Designing layouts for printing
ExpertDesign print-specific layouts with correct part sizes, suppressed blank space, and page break control for clean output.
What you'll learn
- How to enable sliding/resizing to suppress blank space
- How to set page breaks and control layout part heights for printing
- How sub-summary parts generate grouped report sections
Layouts intended for printing or PDF generation require different design decisions than screen layouts. Sliding and resizing objects prevent blank space when fields are empty, sub-summary parts generate grouping and subtotals, and page break settings control how records flow across pages.
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Sliding to suppress blank space
In the Inspector's Position tab, the Sliding section controls whether an object moves up when objects above it shrink, and whether the object itself shrinks when its content is shorter than its container.
FileMaker Script
// Enable on address fields to collapse empty lines: // Object: Contacts::AddressLine2 // Sliding: "Slides up based on: All objects above" // "Also reduce the size of the enclosing part" // Result: if AddressLine2 is empty, Line3 slides up // and the body part reduces height for that record
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