Cell "padding"?

[zenmom]

Hi, I'm working with FileMaker Pro v10. I'm back mucking around with it after being away from it for awhile. I find the text or data in the cells easier to read if there's a little white space between the edge of the cell and the beginning of the text. I figured out how to go to Layout Mode, then Format > Text > Paragraph and then specify an indent value. So the leading edge now has that lovely little sliver of blank space before the text starts. However, (and this is not a huge deal, just frustrating because I keep thinking there *ought* to be a way to do this), I haven't been able to find a way to do the same with the vertical spacing. I see the Line Spacing section in that same Paragraph attributes window, but making changes there doesn't seem to show up when I switch back to Browse mode. I found out how to set a default cell height size, and when I set that just a little bit high and then specify Align Vertical > Center it looks pretty close, but that's not really the solution I need, because the amount of text varies, and when it wraps around then the spacing goes strange again because the cell does not adjust to the amount of text (as I just told it to keep a default height).

I know FileMaker Pro is a little clunky with certain formatting issues, but I'm wondering if any of you out there know a way to specify vertical cell padding (sort of like mini-margins for each cell).

And is there any word on improved layout capabilities in a future release?

TIA for any suggestions.

[Lee Smith]

Are you talking about the Table View and Form View?

Is so, maybe this recent Thread will be of Help. Link

I'm working with FileMaker Pro v10. I'm back mucking around with it after being away from it for awhile

Is this the Standard Edition, or the Advanced?

[Ralpho]

Another way to get around the lack of left padding, at least on forms, is to eschew full borders entirely and just use a bottom border. That creates an effect like a printed form of the kind that uses underlines rather than boxes to indicate where the writing is to go.

Edited January 11, 2010 by Guest