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
3-6 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
To use a predefined layout type, choose New Layout from the Mode
menu, and then select a layout type. To change the layout, use the tools
and commands in Layout mode to tailor the layout for your needs.
FileMaker Pro considers the printer and print setup information when it
displays boundaries and measurements on the layout. When you need to
fit something on the page in a certain way, such as a layout to print data
on preprinted forms, first choose Print Setup from the File menu. Then
select options.
Keep these points in mind:
1 To see how a layout displays information on the screen, choose
Browse from the Mode menu. To see how a layout will print, choose
Preview from the Mode menu.
1 You can display a specified layout every time you open a document.
See “Setting document preferences” on page 9-8.
Use this layout type To display
Standard All the fields in the database file, with field labels, on separate
lines in the viewing order set in the Define Fields dialog box.
You see one record per screen. The layout includes a body and
a blank header and footer.
Columnar report The fields you want, in columns from left to right, with a
header that includes field labels as column headings. If all
fields don’t fit across the body, FileMaker Pro wraps them to
the next line. You see many records per screen. This layout
includes a blank footer.
Extended columnar The fields you want (in columns, with a header that includes
field labels) without wrapping fields to the next line. You can
adjust the field size to see a record on a single line. You see
many records per screen. This layout includes a blank footer.
Single-page form All the fields in the database file, with field labels, on separate
lines in the viewing order set in the Define Fields dialog box.
It’s like a Standard layout, but without a header or footer.
Labels The fields you want, in the arrangement you choose to print on
mailing label stock.
Envelope The fields you want, in the arrangement you choose to print on
a standard business envelope.
Blank The fields you want. A blank layout includes a blank header,
body, and footer.
Choose FileMaker Help Index from the Help menu, and then type:
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