User manual

6-2 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
For more information about setting up layouts for web publishing,
see “Setting up browser views” on page 14-10.
Creating layouts and reports
Whenever you create a database file (without using one of the
template files shipped with FileMaker Pro), FileMaker Pro
automatically creates a Standard form layout and displays it in
Browse mode, ready for you to enter data.
You create additional layouts using the New Layout/Report
assistant, a wizard that guides you through creating the layout
according to options you choose. In addition to Standard form, there
are four other types of layouts and one view (Table view). Use these
different types for various purposes, like displaying a data entry
screen or printing a totaled sales report or mailing labels.
Important FileMaker Pro considers the selected printer, and print or
page setup information when it calculates margins and other
measurements on the layout. When you need to print something on
the page in a particular way, like a report that is wider than it is tall,
labels, envelopes, or data on preprinted forms, make sure you have
set these up before creating the layout. Printer and print settings
depend on the printer and system software you’re using. Refer to
your printer and system documentation for more information
. Also
see the considerations sections starting on page 6-5.
Note You must have created the fields to include on a layout before
you begin the New Layout/Report assistant. See “About defining
database fields” on page 5-3.
To create a layout:
1. Choose View menu > Layout Mode.
2. Choose Layouts menu > New Layout/Report.
You see the New Layout/Report assistant, a series of dialog boxes,
or panels, that assist you with creating the type of layout you choose
in the first panel.
3. In each assistant panel, follow the instructions to create the type of
layout you chose in the first panel.
For a description of each of the layout types you can create with the
assistant, see the next section, “About layout types.”
To Do this
Accept the settings in the panel and
continue to the next panel
Click Next
Accept the settings in the panel but go
back to the previous panel
Click Back
See an onscreen Help topic that
explains the choices in the current
panel
Click Help or press F1 (Windows) or
click (Mac OS) or press 2-? or
the Help key on your keyboard
Windows: See pop-up Help about a
specific control in the current panel
Click the ? button in the upper-right
corner of the panel; then, with the ?
cursor, click the control
Close the assistant without saving any
of your choices
Cancel
The descriptive text and graphic change
when you click different layout types
Click a layout type,
then click Next to
proceed with the
assistant
Type a
descriptive name