Introduction to FileMaker Pro is a hands-on class where students use FileMaker Pro 9 to learn about its new features. By the end of the day students will have built a simple contact management database and understand how to apply the concepts to their own databases and solutions.

The class teaches the basics of FileMaker Pro 9 including its various modes and how to navigate among records, layouts, tables and files. In the process of creating their database, students will learn how to organise data within the database and create reports that can be easily printed or emailed.

• How to use FileMaker Pro in your company

• Navigation within FileMaker Pro 9

• Work with container fields

• Searching your data

• Sort and manipulate your records

• Preview and print reports

• Create table, form and list layouts

This class is aimed at beginning and intermediate users who want to learn the general concepts of how to build and use a FileMaker Pro database.

It is best suited for students without formal training or have never used FileMaker before.

This class offers step-by-step training and foundation skills needed to use FileMaker Pro more efficiently.