FileMaker Pro 4.1 Mac User's Guide

Chapter 4: Working with information in records
Working in Browse mode
After you create a database and define fields, you can enter and work
with data in the file. This chapter explains how to:
1 add and edit data in a database
1 view records in a database
1 find groups of records to work with
1 delete records
1 sort records
For information on adding, editing, viewing, searching for, deleting, and
sorting records on the Web, see chapter 11, “Publishing files on the
Web.”
Important Before you read this chapter, be sure you know how to use
FileMaker Pro Help, as explained in the preface, “Getting help.”
When you finish defining fields for a new file, FileMaker Pro moves to
Browse mode, where you enter data into the file. (You also work in
Browse mode after you open a file or when you choose Browse from the
Mode menu.) In Browse mode you work with the contents of a file rather
than the appearance and layout.
When you work with a new database in Browse mode, you start with a
Standard layout. You can modify this layout and create additional
layouts in Layout mode (see chapter 3, “Laying out and arranging
information”). If the database you’re using has several layouts, you can
choose a different layout from the layout pop-up menu at the top of the
status area.
In Browse mode, you also view, change, find, omit, sort, copy, and
delete records.
You can work with all the records in a file or a group of records, in sorted
order or the order in which you added them to the file. When you choose
a group of records to browse, you temporarily separate those records
from the others in the file so you can work with them.