Filemaker Pro 9 (20)

Question 1

1. How do you ALTERNATE the color of the ROWS in a REPORT?

Answer 1

LAYOUT MODE; LAYOUT–>
PART SET UP
Choose the PART, then choose ALTERNATE BACKGROUND FILL.

Question 2

2. LAYOUT MODE:
   LAYOUT–>
   PART SETUP.
   What is this?

Answer 2

It allows you to create, delete, and move around the parts.It can also bring up the PART DEFINITION dialog box, once you have selected a part.

Question 3

3. What is the PART DEFINITION dialog box for?

Answer 3

It lets you configure any LAYOUT PART, such as Header, Sub Summary, Body, etc.

Question 4

4. What are the options in the PART DEFINITION dialog box?

Answer 4

a. Page Break Before Each Occurrence
b. Page Break After x Occurrences
c. Restart Page Number After Each Occurrence
d. Allow Part To Break Across Page Boundaries
e. Alternate Background Fill

Question 5

5. The LAYOUT MODE: LAYOUT–>

PART SETUP not only allows you to configure a LAYOUT PART, it also:

Answer 5

Lets you CREATE NEW PARTS and EDIT, DELETE, and REARRANGE existing parts.

Question 6

6. How do you get additional options as to how a TABLE in TABLE VIEW looks and works?

Answer 6

LAYOUT MODE:
LAYOUTS–>LAYOUT SETUP…
VIEWS: TABLE VIEW:
PROPERTIES

Question 7

7. What options do you have in TABLE VIEW–>PROPERTIES?

Answer 7

a. Include or exclude table grid lines
b. Include header part
c. Include footer part
d. Include column headers
e. Resizable columns
f. Reorder-able columns
g. Sort data when selecting column