U.M. (Windows)
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
- 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
- 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
- Appendix D: Linking and embedding objects
- Index
Getting help XV
Using the Help contents
When you open FileMaker Pro Help, you see a list of Help topics, like
the table of contents in a book. You can double-click topic titles (with
book icons) to see any subtopics, and then double-click topics (with
document icons) to move to the information you need.
Arrange windows for
easy access
Click the right mouse button in an open area on the task
bar, and then click Cascade, Tile Horizontally, or Tile Vertically.
Switch between the Help
window and a FileMaker Pro
file window
Click the window you want to work with.
Keep the Help window on top
of all other open windows
Choose Keep Help on Top from the Options menu in the
Help window.
Close FileMaker Pro Help and
leave it running
Click the minimize button in the upper-right corner of the
window. Windows Help continues to run in the
background. To show Help again, click the FileMaker Pro
Help button in the task bar.
Exit FileMaker Pro Help and
the Windows Help application
Click the Help window to make it active, and then choose
Exit from the File menu.
To Do this