Tutorial

Lesson 6
Creating lists, mailing labels, and form letters
You can easily create layouts to view and print information in many
different ways.
In this lesson, you will create:
1 a list of your records
1 mailing labels
1 a form letter
Important Copy the Tutorial folder to your hard drive or verify that
it is installed before beginning this lesson. See
“Where to find the
lesson files” on page 7 for more information.
Create a columnar list
A columnar list shows many records simultaneously. Each row is
one record. Each column holds one category of data, such as Last
Name or Phone Number.
Look at the sample list
You can create a list of records that shows just the information you
want to see.
1. Open the Tutorial folder on your hard drive.
2. Open the Sample Files folder.
3. Open Sample06.fp7.
4. Choose the List of Members layout from the Layout pop-up menu.
You see a columnar list showing some of your fields.
5. Choose View menu > Layout Mode to view the layout that produces
the columnar list you just looked at.
Each field on the layout appears once, but the list displays many
records.
Create a columnar list
1. Open the Tutorial folder on your hard drive.
2. Open the Working Files folder.
3. Open MyFile06.fp7.
4. Choose View menu > Layout Mode.
5. Choose Layouts menu > New Layout/Report.
6. For Layout Name, type List of Members.
7. Select Columnar list/report for the new layout type and click Next.
8. Select the Columnar list/report layout again, then click Next.
Layout pop-up menu