User manual

Learning how to use FileMaker Pro xiii
Using FileMaker Pro Help
FileMaker Pro onscreen Help is available whenever FileMaker Pro
is running. It contains some information not in the printed
documentation, such as troubleshooting tips or alternative ways of
performing an action.
Starting FileMaker Pro Help
Whenever you open FileMaker Pro Help, you start the Windows
Help application (Windows) or the FileMaker Help Viewer
application (Mac OS). The help applications run independently of
FileMaker Pro.
To start FileMaker Pro Help while FileMaker Pro is running, do one
of the following:
1 Choose Help menu > then a menu command
1 Windows: Press F1
1 Mac OS: Press the Help key or press 2-?
Depending on the window or dialog box that’s open when you press
F1 or the Help key, the associated Help topic appears in the Help
topic window.
Note For the version, copyright information, and other details
about this release of FileMaker Pro, choose Help menu > About
FileMaker Pro.
About the Help topic window
To navigate to other topics in FileMaker Pro Help, you click buttons
and underlined text in the Help topic window.
For specific information on using FileMaker Pro Help—such as
printing a Help topic—choose Help menu > Contents and Index, click
the Index tab, and type onscreen Help.
Finding a topic using the Help Contents
In FileMaker Pro, choose Help menu > Contents and Index, or click
the Help Topics button in any FileMaker Pro Help topic window to
display the Help Contents. When you open the FileMaker Pro Help
Contents, you see a list of Help subjects, arranged like the table of
contents in a book.
To display a list of topics for each subject, double-click (Windows)
or click (Mac OS) a book icon. Then double-click (Windows) or
click (Mac OS) a topic to display the Help topic window.
Title of the
current topic
Click to return to the last topic viewed
Click to see a
subject overview
for this topic
Click to print the topic
Click solid
underlined text to
jump to a topic
related to the
current topic
Click to move to the next or previous topic
Click to see the
Help Contents
Click dotted
underlined text to
see a glossary
definition