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Getting help XIX
Getting additional help
To get context-sensitive help for menu items, dialog boxes, tools, and
screen elements, press F1 or Shift-F1. Pressing Shift-F1 displays a
pointer you can use to click on areas of the screen not available when
you press F1.
Use Help to get information on these additional tasks:
Using the FileMaker Pro documentation
This guide and the other documentation in the set give you all the
information you need to know about installing and using FileMaker Pro.
Start by reading chapter 1, “FileMaker Pro basics,” for an overview of
FileMaker Pro, and for information about managing files and
performing common tasks. Then read chapter 2, “Creating a database
file,” for information about designing FileMaker Pro database files. You
can then move to the chapters you need for doing your work, such as
using layouts, or entering, finding, and sorting information.
Use the following additional tools to help you with FileMaker Pro.
For information on
Choose FileMaker Help Index from
the Help menu, and then type
Printing a Help topic Help, printing
Adding your own notes or instructions to a
topic (annotations)
Help, customizing
Creating bookmarks to quickly access topics you
use often
Help, customizing
Copying all or part of a topic to an application
that supports text, to compile help information
you use often
Help, using
Setting Help preferences to customize the way
you use Help
Help, customizing
Use To
FileMaker Pro
Installation and New
Features Guide
Install FileMaker Pro on your hard disk. If you’ve used
previous versions of FileMaker Pro, you can read about
features new to this version.
FileMaker Pro Tutorial
(an onscreen tutorial)
To get an overview of how to use and design a FileMaker Pro
database. You can complete the tutorial in one session, or one
segment at a time. To use the tutorial, double-click the Tutorial
file in the Tutorial folder.