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Using guides and arranging, aligning, grouping, and locking layout objects

Using guides and arranging, aligning, grouping, and locking layout objects - FileMaker Pro Tutorial

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Using guides and arranging, aligning, grouping, and locking layout objects

In FileMaker Pro, layout objects are the building blocks of layouts. Everything you place on a layout be it a field, an image, a portal, or a label is considered an object, and all objects have particular attributes that you can manipulate. Keep in mind in order to do any changes to any layout objects, you have to first be in Layout mode, as you see here. And once in Layout mode, you can group any combination of objects so that you can edit or move them together, or you can even change what's called the stacking order of objects to get different effects when object overlap. The grouping tools can be found in your Inspector under the Positions tab. And if you can't see the Inspector when you're in Layout mode, what you need to do is first go to View, and Inspector, and you'll see that it has a corresponding quick key, so you can just do Command+I or Ctrl+I. Of course, this Inspector will always be available once you open it until you close it, but it's not seen in other modes like…

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