User manual

Index I-3
exporting 12-1
file sharing 1-6, 13-1
importing 12-1
Crystal Reports 15-2
Currency
exporting formats 12-7
formatting 6-22
Current
date
formatting 6-24
in calculations 11-7, 11-11
inserting on layout 7-11
pasting into fields 2-10
field 2-6
record 2-3
time
formatting 6-24
in calculations 11-12
inserting on layout 7-11
pasting into fields 2-10
user name
inserting on layout 7-11
pasting into fields 2-10
setting A-2
Current file. See Files; Master file
Custom
field values 7-4
line spacing 7-13
order, sort by value list 3-8
Custom Web Publishing,
described 14-3
Customer support ix
Customizing FileMaker Pro. See
Preferences
Cutting
objects 6-13
text 2-14
D
Data
described 1-1
entering automatically 2-5,
5-8
from other files 8-1
ODBC 15-1
relationships 8-10
saving automatically A-3
view as form, list, table 2-2
Data Access Companion 15-1
enabling 15-2
Data entry 5-8–5-11
access privileges 9-1
exporting 12-1
importing 12-1
tab order 7-8
Data source, ODBC 15-1
connecting to 15-6
Data types
See also Field types
and calculation results 5-6,
11-1
for global fields 5-8
Database files. See Files
Database locks. See Access
privileges
Database system 1-1
Databases
described 1-1
planning 5-1
publishing on Web 14-1
Databases, relational. See
Relational databases
Date
See also Dates; Fields
fields 5-4
finding today’s 3-4
functions 11-7
symbol, formatting 6-24
Date fields
4-digit years 1-7, 5-10
described 5-4
typing values in 2-7
Dates
See also Date; Date fields
current
formatting 6-24
in calculations 11-7, 11-11
pasting into fields 2-10
entering data 2-7
finding 3-4
formatting 6-23
in calculations 11-7, 11-11
inserting on layout 7-11
invalid 3-4
typing in 2-7
validating 5-10
dBASE file format 12-1
DBF format 12-1, 12-8
DBMS 15-1
DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange)
See also OLE objects
scripts 10-9
Decimal numbers 6-22
Decimal tabs 7-13
Default
formats 6-22
passwords A-5
Default password 9-3
Defining
See also Placing
See also Adding
calculation fields 5-5
fields 5-3
global fields 5-8
lookups 8-6
passwords 9-1
portals 6-19
related records 2-5
relational databases 8-9
relationships 8-10
scripts 10-4
summary fields 5-6
value lists 7-3
Deleting
characters 2-14
data 2-7, 5-12
dictionary terms 2-14
fields 5-12, 9-5
from a layout 6-17
find requests 3-5
graphics 2-13
groups 9-5
imported records 12-5
layout parts 6-30
layouts 6-8
master records 2-5, 8-11
movies 2-13
objects 6-13
passwords 9-3
portals 6-20
records 3-8
related records 2-5, 8-11
Script menu items 10-10
script steps 10-5
scripts 10-10
sounds 2-13
text 2-14
value lists 7-5
Design functions 11-12
Designing databases
creating layouts 6-1
planning 5-1
relational 8-7
Destination file, import 12-2
Detail databases. See Related files
Detail tables. See Related files
Dialing phone numbers
procedures A-3
script steps 10-9