User manual
Table Of Contents
- Preface Introducing FileMaker Pro
- Chapter 1 Using databases
- About database fields and records
- Opening files
- Opening multiple windows per file
- Closing windows and files
- Saving files
- About modes
- Viewing records
- Adding and duplicating records
- Deleting records
- Entering data
- Finding records
- Making a find request
- Finding text and characters
- Finding numbers, dates, times, and timestamps
- Finding ranges of information
- Finding data in related fields
- Finding empty or non-empty fields
- Finding duplicate values
- Finding records that match multiple criteria
- Finding records except those matching criteria
- Deleting and reverting requests
- Viewing, repeating, or changing the last find
- Hiding records from a found set and viewing hidden records
- Finding and replacing data
- Sorting records
- Previewing and printing databases
- Automating tasks with scripts
- Backing up database files
- Setting preferences
- Chapter 2 Creating databases
- Chapter 3 Working with related tables and files
- Chapter 4 Sharing and exchanging data
- Chapter 5 Protecting databases with accounts and privilege sets
- Chapter 6 Converting FileMaker databases from previous versions
- Index
50 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
In the New Layout/Report assistant, you can choose to:
1 Limit the number of fields across the layout to the width of the page
(defined by the page margins, page orientation, and printer). Fields
wrap to multiple lines.
1 Group records by sorting. You can then subtotal, or subsummarize,
data in the groups (for example, group sales data by region, then
group subtotal sales for each region).
1 Add header and footer parts with static text (like your company’s
name), dynamic text (like the page number or current date), or a
graphic (like your company logo).
1 Save information in a script to re-run the report (for example,
switch to the report layout, sort the data, and pause to let you preview
the report).
You can modify any of these options after you complete the assistant.
Table view
Table view is not a type of layout; it’s a view of your data in a
spreadsheet-like grid format where you can quickly rearrange fields
in Browse mode. For example, you can quickly reorder, resize, or
sort columns (fields) with just a mouse click (if those options are set).
Table view is one of three views available for any layout in
FileMaker Pro. For more information, see
“Viewing records” on
page 17.
As with a Columnar list/report layout, a Table view contains the fields
you select, in the order you specify from left to right, with field
names as column headings.
Note Table view is similar to a simple Columnar list/report layout, but
there are differences.
Table view is a more flexible arrangement of the
data because it can be enabled or disabled in Browse mode. It’s
useful when you want to let users make simple changes to how data
is displayed in Browse mode, or when you want to provide a familiar,
spreadsheet-like appearance to your data.
Labels
Use a Labels layout to arrange fields you select to print on one of the
predefined standard label sizes. (FileMaker Pro includes the
dimensions of a large number of standard label types.) If the label
type you want isn’t available, you can specify custom label
dimensions.
With the Vertical labels layout, Asian and full-width characters are
rotated so that labels may be used vertically. For information about
vertical writing, see
“Formatting fields and text for vertical writing”
on page 58.
Simple columnar report layout
Columnar report with grouped data