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
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.
1. Open the Tutorial folder on your hard drive.
2. Open Sample Copy.fp7.
3. Choose View menu > Layout Mode.
4. Choose Layouts menu > New Layout/Report.
5. For Layout Name, type List of Members.
6. Select Columnar list/report for the new layout type and click Next.
7. Select the Columnar list/report layout again, then click Next.
8. Double-click each of the following fields in the order you want it
to appear in the list:
1 Last Name
1 First Name
1 Company
1 Membership Type
These fields move to the Layout fields list.
9. Click Next.
10. Click Next again to accept the default sort order.
11. Select Standard from the list of layout themes, and click Next.
12. Click Next on each of the two remaining panels to accept the
defaults.
13. Click Finish.
The data in all records for the fields Last Name, First Name, Company,
and Membership Type appears in the List of Members layout. The
completed layout is displayed in Preview mode, which shows items
as they will appear when printed.