Database Reference
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printing for a layout, FileMaker shows you what's going on in Layout mode, as Figure 7-34 ,
bottom, shows.
The column setting has no effect on your layout in Browse or Find modes. But if you print or
switch to Preview mode, then you see the effect. Instead of repeating the Body part just ver-
tically, FileMaker tiles the Body part both horizontally and vertically so that it fills the page.
Every column has to be the same width (this makes sense because every column contains the
same kind of information). FileMaker automatically sets the column width so that the
columns perfectly divide the page. But it bases its assumptions about the size of the page on
the settings in the Print Setup (Windows) or the Page Setup (Mac) dialog box at the time you
turn on columns. If you later switch to a different paper size or orientation, then you prob-
ably want to resize the columns. To do so, just drag the first (leftmost) dashed line on the lay-
out. When you finish, FileMaker makes every column the same width as the first one, with
no space between them. (You can always simulate padding or a gutter between columns by
keeping the things you add to your layout away from the column edges.)
Lastly, FileMaker gives you two choices for the way it arranges records in the columns.
Choose “Across first” in the Layout Setup dialog box if you want the second record to be at
the top of the second column. Choose “Down first” if it should be the second item in the first
column. The flow arrows on the icons in the Layout Setup dialog box show how the data
flows onto the printout.
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