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Exploring layout tools and the status area in Layout mode

Exploring layout tools and the status area in Layout mode - FileMaker Pro Tutorial

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Exploring layout tools and the status area in Layout mode

One of the things you'll likely spend most time doing when you're working with FileMaker, is modifying your layouts. You'll want to first make yourself familiar with the tools that you have available to you in layout, mode before you start making changes. If we go into layout mode, you'll notice that, we have an inspector available if you've left one open. But also that you've got a whole series of different tools, available to you in the status toolbar that aren't available in other modes. In the upper left hand corner, you'll also notice that we've got the book icon, which in browse mode represents how many different records we've got in our database, but in layout mode it tells us how many different layouts we've got. It also allows us, to navigate from layout to layout. which is really the same type, of thing as clicking on this layout drop-down, and navigating to different layouts throughout the system. You also might see the new layout report button, which allows you to invoke…

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