FileMaker Pro 4.1 Mac User's Guide

Copying the found set
Deleting records
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Working with information in records 4-29
You can copy the found set to the Clipboard to paste the records into a
different application, like a spreadsheet. Container fields aren’t copied.
In Browse mode with no fields selected, press Option-Command-C.
FileMaker Pro copies the data to the Clipboard in tab-delimited format
(in fields, separated by tab characters), without text styles, in the order
they were added to the file.
Choose FileMaker Help Index from the or Help menu, and then type:
E copying records
You can delete an entire file of records, delete groups of records, or
delete single records. When you delete a record, you permanently
discard the data in all the fields in that record.
Important You can’t retrieve deleted data, and you can’t undo deleting
records. Before you delete records, it’s a good idea to make a backup
copy of your file.
To delete Do this
One record Select the record to delete and choose Delete Record from the
Mode menu. In the alert message, click Delete.
A group of records Use Find or Omit Multiple to select a subset of records to delete,
and then choose Delete All from the Mode menu. In the alert
message, click Delete.
All records in a database Choose Find All from the Select menu, and then choose Delete
All from the Mode menu. (Or create a clone of the database
with no records. See “Saving a copy of a file” on page 1-11.)
Choose FileMaker Help Index from the or Help menu, and then type:
E records, overview