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Learning how to use FileMaker Pro xv
Finding a topic using specific words
If you can’t find the information you’re looking for in the Help
Contents or in the Index, you can specify your own significant word
or combination of words to search for within all of the Help topics.
FileMaker Pro Help displays a list of all topics containing the
word(s) you specify and the total number of topics found. To narrow
the search, you can specify a combination of words. For example,
you can search for all topics containing both the word “defining” and
the word “script.”
To find a topic based on a specific word or group of words:
1. In FileMaker Pro, choose Help menu > Contents and Index, then
click the Find tab. Or click the Help Topics button in any Help topic
window, then click the Find tab.
Windows: The first time you click Find in FileMaker Pro Help, the
Find Setup Wizard dialog box appears. Follow the instructions it
provides to set up FileMaker Pro Help for finding words. This setup
procedure needs to be done only once.
2. In the Find window, type the word that you want to search for.
3. To narrow the search, do one of the following:
Windows: Type more words in the line. Then click Options, select All
the words you typed in any order, select Immediately after each keystroke
to begin the search, and click OK. You can also select multiple words
to search for by Ctrl-clicking them in the matching word list.
Mac OS: Click More Choices, then type a second word in the new
row below the first word. Then click Search. You can add multiple
rows and choose different parameters from the pop-up menus for
each word.
4. In the topics list, select a topic and click Display.
In the Help topic window, FileMaker Pro Help shows each
occurrence of the word or words you searched for.
Type the word or
words to search for
Select one or more
matching words
if you want
Double-click the
topic you want to see
This shows the total
number of topics found
Finding words in FileMaker Pro Help for Windows
Click to find a
specific word
Choose options from the
pop-up menus to specify
search parameters
Select a topic
from the list
Click to add another
word to the search
Type the word you want to search for
Finding words in FileMaker Pro Help for Mac OS