User manual

Index 103
described 60
field labels 55
footer 60
grand summary 60
header 60
subsummary 60
title header and footer 60
Layout pop-up menu 15, 48
Layouts
adding fields 54
Blank 51
Columnar list/report 49
columns
changing width 52
setup 51
creating 48
described 9, 48
Envelope 51
fields
displaying 9, 48
dragging onto layout 54
merge 52
placing 54
removing 55
selecting 53
form layout 49
form view 17
Labels 50
placing related fields 55
printing 32
related fields, placing 55
Standard form 49
tools 52
types 49
vertical labels 50
Limits
characters in fields 22
field names 39
Lists, viewing records as 17
Literal text searches 24
Locked objects 53
Locking, shared records 75
Log file, conversion 95
Logical
AND searches 27, 28
OR searches 27, 28
Lookups
changing 72
defining 71
described 61
lookup source field 63
lookup target field 63
stopping or suspending 72
Lotus 1-2-3 format 76
M
Macros. See Scripts
Mail merge, using merge fields 55
Mailing labels 50
Margins, displaying in Preview mode 31
Match fields
See also Fields
described 63, 64
in import update 77
Matching records, updating 77
Mathematical operators 42
Maximum characters in fields 22
Maximum for summary fields 43
Merge fields 55
Merge format 76
Microsoft Excel format 76
Migrating files 91
Minimum for summary fields 43
Mode pop-up menu 17, 48
Mode tabs 17
Moving record to record 19
N
Naming
databases 38
fields 41
tables 48
Networks
cross-platform 11, 73
FileMaker Server 73
New Layout/Report assistant, described 48
Non-shared files 85
Number fields
See also Fields
described 40
entering and editing values in 22
finding 25
formatting 56
Numbers, invalid 26
O
Objects, layout
described 52
locked 53
selecting 53
ODBC
field name considerations 39
using with FileMaker products 7
Omitting
fields during printing 55
records 28
related 27, 29
Opening
files 14
multiple windows 15
Operators
comparison 42
in find requests 23, 26
mathematical 42
relational 63, 66, 70
Options, file 34
OR searches 28