Product Description

The FileMaker Pro 10 desktop database lets you do almost anything with the information you give it - especially with this book as your guide. Clear, thorough, and accessible, "FileMaker Pro 10: The Missing Manual" helps you get in, build your database, and get the results you need, whether you're running a business, pursuing a hobby, or planning your retirement. It's the ideal guide for non-technical and experienced folks alike. Each chapter in this fully updated edition covers the latest time-saving features of FileMaker Pro 10, including saved finds and a redesigned toolbar that reveals information and features more clearly than ever. You'll learn how to import information from the new Bento consumer database (Mac only), write scripts to make your database even easier to use, and send email without leaving FileMaker. This book helps you: get your first database running in minutes and perform basic tasks right away; catalog people, processes, and things with streamlined data entry and sorting tools; use your data to generate reports, correspondence, and other documents with ease; create, connect, and manage multiple tables and set up complex relationships that display just the data you need; crunch numbers, search text, or pin down dates and times with dozens of built-in formulas; and, outfit your database for the Web, and import and export data to other formats. You'll also get objective advice on which features are really useful, and which aren't. To make the most of this database, you need "FileMaker Pro 10: The Missing Manual" - the book that should have been in the box.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #45189 in Books
• Published on: 2009-02-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 809 pages

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. Susan is a FileMaker Certified Developer and has developed FileMaker databases for 12 years, but returns to her roots by training and writing curriculum for other developers.

Geoff Coffey has been helping people solve problems with FileMaker Pro for over 10 years. He is a partner at Six Fried Rice (http://sixfriedrice.com/), a FileMaker Pro consulting and training firm based in Phoenix, Arizona. Six Fried Rice brings the power and simplicity of FileMaker Pro to individuals, workgroups, enterprise, and the web through world-class training, expert advice, and custom development. He lives in downtown Phoenix with his wife of 14 years and his two daughters, Isabel (9) and Sophia (5). If you're a FileMaker fan, you can reach Geoff any time at geoff@sixfriedrice.com.

Customer Reviews

Easy to read and follow
This really is the missing manual. The book is clearly laid out and takes you section by section through the software. It enables you to set up your database and get it to do what you want it to do.. Written in plain English with a dash of humour, it makes for a pleasant read. It is a weighty tome so it takes a while to get through it. However, it doesn't cut corners. It is well indexed so you can jump around to find instructions that you might need at any one time. The main plus is the clarity of the text. You do not need any prior knowledge of database design to be able to work through the software with the book alongside to guide you. Excellent value.

It is indeed the book I was looking for
I was asked to work on Filemaker with no prior training/help. Did get some help from my colleague though! But this manual taught me so many tricks to do the same job much quickly. It is worth in every way and the author's humour makes it much more interesting to read the book.

Useful Reference
In the days when most software no longer comes with a printed manual, this is a really useful reference book. If you need a filemaker guide book, you couldn't do much better. Like it says on the cover, it's the missing manual.FileMaker Pro 10: The Missing Manual