FileMaker Pro 11: The Missing Manual

This hands-on, friendly guide shows you how to harness FileMaker's power to make your information work for you. With a few mouse clicks, the FileMaker Pro 11 database helps you create and print corporate reports, manage a mailing list, or run your entire business. FileMaker Pro 11: The Missing Manual helps you get started, build your database, and produce results, whether you're running a business, pursuing a hobby, or planning your retirement. It's a thorough, accessible guide for new, non-technical users, as well as those with more experience.

• Start up: Get your first database up and running in minutes
• Catalog your data: Organize contacts, to-do items, and product information with speedy data-entry and sorting tools
• Create professional documents: Publish reports, invoices, and more, with ease
• Add visual power and clarity: Create colorful charts to illustrate and summarize your data
• Harness processing power: Crunch numbers and search text with dozens of built-in formulas
• Learn advanced topics: Explore the high-level features of FileMaker Pro Advanced and FileMaker Server

Author: Susan Prosser,Stuart Gripman
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Published: 06/29/2010
Pages: 915
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.85lbs
Size: 9.10h x 7.00w x 1.70d
ISBN: 9781449382599

About the Author

Susan Prosser is a reformed journalist who's stopped trying to bring information to the people and now helps them manage the data they already have. She is a FileMaker Certified Developer and has developed FileMaker databases for 12 years, and also trains and writes curricula for other developers.

Stuart Gripman is the founder of Crooked Arm Corp, a full-service FileMaker Pro consulting and development firm based in Berkeley, California. A FileMaker Certified Developer, he has written for both Macworld and MacLife.