FileMaker
Pro 8 advantages
Create Adobe pdf pages of most
any layout including attachment to an email and password-protected
pdf document security
Get results in minutes with drag
and drop importing of Excel files or choosing from 30
pre-designed starter solutions.
Create a Microsoft Excel
spreadsheet with a single keystroke and share it with those who
are proficient with Excel but don't have FileMaker on their
computer.
Quickly generate email messages
and attached pdf documents, Excel spreadsheets, and layouts
FileMaker Pro 8 email feature
now includes merge fields that allows you to send customized and
personalized email messages
FileMaker Pro 8 also includes
user convenience features:
- Auto-complete (you don't have to
type as much)
- Calendar drop-down cells for
date selection
- Mouse wheel support to scroll
the page up and down
FileMaker Pro 8 makes
searching much easier with point and click features. Previous
FileMaker versions required you to enter text data for a search.
FileMaker Pro 8 also includes
features that make the designer's job easier and faster, reducing
the price of your database application.
- Layout alignment tools - makes
layouts easier and faster
- Easy table import - upgrades
from other databases and lower versions of FileMaker will be
much easier and faster
- Improved relationship graphs (an
internal function) to help organize large, complex databases
- Easy-to-implement tab pages
(imagine several a manila folders side-by-side with
overlapping tabs)
- On-the-fly visual spell-checker
(much like those found in regular word processing programs)
- Assign values and variables that
make the design process much faster and cleaner
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