User manual

20 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
Moving through records
To move from one record to another, use the book icon in the status
area.
You can also use a mouse scroll wheel to move through records. For
more information, see Help.
For more information about viewing records, see Help.
Adding and duplicating records
When you add or duplicate records, FileMaker Pro stores new records
at the end of the current table. In Browse mode, you see the new
record after the current record, or after the last record in the found set
(the set of records made active by a find request).
1 If records are sorted, the new record appears immediately after the
current record.
1 If records are unsorted, the new record appears after the last record
in the found set. For more information, see “Sorting records” on
page 33.
Note If a file is locked or write-protected, or if you don’t have access
privileges to create records, FileMaker Pro will not add or duplicate
records.
If the field is defined to automatically enter field values, you see those
values entered in the new record. See
“Defining automatic data entry”
on page 50.
To enter or change values in the new record, see “Entering and
changing data in fields” on page 22.
To move Do this
To the next record in the
current table
Click the right page of the book icon or choose
Records menu > Go to Record > Next.
To the previous record in
the current table
Click the left page of the book icon or choose Records
menu > Go to Record > Previous.
Quickly to a specific
record
1 Click the current record number, type the record
number you want, then press Enter (Windows) or
Return (Mac OS).
1 Press Esc, type the record number, then press Enter
or Return.
1 Choose Records menu > Go to Record > Specify,
then type the number of the record.
Quickly through records Drag the slider right or left to move forward or
backward.
Through records in View
as List or View as Table
Use the scroll bar on the right side of the window.
To a record with a unique
value that you know
See “Finding records” on page 23.
Slider
Current record number
Number of records
in the database
Book icon
To Do this in Browse mode
Add a new blank record Choose Records menu > New Record. You see a blank
record with one field selected.
Quickly add a record
with the same or similar
data as an existing record
Select the record to duplicate. Then, choose Records
menu > Duplicate Record. (See “Selecting the active
record” on page 19.)
Add or duplicate related
records
See the next section.