User manual

I-4 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
Dictionaries
adding words 2-15
described 2-14
main 2-14
user
adding words 2-15
described 2-14
DIF format 12-1
Display formats 6-22
Document preferences A-5
Double arrow icon 13-2
Drag and drop
described 2-9
disabling 2-9
enabling for text A-2
fields onto layout 6-16
objects 6-13
Drivers, ODBC 15-1
Drop shadow effect, objects 7-15
DRW format 2-12
Duplicate database files 8-10
Duplicate records
finding 3-6
finding with scripts 10-13
Duplicating. See Copying
Dynamic Data Exchange. See
DDE
E
Edit items 2-9, 7-6
Editing
See also Changing
find requests 3-5
objects quickly 1-5
text 2-14
value lists 2-9
Edition File format 12-1
Elements. See Objects
Email, sending 10-9
Embedded groups 7-18
Embossed effect, objects 7-15
Empty fields 3-6
Enabling plug-ins 15-2, A-4
Encryption. See Access privileges
Engraved effect, objects 7-15
Entering data
automatically 5-8
typing in fields 2-7
Entry options
changing 5-11
tab order 7-8
Envelope layout
See also Layouts
described 6-5
headers 6-7
using 6-5
Envelopes
printing 4-3, 6-7
Error messages. See also
Troubleshooting
displaying in scripts 10-9
suppressing in scripts 10-6
Excel
converting 12-6
format 12-1
importing 12-4, 15-2
Exchanging files
See also Exporting, Importing,
Networks, ODBC
cross-platform considerations
12-1
exporting 12-1, 12-6
importing 12-1
lookups 8-1, 8-6
relational databases 8-1
with other applications 12-1,
15-1
Exchanging information. See
Exchanging files
Exiting FileMaker Pro 1-8, 13-4
Exporting
See also Exchanging files
access privileges for 9-1
described 12-1
dictionaries 2-14
field order 12-7
file formats 12-1
formatting 12-7
grand summary data 12-7,
12-8
opening exported files 12-7
related records 12-7
repeating fields 12-8
reports with grouped data 12-8
shared files 12-1
subsummary data 12-8
versus copying and pasting
12-1
Expressions
Boolean 11-3
described 11-2
Extended columnar layout. See
Columnar list/report layout
External files. See Exchanging
files; Exporting
External functions 11-13
for Web publishing 11-13,
14-8
External scripts 10-2
F
False 6-22, 11-3
Field definitions
changing 5-11
copying 1-7
described 1-2
duplicating 5-11
printing 4-5
related fields 5-12
reordering 5-12
Field labels 6-16, 7-10
Field labels, layout 6-16
Field names 5-3
in Excel import 12-4, 12-6
in table headings 6-10
Field rights. See Access privileges
Field tool 6-16
Field types
changing 5-11
described 5-4
for match fields 8-5
importing field types 12-6
in calculations 11-1
sort order 3-9
Field values
described 1-2
Fields
See also Calculation fields;
Container fields; Date fields;
Global fields; Match fields;
Number fields; Related
fields; Summary fields; Text;
Time fields
access privileges 9-4, 9-5, 9-6
adding to a layout 6-15, A-2
borders 7-1
boundaries, showing/hiding
7-17
changing
appearance 7-14
calculations 5-12
definitions 5-11
entry options 5-11
formulas 5-11, 5-12
names 5-11
sort order of 3-8
types 5-11
copying
between fields 2-8
between files 6-13
from previous record 2-8
current 2-6
custom values 7-4