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3-76 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
5. Click Save, and then click Done.
Keep these points in mind:
1 You can open the Define Value Lists dialog box quickly by choosing
Define from the File menu, and then Value Lists.
1 You format a value list as checkboxes, radio buttons (option buttons),
a pop-up menu, or a pop-up list (drop-down list) in Layout mode. See
the next section.
1 You can also define a value list or attach value lists to fields in the
Validation dialog box (of Define Fields) or in the Sort dialog box.
1 You can edit a value list in Browse mode. See “Entering data from a
value list” on page 4-9.
Formatting fields with value lists
After you define a value list, you can make the following changes:
1 Display values in a pop-up menu, a pop-up list (drop-down list), with
radio buttons (option buttons), or with checkboxes.
1 Add an Other item to checkboxes, radio buttons (option buttons),
pop-up menus, and pop-up lists (drop-down lists) so you can enter a
value that’s not in the list.
Choose FileMaker Help Index from the Help menu, and then type:
E value lists
Select file containing the
field values you want
Select a field to
use its values
Select a second field to
display values from
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