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Create stunning apps for iPad, iPhone, Windows and Mac. Meet FileMaker 12.

Meet the new FileMaker 12 product line! Discover how the new themes, Starter Solutions, design tools and charts in FileMaker Pro 12 can help you instantly create stunning apps. You’ll also learn how the new 64-bit version of FileMaker Server 12 improves the speed, stability and performance of your FileMaker solutions. Plus, get up-to-speed on all the new enhancements in FileMaker Go 12 for iPad and iPhone – now available free on the App Store.

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Getting Started with FileMaker – FileMaker Go Starter Solutions

If you're just getting to know FileMaker Go, join Kieran Saunders, our UK product specialist, as he shows you how to get started with the FileMaker Go Starter Solutions.

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Quickly Develop and Deploy Custom iPad/iPhone Business Apps

Are you excited about the business potential for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch but unsure how to create the solutions you need?

Then you should attend this exciting new web seminar from FileMaker.

In less than 1 hour you will learn how to quickly create custom iOS business apps. You'll see how FileMaker Pro, the world's leading cross-platform database, can be used to develop iOS apps in days, not weeks. And you'll learn how to deploy your apps using the innovative FileMaker Go app on iPad and iPhone.

This demo will show you:

- How to get started quickly by using FileMaker Pro Starter Solutions
- How to create custom forms and lists designed for iPad and iPhone screens
- How to add mobile charts and mobile signature capture
- How to easily deliver solution updates to mobile devices
- How to connect your solutions to SQL databases and other external data sources
- How to ensure security for mobile data

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Getting Started with FileMaker – FileMaker Go Starter Solutions

If you're just getting to know FileMaker Go, join Kieran Saunders, our UK product specialist, as he shows you how to get started with the FileMaker Go Starter Solutions.

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Liberate Your Business Data with FileMaker Go

A business briefing for the tech curious to show the advantages of liberating your business data from your desktop to your iPhone or iPad with FileMaker Go. The webinar covers the following:

Sharing Data – A Brief History
The Time is Right – Why Now?
Seachem Laboratories Inc – A Real World Example
First steps demonstration

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Getting Started with FileMaker – Business Productivity Kit

For users who want to get started quickly with FileMaker, join Kieran Saunders, our UK FileMaker product specialist, who will introduce you to the pre-designed FileMaker Pro templates in the Business Productivity Kit to help you tackle your everyday business tasks.

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Getting Started with FileMaker – Office Optimiser Kit

For new FileMaker users, join Kieran Saunders, our UK FileMaker engineer, who will show you how to get started with FileMaker and how to make information you have in Microsoft Office, including Word and Excel, more valuable by using our Office Optimiser Kit.

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Getting Started with FileMaker – Invoice Starter Solution

Learn how to import your contact and product information into FileMaker, create invoices and track your sales performance using the ready-made charts in the NEW FileMaker Invoice Starter Solution.

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Getting Started with FileMaker – Using FileMaker Pro 11 and FileMaker Go

This is a webinar for existing FileMaker customers that will quickly explain the benefits of upgrading to FileMaker Pro 11.

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Recorded US FileMaker Web Seminars

Note: Viewing the web seminar playback on a Mac computer requires an Intel processor and Mac OS X 10.4 at a minimum.

Meet Bento 4!

Whether you're new to Mac or a database expert, join us for an overview of the newest version of the wildly popular personal database from FileMaker, Bento 4. See how to easily organise contacts, track projects, plan events and more.

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Meet FileMaker Go

Attend this information-packed web seminar and learn all about the new FileMaker Go from FileMaker, Inc. FileMaker Go for iPhone and FileMaker Go for iPad are the two new apps that allow you to view, edit and search for FileMaker Pro records on your iPhone or iPad.

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FileMaker Web Publishing

With about 1.8 billion people going online every day, the internet is THE platform to expand your reach and connect with your target audience. FileMaker provides the ability to securely connect your FileMaker database with the World Wide Web using several options.

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Working with Layouts in FileMaker 11

FileMaker developers spend a significant amount of time working with layouts, because layouts are the primary way of presenting and organising data in FileMaker Pro. Layouts serve both as user interfaces and as areas for design and development.

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Charting & Reporting

The new FileMaker 11 brings great ways to view your data. In this webinar, you will learn everything you need to know to get started using charts in FileMaker Pro 11. Led by Bob Bowers, CEO of Soliant Consulting and co-author of 6 books on FileMaker Pro, the webinar will focus on learning the three methods for specifying data series, as well as tips and ideas for dealing with chart context and formatting.

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Get Started with FileMaker Pro 11

Learn how easy it is to create a database with FileMaker Pro 11. In a matter of minutes, you'll learn how to transform your spreadsheet data into a fully relational database – with no prior experience! This web seminar will teach you how to build and modify layouts, create quick reports and even add charts to your database – all using an intuitive interface that makes organising and sharing your information a snap!

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Meet FileMaker Pro 11

Chart a whole new course for your data with FileMaker Pro 11 in this 1-hour information-packed web seminar. You'll see new ways to build visually stunning layouts using the new charting feature for a professional representation of your data. Learn how to group and summarise your information on the fly in a spreadsheet like format using quick reports. Plus see new ways to easily get started and boost your productivity today.

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Finding and Sorting Your Data

You have a FileMaker database that has a lot of valuable information. Now learn ways to access it faster and more accurately. FileMaker offers tons of powerful features and shortcuts that give you more efficient ways to locate records in your database. You can perform complex searches using multiple criteria, refine or extend your results, use operators such as =, >, <, *, … and store your criteria to search your data again and again. Unlimited sorting options let you view your records in the order you want. Learn them all!

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Working with FileMaker Pro 10 Advanced

If you think FileMaker Pro is a great tool for rapid application development, just wait until you see what FileMaker Pro 10 Advanced can help you achieve. If you're not already using FileMaker Pro 10 Advanced, you'll wish you were when this informative web seminar is complete.

Some of the features we'll cover include:

Script Debugger, which allows you to watch your scripts play out in real time, thus reducing your time spent troubleshooting.
Custom Menus, which allows you to modify the menus, commands and Status Toolbar icons and thus streamline your user interface.
Data Viewer, which allows you to monitor fields and variables as well as experiment with calculations, without modifying your database.
The Database Design Report, which provides comprehensive information on virtually every aspect of your database's schema and structure.

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FileMaker 10 Makeover

FileMaker Pro 10 adds a host of features that make it easier for you to work with your data and create intuitive interfaces. Dynamic reporting makes finding the records you're looking for better than ever. Even adding just a few script triggers can make data entry a snap and automate more of your work. Script triggers and custom menus can take advantage of FileMaker's new interface to give a solution a modern new look. In this web seminar, you'll learn how the Support Group took an existing FileMaker database and gave it a "makeover" to create a simpler, fresher and more productive system for their users.

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Meet Bento 3

Whether you're new to Mac or a database expert, join us for an overview of the newest version of the wildly popular personal database from FileMaker, Bento 3. See how to easily organise contacts, track projects, plan events and more.

For the first time ever, Bento 3 integrates with iPhoto from Apple allowing you to store more info about your photos and link them to contacts, projects, events and other information stored in Bento. You'll also see how Bento 3 provides multi-user sharing, new security options and a limited £10 rebate for existing Bento users!

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FileMaker Training Series: FileMaker Scripting

Join us as we cover the last session in a series of web seminars covering popular topics from the successful FileMaker Training Series book.

FileMaker Scripting is an important cornerstone in any FileMaker development. In this session, you'll learn the best practices for writing scripts and explore the new Script Trigger features of FileMaker Pro 10. Learn how to build navigation and window controls, and study logical branching and looping routines.

Robert MacKay is founder and president of MacTutor based out of Tampa Bay Florida and is a FileMaker Authorised Trainer. He has over 15 years experience as an Apple Computer Trainer and is a FileMaker 8, 9 and 10 Certified Developer.

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FileMaker Training Series: FileMaker Calculations

Join us as we cover the second session in a series of web seminars covering popular topics from the successful FileMaker Training Series book.

Discover the ways in which FileMaker calculations can be used in your solution. Whether you are working with invoices and overdue dates or you want to create an e-mail that contains data from your database, calculations are the gateway to getting it done.

We will begin by going over the calculation dialog box and discussing its components. We will then venture from simple mathematical calculations to complex text and date calculations, which can help make your solutions robust and powerful.

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