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Applying Screen Stencils

Applying Screen Stencils - FileMaker Pro Tutorial

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Applying Screen Stencils

One of the big benefits of working with FileMaker Pro over any other database is that you can deploy FileMaker databases on various devices like the iPad, iPhone, or iTouch using FileMaker Go. Each of these devices has different screen sizes, and you should really design your layouts to fit the device. Keep it in mind that I could access the same database either on my Desktop, on the web, or on any one of the devices that I just mentioned. Sometimes it's a good idea to either make sure all your layouts conform to whatever device or design specialized layouts for each device. Now sometimes even users on Desktops could have different screens with various screen resolutions, it doesn't really matter the size of the screen, but rather the resolution of the screen. So some folks might have to scroll around a little bit more. So it's a good idea to take all those different users into account when you're designing your layouts. One of the things that you can use in Layout mode to help you…

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