Using Help
FileMaker Pro Help provides comprehensive, step-by-step instructions on FileMaker Pro features.
Using Help when you have an Internet connection
•Choose Help menu > FileMaker Pro Help or FileMaker Pro Advanced Help. To get help, you can:
•browse the Help table of contents to locate topics by subject; if you don’t see the table of contents, click
•click buttons on the Home page for help on frequently used topics
•search for particular topics by entering a topic title or a keyword in the search box
•When you’re working in a dialog box, press F1 (Windows) or Command-? (macOS).
Some dialog boxes display a
(Windows) or
(macOS) button or a
Learn More link, which you can click for context-sensitive help on using that dialog box.
•In the Script Workspace and the Specify Calculation dialog box, click an item in the script steps or functions pane to see a description in the Help pane. To view more information, click
.
Using Help offline
You can get help as you work offline, but you must be connected to the Internet to download Help.
Note You cannot get context-sensitive help about dialog boxes when using Help offline.
2. If needed, extract the downloaded ZIP file.
3. Open the file, Open Help.html.
To print a Help topic:
•With the Help topic displayed, click
, then click
Print.