FileMaker Pro 7Effortlessly manage all your information

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FileMaker® Pro 7 is the #1-selling easy-to-use database software and the most-customizable way to manage people, projects, images, and information. FileMaker Pro 7 helps you better organize and manage data so you can get faster access to the information you need.

Organize all your information in one place

Finally you can have all your information in one place so you’ll have instant access to the information and files you need.

• Track any type of information, including text, numbers, pictures, movies, sounds, Microsoft Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, Adobe Acrobat files, and more.

• Store as much information as you want because database size is virtually unlimited.

• Find any detail instantly by simply switching to Find mode and entering your search terms.

• Organize and view related information by easily linking data to show a more complete picture of the information. For example, instead of just viewing a single customer’s contact details, you can see all their related invoices and every contact in your database for that company.

Be productive instantly

Get up and running in minutes whether you want to manage a simple mailing list or a complex inventory tracking system. With FileMaker Pro 7, it’s easy to create solutions that meet today’s challenges and are ready for tomorrow’s.

• Comes complete with 30 starter solutions that are ready to use right away.

• Import virtually any type of information including Excel files, Access data, digital pictures, movies, and more – no data entry required!

• Use the Layout and Report Assistant to guide you through creating layouts, labels, and reports so your screens and reports look just the way you want.

• When you’re ready to expand, tap into the network of FileMaker users and developers around the world for customized solutions and ideas on how FileMaker can automate even more of your business.

Securely share your data

The value of data increases exponentially when it’s shared. FileMaker Pro 7 helps you securely share critical business data by:

• Extending rich business solutions to coworkers, customers, vendors, and others peer to peer or with Instant Web Publishing

• Ensuring more accurate data entry and safer updates

• Controlling your user privileges and access through a new, advanced security system

Track and manage people, projects, images, and data

Do more, faster with 30 starter solutions

Publish, share, and collect data via the Internet

Exchange data with a virtually limitless number of applications

Store, track, and archive all your files and documents

Secure your data with assigned accounts and privileges

Start quickly, and manage your business better

• 30 free starter solutions help you immediately tackle a wide range of needs and learn new database techniques. Each solution can be customized further to suit your needs—without programming experience.

• Layout/Report Assistant guides you through creating layouts, labels, and reports. Select from a wide array of styles, each with on-screen and print versions.

• Drag and drop design allows easy creation of layouts for entering, viewing, and printing information.

• Relationships Graph allows you to link sets of data simply by drawing a line. The intuitive interface lets you easily view, create, and maintain relationships between the tables of your solution.

• Share it on the Web through the enhanced Instant Web Publishing capabilities of FileMaker Pro 7. Improved rendering, additional controls, and new Web scripts enhance overall usability, making it easy to securely publish, share, and collect data via the Internet with up to 5 concurrent users.

• Develop electronic forms in FileMaker Pro 7 for consistent design and content that can—unlike paper forms—be electronically tracked, filed, searched, shared, archived, and secured.

• Enhance Microsoft Office by converting Excel spreadsheets into versatile FileMaker Pro 7 solutions; using Microsoft Word for mail merge via ODBC on Windows; creating large email distributions through Microsoft Outlook, Entourage or Mac OS X Mail; and much more.

FileMaker Pro 7 does more, so you can do more

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Store itOrganize your data by importing, storing, and exporting a variety of files types—PDFs, images, presentations, and many more. Easily create your own workgroup document management system.

Customize itDesign custom layouts suited to your needs, output professional business reports, add your logo—all without programming.

Secure itNew security controls, features, and options protect your data from your desktop to the Web.

Grow itWith virtually unlimited file sizes, and text fields that can hold one billion characters, your FileMaker solution has the power to grow as your needs grow.

Automate itIf you can imagine it, you can quickly create it with built-in rapid-development tools like smart scripting (to automate common tasks), flexible layouts, and powerful calculations.

Share itSupport for ODBC, XML, and JDBC** means you can gather and share data from virtually any application or data source—regardless of its origin—in more intuitive and insightful ways.

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Create solutions tailored for your needs

It’s easy to organize and grow your business with FileMaker Pro 7. The intuitive point-and-click interface lets you create professional solutions, reports and summaries, and customized forms with ease.

Extend the power of Excel

Microsoft Excel is the tool of choice when it comes to crunching numbers and building charts. But for more sophisticated needs like graphics, professional reports, complex searches and sorts, or sharing your data across a workgroup, you need a database solution. Together, FileMaker Pro and Excel give you everything you need to leverage your data.

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Benefits of FileMaker Pro 7Greater business efficiency

• Share knowledge through easier-to-read, more informative reports

• New Relationships Graph lets you link data from a customer record to related invoices, simply by drawing a line

• Increase staff productivity by empowering them to access key information and collaborate on projects

• Ensure accurate data entry and safer updates

Manage more of your business than ever before

• New flexible container fields let you store/archive any file or document

• 30 starter solutions help you immediately tackle a wide range of business issues

• Develop flexible, customizable solutions which can grow with your business

• Streamline database development by consolidating all your tables into one file

• Create and modify links between your data through the new Relationships Graph

Secure your data

• New advanced security system lets you flexibly provide secure access to your data on the desktop, network, or over the Web

• New safety options allow you and your team to confirm layouts and record changes to avoid costly mistakes

Share without boundaries

• Instant Web Publishing lets you extend richer solutions to employees, partners, and customers

• XML support and many import/export formats lets you share data with a wide variety of applications

Instant Productivity

FileMaker Pro 7 delivers the most popular business, home, and education starter solutions including:

– Asset Management – Contact Management– Document Library – Event Planning – Expense Report – Faculty Staff – Field Trips – Home Budgets – Inventory – Issue Tracking – Lending Library – Movie Library – Music Library

– People Management– Personnel Records – Photo Catalog – Product Catalog – Purchase Orders – Research Notes – Resource Scheduling – Task Management – Time Billing – Time Cards – To Do List– And more!

See the bigger picture

Get faster and more complete access to your information. With FileMaker Pro 7, you can easily open as many windows as you want in the same database to browse, search, and edit simultaneously—giving you the ability to see the “bigger picture” of your important data.

Volume Purchase Options

FileMaker provides extensive and progressive volume licensing programs that makes it easy for businesses to outfit their workgroups at a reasonable price. To learn more about FileMaker’s volume licensing programs, visit www.filemaker.com/store.

About FileMaker, Inc.

FileMaker, Inc. offers a complete product line including FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Server, FileMaker Server Advanced, FileMaker Developer, and FileMaker Mobile. The FileMaker Applications are purpose-built solutions, designed for small business, education, government, and non-profit organizations. These products provide companies with targeted business solutions that are as comprehensive as they are powerful. The FileMaker developer network includes thousands of solution providers available to assist companies with development needs, customized business solutions, and advanced training. For more information, visit www.filemaker.com.

To order FileMaker, Inc. products within the U.S. and Canada, call (800) 325-2747.

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System Requirements

WindowsPentium 300 MHz or higher; 64MB of RAM for Windows 2000; 128MB of RAM for Windows XP; CD-ROM drive and hard disk drive; Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4), Windows XP (Service Pack 1)†

Mac OS XApple G3 or higher (no G3 upgrade cards); 128MB of RAM; CD-ROM drive and hard disk drive; Mac OS X 10.2.8, 10.3 or later†

For All PlatformsNetworking: TCP/IPInstant Web Publishing: A host computer with continuous access to the Internet or intranet via TCP/IP; access to the Internet requires an Internet service provider; FileMaker does not provide an Internet account for you; limited to five concurrent web sessions† Version stated is the minimal requirement. The software may also work with later versions certified by FileMaker.

**FileMaker Pro 7 can not be used as an ODBC or JDBC data source on Mac OS X.

Note that if you use FileMaker Pro 7 with other FileMaker products, those other FileMaker products must be version 7.

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Increase network performance & centralized administration of FileMaker Pro 7 files for up to 250 guests. FileMaker Server 7 Advanced adds web (XML/XSLT) and ODBC/JDBC capabilities. (Guest requires licensed copy of FileMaker Pro)

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FileMaker Mobile 7 lets you easily synchronize information from your single-user FileMaker Pro 7 databases onto a Palm OS or Pocket PC handheld.

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