User manual

xii FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
How this guide is organized
The FileMaker Pro User’s Guide is divided into three parts.
Part 1: Using a database
The first part of this book gives you the information you need for
using existing databases that have been created in FileMaker Pro.
Part 2: Designing and creating a database
The second part of this book provides detailed instructions for
creating and designing databases.
Part 3: Sharing and exchanging data
The third part of this book explores the various ways that you can
exchange and share data from your database; for example, importing
and exporting data, sharing your database over a network or the
World Wide Web, or how to share FileMaker Pro data with other
ODBC-compliant applications.
Note A FileMaker Pro database can have restricted access to certain
menus and database operations. For passwords and access
information, see your database administrator or the person who
designed the database that you’re using.
Special information in this user’s guide looks like this:
Note or Tip messages give extra or helpful information about a
subject.
Important messages alert you to situations that require attention, such
as an action you can’t undo.
Glossary terms are defined in FileMaker Pro Help. Glossary terms
are italicized in the user’s guide and underlined with a dotted line in
Help.
A note about the illustrations
This user’s guide is a cross-platform book for users of either
FileMaker Pro for Windows or FileMaker Pro for the Mac OS.
Illustrations throughout the book are mixed, depicting situations for
both platforms. Windows 98 and Mac OS 8.5 systems are used for
the illustrations. What you see on your screen may vary from the
instructions in this book depending on the platform and the operating
system that your computer is using.
Windows: If you’re using a Windows operating system other than
Windows 98 (such as Windows 95 or Windows NT), what you see
on your screen might not match the illustrations in the
documentation.
Mac OS: If you’re using Mac OS system 7.6.1 and don’t have the
Appearance Manager extension installed, some options in dialog
boxes appear in pop-up menus instead of on tabs.
Items in a Mac OS 7.6.1 pop-up menu appear as
tabs in Mac OS 8.0 and later