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B-2 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
1 As you work with a file with different internal default formats, you
can use the current system formats by choosing Use System Formats
from the Format menu. You see this command only when the current
file was saved with internal default formats different from the current
system formats.
Keep these points in mind:
1 You see the alert message only if the setting of Use System Formats when
the file is closed is different from the setting when the file was open.
1 To change the formats saved with a file, you must change the system
formats, and then clone the file. You can then change the system
formats to their original settings. (For information about cloning a
file, see “Saving a copy of a file” on page 1-11.)
1 Using system formats doesn’t affect the formatting of dates, numbers,
and times that you set in FileMaker Pro for displaying data in fields.
However, you must enter data precisely according to the system
format. For example, when date parts in a system format are in order as
year, month, and day, separated by a period (.), you must enter dates in
that format, as in
98.12.31. (For information about display formats
for fields, see “Defining display formats for fields” on page 3-58.)
Choose FileMaker Help Index from the Help menu, and then type:
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