U.M. (Mac OS)

Laying out and arranging information 3-79
Working with text
Text makes a layout easier to use and understand. When you add text to
the body of a layout, FileMaker Pro displays the text with every record.
Add text for labels or column headings that identify fields, instructions
on a form, report titles, page or record numbers, and so on. On some
predefined layout types, FileMaker Pro displays the field name as text.
Text typed or pasted on a layout is a text object (except when it’s part of
a graphic), which you can select, group, move, shape, cut, or copy, as
any other object.
Note Text objects do not appear when you publish a database on the
Web using FileMaker Pro Web Companion Instant Web Publishing.
FileMaker Pro can use all the fonts installed in the System Folder of
your current startup disk. If you have Helvetica on your system,
FileMaker Pro uses it by default. Otherwise, it uses the Geneva
computer font. To update your list of fonts, see the documentation that
came with your computer.
You can set the font for text before you type it, or you can change the
font of existing text or field objects.
Changing these field
labels doesn’t affect
the actual field names