you open or work with a file with formats different from the
current system formats, you can continue to use the formats saved with
the file, or you can use the current system formats. (When you use the
current system formats, you don’t change the formats saved with the
file—you simply enter and view data in a format that’s familiar to you.)
1 When you open a file with different internal default formats,
FileMaker Pro displays a message alerting you to the situation. To
use the current system formats, click Yes. To use the formats saved
with the file, click No.
1 As you work with a file with different internal default formats, you
can use the current system formats by choosing Use System Formats
from the Format menu. You see this command only when the current
file was saved with internal default formats different from the current
system formats.
Keep these points in mind:
1 You see the alert message only if the setting of Use System Formats
when the file is closed is different from the setting when the file
was open.
1 To change the formats saved with a file, you must change the system
formats, and then clone the file. You can then change the system
formats to their original settings. (For information about cloning a
file, see “Saving a copy of a file” on page 1-11.)