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6-24 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
1 If you specify Leave date formatted as entered but a year is entered
with only two digits, FileMaker Pro stores, displays, and prints the
year with four digits to include the century.
1 Be sure to size the date field on the layout according to the format
you choose. For example, the date Wednesday, May 5, 2002 needs
more room than 5/5/02.
1 Use any of the date formatting options to format the date symbol,
“//” (two slashes), which displays the current date. In Layout mode,
select the symbol, then choose Format menu > Date. See “Inserting
the page number, date, or other variable onto a layout” on page 7-11.
Specifying formats for time fields
You can control how FileMaker Pro displays time values in fields.
1. In Layout mode, select one or more time fields, calculation fields
with a time result, or global fields defined as Time.
2. Choose Format menu > Time.
3. In the Time Format dialog box, select the formats you want to use.
You see examples of the options you choose in the Sample area.
For more complete information about specifying time formats, see
the FileMaker Pro onscreen Help. Choose Help menu > Contents and
Index, click the Index tab, and type time fields.
4. Click OK.
Note Use any of the time formatting options to format the time
symbol, “::” (two colons), which displays the current time. In Layout
mode, select the symbol, then choose Format menu > Time. See
“Inserting the page number, date, or other variable onto a layout” on
page 7-11.
Specifying formats for fields containing graphics
You can control how FileMaker Pro displays images in container
fields.
Note The following instructions also apply to formatting graphic
objects that you insert onto a layout. (See “Inserting graphics onto a
layout” on page 7-16.)
1. In Layout mode, select one or more container fields or inserted
graphics.
2. Choose Format menu > Graphic.
3. In the Graphic Format dialog box, select the formats you want to use.
You see examples of the options you choose in the Sample area.
For more complete information about specifying graphic formats,
see the FileMaker Pro onscreen Help. Choose Help menu > Contents
and Index, click the Index tab, and type graphics.
4. Click OK.
Note The formatting options you choose do not affect the original
graphic.
Set font, style, size, color,
line spacing, and alignment
Choose to display times
either as entered or in a
format you specify
Choose how to align
the graphic vertically
Choose how to fit the
graphic in the frame
Choose how to align
the graphic horizontally