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Touring the FileMaker Quick Start screen - FileMaker Pro Tutorial
From the course: FileMaker Pro 12 Essential Training
Touring the FileMaker Quick Start screen
The first thing that you're going to see on screen when you open up the FileMaker Pro application is what's called the FileMaker Quick Start dialog. This is a dialog that you will see in many other applications, and it gives you a starting point for different ways to create databases, modify existing ones, or even some additional training options. If you don't want to show this screen next time you open up the application, you will notice in the bottom left-hand corner there is a check box that says Show the screen when FileMaker Pro opens. Now if you've checked this box and the Quick Start screen no longer opens, and then you do want to invoke the Quick Start dialog, all you need to do is go under the Help menu and choose Quick Start Screen. Either way, you'll see that on this dialog you've got some options over on the right-hand side for additional training. You can go to some of the FileMaker video tutorials or hands-on tutorials or even the FileMaker Forum that's available. These…
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