User manual
Table Of Contents
- Preface Learning how to use FileMakerPro
 - Chapter 1 FileMaker Pro basics
 - Chapter 2 Adding and viewing data
 - Chapter 3 Finding and sorting information
- Finding records
- Finding text and characters
 - Finding exact matches in text fields
 - Finding numbers, dates, and times
 - Finding ranges of information
 - Finding data in related fields
 - Finding records that match multiple criteria
 - Finding empty or non-empty fields
 - Finding duplicates
 - Finding all records except those matching criteria
 - Hiding records from a found set and viewing hidden records
 - Viewing, repeating, or changing the last find
 
 - Sorting records
 
 - Finding records
 - Chapter 4 Previewing and printing information
 - Chapter 5 Creating a database
 - Chapter 6 Creating and managing layouts and reports
 - Chapter 7 Customizing layouts
 - Chapter 8 Working with related files
 - Chapter 9 Protecting databases with passwords and groups
 - Chapter 10 Creating scripts to automate tasks
- About scripts
 - Creating scripts: an overview
 - About ScriptMaker steps
 - Control script steps
 - Navigation script steps
 - Sort, find, and print script steps
 - Editing script steps
 - Fields script steps
 - Records script steps
 - Windows script steps
 - Files script steps
 - Spelling script steps
 - Open Menu Item script steps
 - Miscellaneous script steps
 - Changing scripts
 - Duplicating, renaming, or deleting scripts
 - Importing scripts
 - Listing scripts in the Scripts menu
 - Using buttons with scripts
 - Example of a ScriptMaker script
 
 - Chapter 11 Using formulas and functions
 - Chapter 12 Importing and exporting data
 - Chapter 13 Sharing databases on a network
 - Chapter 14 Publishing databases on the Web
- About publishing databases on the Web
 - How users work with databases on the Web
 - What you need to publish databasesontheWeb
 - Publishing databases on the Web: an overview
 - Enabling FileMaker Pro Web Companion
 - Configuring FileMaker Pro WebCompanion
 - Enabling Web Companion sharing
 - Setting up browser views
 - Testing your published database
 - About browser views for web publishing
 
 - Chapter 15 Using ODBC with FileMakerPro
 - Appendix A Customizing FileMaker Pro
 - Appendix B Backing up and recovering files
 - Appendix C FileMaker Pro Quick Reference (Windows)
 - Appendix D FileMaker Pro Quick Reference (Mac OS)
 - Index
 
Index 
I-9
Movies
deleting 2-13
inserting into fields 2-12
script step 10-7
moving 2-12
on the Web 14-4
pasting 2-13
playing 2-12
Moving
fields between files 6-13
movies 2-12
objects
between applications 6-13
between layouts 6-13
on layouts 6-14, 7-19
part labels 6-28
record to record 2-4
to calculation fields 2-7
to summary fields 2-7
Multi-key fields 8-6
Multimedia 2-12
Multiple platforms. See 
Cross-platform
Multi-table databases. See 
Relational databases
Multiuser files 13-3
hiding in Hosts dialog box 
13-4
N
Naming
fields 5-5, 5-11
layouts 6-8
relationships 8-10
scripts 10-4
value lists 7-3
Netscape Navigator 14-11
Networks
changing connections A-2
cross-platform 13-1
FileMaker Server 13-1, 13-5, 
13-6
sharing files
Web 14-5
New Layout/Report assistant
described 6-2
No password 9-1
Non-printing objects 7-25
NOT operator 11-4
Number fields
See also Fields
described 5-4
entering data 2-7
finding 3-3
formatting 6-22
sorting numbers 3-9
Number functions 11-6
O
Object Grids
described 7-21
reshaping objects without 
6-14
Object Linking and Embedding. 
See OLE objects
Objects
adding to layouts 6-27, 7-14, 
7-16
aligning 7-18, 7-19
copying 6-13
cutting 6-13
deleting 6-13
described 6-11
editing quickly 1-5
embossed, engraved, drop 
shadow effects 7-15
fill 7-14
graphic 7-14, 7-16
grouping 7-17
locking 6-15
moving
between applications 6-13
between layouts 6-13
on layouts 6-14, 7-19
non-printing 7-25
pasting 6-13
positioning 6-14, 7-19
resizing 6-14, 7-19
rotating 7-18
selecting 6-12
sliding
described 7-22
displaying 7-23, 7-24
setting 7-24
stacking order 7-18
text
adding 7-10
deleting 2-14
pasting 2-14
removing 2-14
replacing 2-14
ungrouping 7-17
ODBC
See also Data Access 
Companion
configuring control panel 
15-3, 15-5
described 15-1
field name considerations 5-3
FileMaker Pro as client 
application 15-5–15-13
FileMaker Pro as data source 
15-2–15-3
protecting data 15-3
OLE objects
adding to layouts 7-16
working with 2-15, 13-3
Omitting
fields
during printing 7-22, 7-25
from tab order 7-9
records
find requests 3-6
related 3-4
One-to-many relationships, 
defined 8-4
One-to-one relationships, defined 
8-4
Opening
FileMaker Pro Help xi
files 1-6, 13-3
URLs 10-9
Operators
AND 11-4
comparison 11-3
in find requests 3-2, 3-6
in formulas 11-3
logical 11-4
mathematical 11-3
NOT 11-4
OR 11-4
precedence 11-3
text 11-4
XOR 11-4
Options, default. See Preferences
OR operator 11-4
OR searches 3-5
Oracle databases 15-2, 15-5
Other items 2-9
Oval tool 7-14
P
Page breaks
defining 6-29
viewing
in Preview mode 4-3
Page margins 7-21
Page numbers
and page breaks 6-29
inserting on layout 7-11
Page orientation for printing 4-2, 
4-4, 4-5
Pages, Web
setting up 14-10
viewing databases in 14-3, 
14-10, 14-14










