Course length: 1 day
Prerequisites: FileMaker Pro Intermediate or equivalent knowledge.
Overview: You will learn how to design master pages and create a variety of layouts.

Course content

Lesson 1: Before You Begin

• Prerequisites
• Getting Ready
• Loading The Project Files
• Software You Will Need Installed
• Curriculum Overview
• About The Manual
• Chapter Overviews
• Manual Conventions
  

Lesson 2: Designing Master Pages

• Creating Custom Master Pages
• Mixing Portrait and Landscape Master Pages
• Working with Multiple Text Frames
• Variables at a Glance
• Working with Variables
• User Variables
• Formatting Variables
• Using Your Master Pages
• Setting Numbering Properties

Lesson 3: Multi-column Layouts

• Overview
• Multi-column Text Frames
• Paragraph Formats and Columns
• Using Text Frames for Columns
• Understanding Flow Tags
• Creating Multiple Flow Tags
• Adding Disconnected Pages
• Setting Pagination

Lesson 4: Conditional Documents

• Overview
• Viewing Conditional Text
• Working with Conditional Text
• Placing Text in Multiple Tags
• Using Variables as Conditional Text
• Making Graphics Conditional
• Conditional Text in Tables
• Preparing to Print

Lesson 5: Advanced Editing

• Copying Formats
• Importing Formats from Other Files
• Troubleshooting Imported Formats
• Globally Replacing Formats
• Working with Changes
• Comparing Documents
• Working with Special Characters

Lesson 6: Complex Numbering

• Numbering Explained
• Creating Multiple Numbering Levels
• Adding a Chapter Number
• Separating Numbering Schemes

Lesson 7: Creating Generated Files

• Generated Files at a Glance
• Creating a Table of Contents
• Building Blocks and Generated files
• Master Pages in a Generated File
• Creating an Index
• Working with Multiple Entries
• Cross-referencing within the Index
• Formatting the Index File
• Working with Page Ranges

Lesson 8: Creating Books

• Book Files at a Glance
• Building a Book
• Setting Numbering Properties
• Adding Generated Files
• Importing Formats
• Using Chapter Numbers in Generated Files
  

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