FileMaker Pro 4.1 Mac User's Guide

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Keep these points in mind:
1 You only see columns when you preview or print data; you don’t see
columns in Browse mode.
1 In the sample (leftmost) column in the layout, make adjustments to
keep the fields within the column, and arrange the information that
prints for each record.
To Do this
See data in fields that extend
beyond the first column into the
gray area of the second column
Adjust the size of all the
columns at once
Select the fields to slide, choose Sliding/Printing from the
Format menu, and then select options. See “Sliding
objects and parts” on page 6-7.
Drag the vertical dashed line immediately to the left of
the gray area to change the column width.
To see how wide the column is Choose Size from the Show menu. Position the pointer
over the vertical dashed line and hold down the mouse
button (be careful not to change the column width). You
see the column width in the Size palette.
See how the records will print
in columns
Choose Preview from the Mode menu.
1 When you print records in columns down the page, FileMaker Pro
prints subsummary parts the width of the column. If the subsummary
part controls a page break, FileMaker Pro starts a new column (not a
new page). When you print records in columns across the page,
FileMaker Pro prints subsummary parts across the width of the page,
and then starts a new page if the part controls a page break. (See “About
summary layout parts” on page 3-29.)