Filemaker Pro 10 TU689LL/A Benutzerhandbuch

Lesson 4

  

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  Creating a database and entering records     27

3. Press Tab to move to the next field.

FileMaker Pro automatically saves your changes as you work.

4. Type Doe in the Last Name field.

5. Type 25 in Fee Paid. 

You will learn how to format number fields to display as currency in the next lesson.

6. Type 11/11/2009 in Date Paid.

Leave the Container field empty for the time being.

7. The completed record should look like this: 

1. Click New Record.

2. As you did for Jane Doe’s record, enter data for John Smith, who paid 75 dollars on 2/2/2009.

Your database now contains two records. Click the book icon in the Status toolbar to switch between each 
record.

1. Click List View in the layout bar. 

2. Choose New Record and enter a First Name and Last Name of your choice.

3. Select the text in the Fee Paid field in record 2.

4. Drag the highlighted text to the Fee Paid field in record 3 and release the mouse. 

If you can’t drag the text, drag and drop might not be turned on in FileMaker Pro. To turn on drag 

and drop, choose Edit menu > Preferences (Windows) or FileMaker Pro menu > Preferences (Mac OS). 
Under General, select Allow drag and drop text selection, click OK, then repeat steps 3 and 4.

5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for the Date Paid field.

6. Click Form View.