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60 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
3. If your file contains more than one table, select the appropriate table from the Table list.
You see tables from the current file and any related external files.
4. For the Field Name box, type a name for the field.
Or, to change a field’s name, select the field in the list, then type a new name in the Field Name box.
See “About naming fields” on page 57.
5. For Type, select a field type.
See “About choosing a field type” on page 58.
You can enter a description of the field in the Comment box.
For more information about creating calculation fields, see “Creating calculation fields” on page 61. For
more information about creating summary fields, see “Creating summary fields” on page 63.
6. Click Create if you’re creating a new field. If you’re changing the field, click Change.
7. To delete a field, select one or more fields that you want to delete, click Delete, then click Delete again.
Important Before you delete a field, confirm that you don’t need any of the data it contains.
8. To define options for the field, click Options.
For more information, see “Setting options for fields” on page 65.
9. Continue to define or change fields, or click OK.
To Do this in the Options for Field dialog box
Automatically enter values into the
field
Click the Auto-Enter tab, select the options, then click OK. For more information, see
“Defining automatic data entry” on page 65.
Make sure data is entered into the
field correctly
Click the Validation tab, select the options, then click OK. See “Defining field
validation” on page 66.
Important To avoid confusion when using dates in FileMaker Pro, set field validation
options to make sure dates are always entered with four-digit years.
Make the field repeating Click the Storage tab, then select Maximum number of repetitions. Type the number of
repetitions (up to 1000), then click OK. For more information, see Help.
Select options for indexing the field Click the Storage tab, select the options, then click OK.
Make the field use one value for all
records in the file
Click the Storage tab, select Use global storage, then click OK.
Create a link between the “parent”
data field and the Furigana “child”
field, so that when you input Kanji
characters into the “parent” field, the
corresponding Kana reading appears
in the Furigana “child” field.
Click the Furigana tab, select Use Furigana Field, the Furigana field, and the Kana
reading input format, then click OK.
Note This option is available for text fields only, and if your operating system is
configured to support Japanese text entry.