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3-60 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
1 To set text attributes individually, choose Font, Size, Style, Align Text,
Line Spacing, or Text Color from the Format menu, and then choose a
formatting command.
1 To specify a custom size or line spacing, choose Size or Line Spacing
from the Format menu, and then choose Custom.
1 You can change the font, size, or style of text fields in a record by
selecting data and setting these attributes in Browse mode. The data
appears with those text attributes wherever the data is displayed.
1 Text attributes do not appear when data is viewed with Web browser
software using FileMaker Pro Web Companion.
Formatting numerical values in individual fields
Format numbers for number fields, or calculation, summary, or global
fields that have a numeric result. You can format a field as a decimal
number or a Boolean number (to produce a true or false result).
A number field can hold up to 255 characters. However, for calculation
purposes FileMaker Pro uses only the first 15 numeric characters.
Adjust the length of the line by changing the width of the field on the
layout, if needed.
1. In Layout mode, select a number field, and then choose Number from
the Format menu.
To format more than one number field at a time, Shift-click each field
to format, and then choose Number from the Format menu.
2. In the Number Format dialog box, select options, and then click OK.
Choose FileMaker Help Index from the Help menu, and then type:
E text, formatting
To display numbers Do this
Exactly as typed
or entered
Click Leave data formatted as entered.
As Boolean numbers Click Format as Boolean. To change the default values, type
up to seven characters for Show non-zeroes as and Show
zeroes as (such as True and False).
As decimals Click Format as decimal, and then select options. See the
table in the next section to change default decimal options.
With different
text attributes
Click Text Format, and then select options. (See “Formatting
text attributes in individual fields” on page 3-59.)
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