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
3-14 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
4. In the Label Setup dialog box, select options, and then click OK.
5. In the Specify Layout Contents dialog box, select and arrange fields
for the labels, and then click OK.
Include or exclude
the layout in the
layout pop-up
menu
To include the layout, select Include in layouts menu. To exclude the
layout, deselect this option. (For example, you might exclude
layouts when you want to give users access only to a particular
layout.)
To Select
Use preset label
dimensions
Use label measurements for and then choose a label option.
Create custom
measurements
Use custom measurements, and then type values for Labels across the
page, Width, and Height. See “Creating custom labels” on page 3-16.
To Do this
Select fields for the labels In the fields list, double-click the fields you want, in the
order you want them to appear.
Place a field on a new line Press Return at the end of the previous line.
Display a punctuation mark
(like a comma) between field
values
For Layout contents, set the insertion point before or after
the << or >> characters around a field name, and then
click a punctuation button.
Display a space between field
values
For Layout contents, click between field names where
you want a space, and then press the Space bar.
To Do this
Width is the distance from
the left edge of one label to
the left edge of the next label
Height is the distance
from the top edge of the
first label to the top edge
of the next label
Select preset labels or
custom measurements