le 23/10/03 5:34, Mary Sue Ittner à msittner@mcn.org a écrit : Like Jane I use Filemaker Pro I also use Filemaker Pro (on Mac) 2200 records with more then 200 fields (number is unlimited) > One of the things I don't like about filemaker is that you can't highlight > a lot of things and then copy them somewhere else. You have to export which > is much more time consuming so I'd like to be able to highlight a whole > record or a whole layout and copy it so I can quickly take it somewhere else. There is a easy way (for Apple Mac at least) to copy and paste all the information of one lay-out of one record: choose the record and layout in question; then copy WITHOUT selecting a field. All the information can then be pasted any where > > As for fields the important thing would be to allow the individual to > create whatever they wanted. It is very advisable to spread out the information over a large number of fields to enable efficient use of the 'find mode' (rather than lumping information in the same field) Kind regards Lauw de Jager http://www.bulb'argence.com/ South of France (zone 8 Olivier)