Users Guide

FileMaker Pro 12 ® User’s Guide © 2007–2012 FileMaker, Inc. All Rights Reserved. FileMaker, Inc. 5201 Patrick Henry Drive Santa Clara, California 95054 FileMaker and Bento are trademarks of FileMaker, Inc. registered in the U.S. and other countries. The file folder logo and the Bento logo are trademarks of FileMaker, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. FileMaker documentation is copyrighted. You are not authorized to make additional copies or distribute this documentation without written permission from FileMaker. You may use this documentation solely with a valid licensed copy of FileMaker software. All persons, companies, email addresses, and URLs listed in the examples are purely fictitious and any resemblance to existing persons, companies, email addresses, or URLs is purely coincidental. Credits are listed in the Acknowledgements documents provided with this software. Mention of third-party products and URLs is for informational purposes only and constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation. FileMaker, Inc. assumes no responsibility with regard to the performance of these products. For more information, visit our website at http://www.filemaker.com. Edition: 01 Contents Chapter 1 Introducing FileMaker Pro 7 About this guide 7 Using FileMaker Pro documentation 7 Where to find PDF documentation 7 Online Help 8 Templates, examples, and more information 8 Suggested reading 8 FileMaker Pro overview 9 Creating simple or complex databases 9 Using layouts to display, enter, and print data 9 Finding, sorting, and replacing data 10 Protecting databases 11 Creating scripts to automate tasks 11 Sharing and exchanging data 11 Saving and sending data in other formats 12 Chapter 2 Using databases 13 About database fields and records 13 Opening files 15 Opening multiple windows per file 18 Closing windows and files 19 Saving files 19 What FileMaker Pro doesn’t save 20 About modes 21 Using the status toolbar 21 Viewing records 21 Selecting the active record 23 Moving through records 24 Adding and duplicating records 24 …