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
Laying out and arranging information 3-49
You can select from both columns.
Keep these points in mind:
1 To align new objects according to the current settings, select the
objects to align, and then choose Align from the Arrange menu. (If the
settings are both None, the command is unavailable.)
1 To align two objects without moving one of them, select one object,
and then choose Lock from the Arrange menu. Next, select both
objects, and then choose Align from the Arrange menu. (For
information on locking objects, see “Protecting objects from change”
on page 3-52.)
Rotating objects
You can rotate fields, text objects, and graphic objects in 90-degree
increments.
1 To rotate a field, text object, or graphic object, select the object, and
then choose Rotate from the Arrange menu.
1 Continue selecting Rotate from the Arrange menu until the object is
rotated as you wish.
Choose FileMaker Help Index from the or Help menu, and then type:
E aligning objects
Select the way you want
objects aligned vertically
See the results of your choices
Select the way you
want objects aligned
horizontally