Quick Start

Creating a database and entering records 53
Create another record
1. Choose Records menu > New Record.
2. As you did for Jane Doe’s record, enter data for John Smith, who
paid 75 dollars on 2/2/2000.
Your database now contains two records. Click the book icon to see
each record.
Modify data in a record
Suppose you realize that Jane Doe paid 75 dollars, not 25. You can
easily correct the entry.
1. Go to Jane Doe’s record.
2. Select the amount in Fee Paid.
3. Type the new amount, 75.
4. Click an empty area outside a field to save the change.
5. When you are finished with this lesson, close each open file by
choosing File menu > Close.
For more information
You have created a simple database and defined fields, and added
and modified records. For more information, see chapter 5 in the
FileMaker Pro User’s Guide. You can also use or build on the
database template files included with FileMaker Pro; see chapter 5.
For more information on entering data in different field types and by
different methods, including import, see lesson 7 in this tutorial and
chapters 2 and 12 in the FileMaker Pro User’s Guide.