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Lesson 6 | Creating lists, mailing labels, and form letters 39

7. Click Next.

8. Click Next to leave the records in their original order.

9. From the list of layout themes, under FileMaker Millennium, select Cool Brown (if it is not

already selected), and click Next.

10. Click Next on each of the two remaining panels to accept the default settings.

11. Click Finish.

The data in all records for the fields Last Name, First Name, Company, and Customer Type

appears in the List of Customers layout. The completed layout is displayed in List View in

Browse mode. Notice that the layout you just created appears in the Layout pop-up menu.

Note If a column heading’s text appears truncated, click Edit Layout in the layout bar, then

select the column heading label and drag the text box handles to show all of the label text. Save

the layout and return to Browse mode.

Create mailing labels

About labels layouts

Labels layouts use merge fields. Merge fields expand or contract to fit the data in the field, and

take no space if the field is empty. Merge fields are for display and printing only. You can’t enter

data into merge fields.

Create a labels layout

In this section, you will use the New Layout/Report assistant to:

1 create a labels layout

1 select fields to include on the labels

Create the labels layout

1. Click Edit Layout in the layout bar.

2. Click New Layout/Report.

3. For Layout Name, type Labels.

4. For Select a layout type, scroll down and select Labels.

5. Click Next.

6. Choose Avery 5160 from the Use label measurements for list, if it is not already selected.

7. Click Next.

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