Hi there --

This will be a vague question, but I'm hoping someone can jar my brain a
little and help the solution pop up.

I've got a simple, single-table database that lists films screenings.
I've got a few layouts that are designed to print out a simple listing
of films. For instance"By Director" Lists each director and beneath the
name, his films alphabetically (once you sort by Director & Title).

So, when I perform the sort and enter "Preview" mode, it looks pretty as
a picture -- all alphabetized and laid out as I'd like.

But when I hit "Print" and then view the Preview (or Make .pdf, which is
what I want to do at the moment) -- all I get is a single page with a
single film title at the top!??

How can this be happening? I've done this sort of thing all the time,
with no problem, and I think I've done it in this database in particular
(the layouts are ones I created a year ago -- it happens in all of
them).

What the heck can I be missing? It must be some tiny thing...

I'm in fmp 6 for this file, but when I opened it up in fmp8 it did the
same thing.

befuddled,
Albert

Somewhere in the print options (Mac or PC?) is the option to print
Current Record or Records being Browsed.

You want to ensure you're selecting the latter.

G

Albert wrote:

In article <1164474972.235456.169050 (AT) h54g2000cwb (DOT) googlegroups.com>,
"Grip" <grip (AT) cybermesa (DOT) com> wrote:

Wow -- that was it!

I'd solved this problem for friends running PC's in the past, but had
never encountered it on my Mac systems -- but for the first time now
I've discovered a "Filemaker" menu within the printer panel of options.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

albert

In article <asteg-A2F238.23591425112006 (AT) news (DOT) west.earthlink.net>,
Albert <asteg (AT) mindspring (DOT) com> wrote:

It depends on the printer driver you're using as to where the option
appears. For Laser printers it usually appears in a "FileMaker" opion
in the pop-up menu, but for inkjets it can be an extra button or just
somewhere on the print window itself.

Helpful Harry
Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships ;o)