Wiley FileMaker Pro 8.5 Bible 978-0-470-08277-5 Manual De Usuario

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Part I ✦ The Fundamentals

to be able to print the information. A database program is also a better choice
when you want to perform calculations on the data, select subsets, reorder
the records based on different criteria, or when you need summary informa-
tion or reports.

✦ Layouts are arrangements of database fields. Different layouts enable you to

view and present information in different ways. You can have as many layouts
for a FileMaker Pro database as you like.

✦ Layouts are divided into sections called parts. Depending on the parts in

which you place fields, text, and objects, they’re printed once for every
record in the database (body), only at the top or bottom of each report page
(header or footer), only at the top or bottom of the first report page (title
header or title footer), once before or after each group of records sorted on
the sort-by field (leading or trailing sub-summary), or once before or after all
the records being browsed (leading or trailing grand summary).

✦ You do all work in FileMaker Pro in one of four modes: Browse, Find, Layout,

or Preview, you can enter data only when the database is in Browse mode. If
you’re ever unsure of the current mode, check the Mode indicator at the bot-
tom of the database window.

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