If you need to keep track of real things-physical assets, customers, inventory, or just about anything else-use the Business - People & Assets category. With this category, you can keep track of computer files, create a searchable and printable product catalog, and more. The Business - General category is a mish-mash of useful templates from document management. Track employee expenses and work hours (billable or otherwise), and generate purchase orders. The Business - Finance set has the bean counters in mind. (The Mode pop-up menu is the most popular way to mode-hop, but there are plenty more see the box on Section 1.2.) You can also glance at the pop-up menu to see which mode you’re currently in. Your FileMaker window instantly switches to the new mode. To use the Mode pop-up menu, just click it and choose one of the four modes. It shows a one-page-at-a-time view of your data exactly as it will appear when printed. If you’re ever curious about how something will look when printed, switch to Preview mode. Eventually you’ll want to print something out, like a set of mailing labels or a paper backup of all your records.

Part 2 is all about Layout mode.Īlthough computers make maintaining and manipulating mountains of information a breeze, there’s still no avoiding paper. Layout mode is where you design the screens (or layouts) that present your database information to best advantage.

In addition to using databases (viewing, finding, sorting, adding, and changing data), you can use FileMaker to build databases.

Right: Maximize your view of the content area by hiding the status area with a simple click on its control.

Left: The status area is part of all FileMaker databases, regardless of what they contain. Figure 1-2. Unlike the stark emptiness shown in Figure 1-1, this database is well underway, as you can see by the abundance of the content area.

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