Newbie Trick

[Salesman0Gil]

Two Tricks:

1) To get a cool looking Title on a layout, use MS Word, WordArt Feature

2) Make files that contain nothing but Script runners.

For instance I have file caled "End of Month", and it has a giant button, I press that, and performs all scripts needed to do the end of month. I kept forgeting in which order they were supposed to be in, befoe I figured this one out.

To keep this going. I'm looking for any good Shortcut Keys in Filemaker

Any one have a fav?

Mine... is pressing CTRL, and then using the scroll mouse, to adjust veiw.

[transpower]

A complete list of shortcut keys for FM is provided in Nolan Hester's FileMaker Pro for Windows & Macintosh,

[QuinTech]

Transpower, stop reading my mind -- i was seconds away from asking if anybody knew of any complete or even partial lists of shortcut keys.

You wouldn't happen to know any online ones, would you?

J

[Salesman0Gil]

I looked around on Google, and could find nothing.

I found some text editing short cuts though

All these are pressing CTRL + Shift

> increase font size

< Decrease Font Size

[ Left Justify

] Right Justify

[Salesman0Gil]

found this http://www.afilemakeraffliction.com/list/tips/afa1186.html

[Salesman0Gil]

All right I scanned through a bunch of these articales, and did a copy/paste in to a word doc and attached it

FilemakerShortcuts.zip

[-Queue-]

If you do a search for 'keyboard commands' in the online help, it lists shortcuts by category also.

[QuinTech]

Yeah, but there are some not listed in there, like...

Hmm, now that i look at it, i can't find any i know of that are not listed in there! Are there actually "hidden" keyboard commands, or am i guilty of the most colossal RTFM yet?

J

[transpower]

Chris Kubica's The Book of FileMaker also has an appendix with the keyboard shortcuts.

[Greystone]

My favorite "cntrl +" will copy to all files in set the same info. great for payroll records of guys doing same work / hrs / etc.