Tutorial

Lesson 6 | Creating lists, mailing labels, and form letters 33
10. Click Next.
11. Select View in Layout mode.
12. Click Finish.
13. When you finish viewing your label layout, choose View menu >
Preview Mode.
You see a page of labels as it will print.
Notice that not all records have the same number of lines of text.
Records with four-line addresses display all lines. In records needing
only three lines, the extra line is automatically omitted so there is no
blank line in the labels.
Create a form letter
About form letter layouts
A form letter in FileMaker Pro is simply a layout containing text. For
this letter, you will include merge fields so the appropriate company
information appears for the address and salutation, and for the
company name in the body of the letter. A graphic is included that
depicts the travel club’s logo.
Create a one-page blank layout
1. Choose View menu > Layout Mode.
2. Choose Layouts menu > New Layout/Report.
3. For Layout Name, type Welcome Letter.
4. Select Blank layout for the new layout type.
5. Click Finish.
Because this letter will not use a header or footer, you will delete
them now.
6. On the layout, click the Header tab, then press Backspace
(Windows) or Delete (Mac
OS).
7. Click the Footer tab, then press Backspace (Windows) or Delete
(Mac
OS).
8. Drag the Body tab down to about 11 inches.
When you release the mouse button, you will see the page boundary.
If you don’t see the page boundary, drag the Body tab down farther.
9. Now drag the Body tab up to just above the page boundary.
The page boundary line will disappear. Dragging the body tab above
the page boundary limits your form letter to a single page.
10. Use the scroll bar at the bottom of the screen to scroll a few
inches to the right.
You see a heavy dotted line along the right side. This is the right-side
page boundary. Your letter will be within these boundaries.
11. Scroll back all the way to the left.
12. Scroll up to the top of the layout.
Create the text block
You will create a text block with a 2 inch margin on all sides.
1. Select the Text tool .
Body tab Page boundary