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70 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
3. In the Table Name box, type a name for the table, then click Create.
The table can be renamed or deleted. Tables you add to a file are automatically displayed in the
relationships graph.
4. Continue to define tables, or click the Fields tab to define fields.
For information about relationships, tables, and the relationships graph, see chapter 4, “Working with
related tables and files.”
Creating layouts and reports
FileMaker Pro layouts determine how information is organized for viewing, printing, reporting, finding, and
entering data. Layouts don’t store your data—they just display it. Layouts are sometimes called reports,
especially when printed.
You can create as many layouts as you need for a file (for example, layouts for entering data, reporting
summaries, or printing mailing labels). You can change a layout’s design without affecting the data or other
layouts for the file. Layouts can include certain fields and exclude others.When you change the data in a field
(in Browse mode), the changes are reflected in the same field for the same record on all the layouts in the file.
When you create a database file (without using one of the database template files shipped with
FileMaker
Pro), FileMaker Pro automatically creates a layout for the initial table in the file, and for each
newly added table that contains fields.
Fields: use for entering
and displaying data
Layout pop-up menu
Mode pop-up menu
Buttons: use to automate frequent tasks
Layout text: use for
titles, column headings,
field labels, instructions,
and form letters
Parts: use headers,
footers, the body, and
summaries to divide a
layout into special
purpose areas