Database Reference
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The Specify Theme Name dialog box appears.
7.
Type
Venn Enlightened
into the field and then click OK
.
The theme's new name appears on the Styles palette and in the Layout Bar. Your cus-
tom theme contains all the styles from the default, plus the edited style you've just
made.
NOTE
You can explore FileMaker's default themes by choosing Layouts→Change Theme. The Venn En-
lightened theme appears at the top in the Custom section. FileMaker's default themes are grouped
below. See
Layout Themes
for more details.
You've just created a style for a text block, but you can create or edit a style for any layout
object. Explore by clicking on objects on your layout while the Inspector's Styles panel is
active. The list of styles change based on the object that's selected. Read on to learn more
about the Inspector, which is FileMaker's most important layout tool.
Using the Inspector
The Inspector is the central clearinghouse for controlling nearly every property of your lay-
out objects (
Figure 3-12
). Since it deals with layout objects, the Inspector is only available
when you're in Layout mode. There's so much information on the Inspector that it's broken
down into four tabs' worth of information. Each tab is also divided into sections that you can
display or hide by clicking the white triangle to the left of the section's title. When you hide
or show a section, the Inspector shrinks or grows to fit the appropriate options. And since
those options change based on the object (or objects) selected, don't be alarmed if your In-
spector seems to have a life of its own.
If the Inspector isn't showing on your layout, make sure you're in Layout mode, and than
choose View→Inspector. If no information is showing in the Inspector when it appears, make
sure you have at least one object selected.
The Inspector doesn't just show you an object's properties, it lets you change them, too. For
example, the layout title you created in the last tutorial may not have enough space around it.
You can give the title a little breathing room by making the layout's Header a little taller.
Here's how:
1.
In Layout mode, click the Header label to select it (the label is sideways on the
left edge of the header)
.
The Header label turns a darker gray to show that it's selected.
