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Beginners FileMaker 10 Tutorial Video

January 13, 2009

Beginners FileMaker 10 Tutorial Video
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Beginner FileMaker Pro 10 Tutorial Video

This Beginner FileMaker Pro 10 Tutorial video series takes you step by step through FileMaker Inc.’s latest version of their top-tier database management solution and shows you how to leverage its newest and most powerful features to your advantage. Continuing its vital presence as a GUI-friendly database management solution on both Mac OS X and Windows, FileMaker Pro 10 also brings a host of changes that make it the most compelling upgrade to the product line since FileMaker 7. In this series of visually-focused, example-based lessons, instructor John Mark Osborne draws from years of experience as a FileMaker developer and certified trainer to introduce Version 10, highlighting the changes and new features of the this release, covering everything from the interface changes to certain differences found in FileMaker Pro Advanced.

Although principally designed for beginners, the FileMaker course covers a lot of ground and does touch on subjects that are of a slightly more advanced nature. Whether you’re a developer, end-user or both, these video tutorials have everything you need to know to get started creating and working with databases, modifying layouts, working with container fields, scripting, printing and more.

Featuring a real-time display of the application in use, the FileMaker tutorial videos allow users to learn by being shown, not just told, as techniques being demonstrated in the video appear exactly as they would in everyday use. This visual focus of the lessons not only makes it easy to learn initially but also increases retention of the skills learned.

FileMaker Pro 10’s Interface Enhancements

The user interface of FileMaker has gradually been altered with each release in small ways, but the changes in the latest version are the most dramatic the program has had in nearly ten years. The intention of this change, according to FileMaker developers, is to allow easier access to the program’s powerful underlying features.

From the very beginning, FileMaker has positioned itself as a database solution friendly to less technical users, so, if anything, the interface changes are overdue. The new Status Toolbar’s buttons for executing common tasks puts FileMaker in line with mainstream office and productivity applications, and makes many frequently used functions just a click away. Sensitive to their longtime users, however, FileMaker engineers have kept previous menu and keyboard shortcuts intact.

Performing searches from within the UI has also gotten easier. A short history of recent finds is now automatically saved for users’ easy access, removing the need to keep switching back to find mode to repeat common queries as in the past. In fact, users can also save searches and bookmark them for future use. These settings are user-specific, so that tailor-made searches can be easily created for specialized departmental use.

Combining Knowledge and Execution

FileMaker Pro 10 is the most user-friendly release yet, and accomplishing many tasks is easier than it ever has been before. At the core, however, creating a database and customizing a solution to fit your needs takes work. This tutorial video series is meant to make you comfortable with FileMaker Pro and teach you how to use it to get real results. Learning an application like FileMaker from the ground up can be intimidating, but with the right training, it doesn’t have to be.

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