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Managing layouts and layout folders

Managing layouts and layout folders - FileMaker Pro Tutorial

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Managing layouts and layout folders

Any single FileMaker Pro database could have dozens or even hundreds of layouts. Therefore, it's going to be useful to organize layouts in such a way that both you and your users can easily find what you're looking for. The feature in FileMaker Pro that helps you accomplish this is what's called the Manage Layouts dialog. You can access this under the File > Manage > Layouts, and you see the Manage Layouts dialog appear. You can also access this when you're in Layout mode by clicking on the Layout dropdown and choosing the Manage Layouts on the top. You'll notice that in either case, once it's open it's treated as a separate window under your Window toggle screen. So at any given time you can get right back to it, however you see that you don't need to be in Layout mode to be able to manage the Layouts window. The Manage Layouts dialog window allows you to organize and manage layouts in a number of different ways. The check box that you see at the beginning of each row indicates…

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