how to configure table header font in table view?

[Deep Thought II]

i found that in table view, the table's header's display and fonts seem to be preset, and i can't find where to configure them.

Filemaker cannot display foreign characters right at this preset font when printing, but it displays them right on screen. bad...

when printing in table view, those foreign characters all turn into... squares. whileas preview actually shows them displaying correctly.

i tried printing into a PDF file... same result... so it's mostly Filemaker's problem, not the printer's.

[CoZiMan]

Hi,

Go into the Preferences panel and the last tab in the window should be "Fonts".

Set all options ON.

Change the FIRST (tab order?) Field font on your layout to something else and you should see the header change in Table View for ALL the fields

Does for me on OS X.

HTH

[Deep Thought II]

sigh... doesn't work on windows...

i think the tab's font did change, but when it prints, it becomes squares again :-(

now i have to ask my clients to export the records into excel and enter headers manually... what a pain.

[BruceJ]

Ahh.. tables are for whimps... just create a List view layout!

[Deep Thought II]

ahh... good idea!

but there are a few down sides as well... such as users then can't resize the columns, and can't sort by a simple click...

hmm, the simple 1 click sort can be filled in with scripts, but then the column width part cannot :-(

i'll let my client choose... whatever she likes... either way, she can always export to excel tho... just this list view will solve the printing problem

thanx Bruce!~