User manual

A-2 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
Do this To
Windows: Type a name for
User name
Mac OS: Select System in the
User Name area
or
For User Name, select Custom,
then type a name in the text box
Set the name that identifies the user. This value
is used, for example, when you choose Insert
menu > Current User Name, or as the host name
when you host files on a network.
Mac OS: The System name is the Owner Name
entered in the Network Identity area in the File
Sharing control panel.
Select To
Always lock layout tools Keep a layout tool selected until you select a
different one or press Enter. If you don’t select this
option, FileMaker Pro returns to the arrow pointer
after you use a tool.
Add newly defined fields to Add new fields to the bottom of the current layout
current layout when you define them.
Standard system palette Use a 256-color palette.
System subset Use an 88-color palette.
Web palette Use a palette of 216 colors that look the same on
Windows and Mac OS.
Setting memory preferences
FileMaker Pro automatically records your changes as you work.
These changes are stored temporarily in an area of (RAM) memory
called the cache. In memory preferences, you specify when
FileMaker Pro saves the contents of the cache to the hard disk. In
Windows and Mac OS X, you can also set the size of the cache here.
To change the cache in Mac OS 9, see instructions in Help. Choose
Help menu > Contents and Index, click the Index tab, and type cache.
Windows and
Mac OS X: Set
the size of
the cache
Select an option from the Select a network protocol to host databases and
Network Protocol list open shared databases. Changes take effect after
you quit FileMaker Pro and then start it again.
Select Enable drag and drop Use drag and drop to transfer text without using
text selection the Clipboard.
Select (Show) Templates in Display a list of template files when you start
New Database dialog FileMaker Pro or choose File menu > New
Database.
Windows: Select (Show) All Display all keyboard shortcuts.
keyboard shortcuts in menus
Select (Show) Recently Display recently opened files in the File menu.
opened files, then type a You can also specify how many files appear in
number from 1 to 9 the menu, up to nine files.
Setting layout preferences
In layout preferences, you set options for the way you like to work in
Layout mode.