FileMaker Pro 4.1 Mac User's Guide

B-2 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
Using the current system formats
When you open or work with a file with formats different from the
current system formats, you can continue to use the formats saved with
the file, or you can use the current system formats. (When you use the
current system formats, you don’t change the formats saved with the
file—you simply enter and view data in a format that’s familiar to you.)
1 When you open a file with different internal default formats,
FileMaker Pro displays a message alerting you to the situation. To
use the current system formats, click Yes. To use the formats saved
with the file, click No.
1 As you work with a file with different internal default formats, you
can use the current system formats by choosing Use System Formats
from the Format menu. You see this command only when the current
file was saved with internal default formats different from the current
system formats.
Keep these points in mind:
1 You see the alert message only if the setting of Use System Formats
when the file is closed is different from the setting when the file
was open.
1 To change the formats saved with a file, you must change the system
formats, and then clone the file. You can then change the system
formats to their original settings. (For information about cloning a
file, see “Saving a copy of a file” on page 1-11.)