FileMaker Pro 4.1 Mac User's Guide

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Scroll bars are always displayed if you set the field borders option for
the right side of the field. Otherwise, they display only when you tab into
the field. See “Adding borders, fill, and baselines to fields” on page
3-73.
Formatting repeating fields
To fine-tune a repeating field, you can choose the number of repetitions
visible in the current layout, and the orientation of the repetitions.
Set the number of repetitions
visible in a repeating field, and
their orientation
Choose FileMaker Help Index from the or Help menu, and then type:
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Note Before you begin, you need to define a repeating field. See
“Defining database fields” on page 2-3 and “Defining repeating fields”
on page 2-11.
1. In Layout mode, select the repeating field to format, and then choose
Field Format from the Format menu.
2. In the Field Format dialog box, select options, and then click OK.
To Do this
Set the number of visible
repetitions in the repeating
field
Choose an orientation for
displaying repetitions
For Show of field’s repetitions, type a
number.
For Use orientation, choose vertical to display
repetitions stacked (as in a column); choose horizontal to
display them side by side (as in a row).