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7-2 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
5. Click OK.
Keep these points in mind:
1 The settings you choose in the Field Borders dialog box affect the
appearance of the field in all modes. If you just want to see field
boundaries in Layout mode to, for example, align fields, choose View
menu > Show > Field Boundaries. On the other hand, if you want to
see the effects of Field Border settings while in Layout mode, hide
Field Boundaries.
1 You can also change a field’s fill and border formats using the fill
and pen pop-up palettes in the status area. (You must have already
specified borders in the Field Borders dialog box.) Changes made in
the status area to the fill and pen settings replace settings in the Field
Borders dialog box, and vice versa. See “Setting color, pattern, line
width, and object effects” on page 7-14.
1 You can also specify an effect (Embossed, Engraved, or Drop
Shadow) for fields with the effect pop-up palette in the status area.
See “About object effects” on page 7-15.
Adding scroll bars to fields
Add a vertical scroll bar to a field to see more data than fits in the
field’s boundaries in Browse mode. (You can’t add scroll bars to
container, summary, or repeating fields, or fields formatted to use a
value list.)
1. In Layout mode, select one or more fields.
Or, to specify attributes for fields you add later, start with no fields
selected.
2. Choose Format menu > Field Format.
3. In the Field Format dialog box, for Style, select Standard field, then
click Include vertical scroll bar.
4. Click OK.
To Do this
Add borders to fields
and set their attributes
Select any combination of Top, Bottom, Left, or Right.
From the format list, choose Borders and choose a
color, pattern, and line width from the pop-up palettes.
Add text baselines and
set their attributes
Select Text baselines. From the format list, choose
Baselines, then choose a color, pattern, and line width
from the pop-up palettes.
Add a fill color,
pattern, or both to
fields
From the format list, choose Fill, then choose a color,
pattern, or both from the pop-up palettes. (The
checkboxes have no effect on fill attributes.)
Add borders between
repetitions in repeating
fields
Select Between repeating values. From the format list,
choose Borders, then choose a color, pattern, and
width from the pop-up palettes.
This option inserts lines between occurrences of
repeating fields. To also include borders around
repeating fields, select any combination of Top,
Bottom, Left, or Right.
Click to add a
vertical scroll bar