FileMaker Pro 7 Basic Study Guide

1-4188-3848-9 © 2006 Publish date: February 24, 2005 150 pages

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CBT Planet can help you learn the basics of FileMaker with the FileMaker Pro 7 Basic study guide. By following this course, you will learn basic database concepts and terminology, as well as the main features of FileMaker Pro 7. You'll learn about opening databases and creating new databases. You'll also learn about creating, editing, and sorting records, and searching for records in a database.

Other topics include defining fields, creating summary and calculation fields, modifying the default FileMaker layout, and creating new layouts. The FileMaker Pro 7 Basic courseware also covers the creation of simple buttons and scripts for executing tasks.

This is one of our computer training books that deliver fundamental skills that you can put into practice right away. You'll use this book to study on your own timeline. Each of the manual's eight units contains easy-ready instructions, exercises, and review questions.

The FileMaker Pro 7 Basic courseware should take the typical student about a day to work through it. By the time you've finished all the exercises and read through all the units, you will have basic skills in using this software program. If you need more time to learn the tasks, you can take your time and learn at your own pace. Once completed, you'll be ready to begin using FileMaker Pro 7.

Course Contents

Unit 1 introduces databases and FileMaker Pro

• Database terminology
• FileMaker Pro 7 overview
• Getting help

Unit 2 covers records

• Using records
• How to sort records
• How to find records
• Layouts and Preview mode

Unit 3 discusses creating databases and importing data

• How to define fields
• How to import records

Unit 4 covers complex find requests

• Advanced find requests
• Multiple criteria searches

Unit 5 discusses layout design

• Modify default layouts
• How to create new layouts

Unit 6 covers simple table relationships

• Understanding relationships
• Relating tables

Unit 7 discusses reports

• Summaries
• Summarizing portal data

Unit 8 covers buttons and scripts

• Simple buttons
• Scripting