FileMaker Pro 4.1 Mac User's Guide

3-66 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
Choose a time format
Set font, size, style, color,
line spacing, and alignment
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2. In the Time Format dialog box, select options, and then click OK.
To display times Do this
Exactly as typed or
entered
Click Leave data formatted as entered.
In a particular format Click Format as, and then choose a format. You can set a
different unit separator (like : or –), 24-hour or 12-hour time,
and a trailing or leading suffix (like AM or PM).
With leading characters For Leading Characters, choose options for Hours, Minutes and
seconds, or both.
With different text
attributes
Click Text Format, and then select options. (See “Formatting
text attributes in individual fields” on page 3-60.)
Keep these points in mind:
1 You can also set the format for the system time symbol (::) on the
layout. Select the symbol first. See “Displaying special information”
on page 3-83.
1 When you work with a file created with different system formats and
you want to use the formats set on your computer, choose Use System
Formats from the Format menu. See appendix B, “Working with
international files.”
Choose FileMaker Help Index from the or Help menu, and then type:
E time fields