I have mailing labels formatted in

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I have mailing labels formatted in 12-point Times in one layout ... I go to another layout which has a larger and more readable font (for data entry) and edit the contents of a couple of fields in a record ... now, when I go back to the mailing label format, that larger font and size (from the data entry layout) has 'taken over' the formatting in those fields I edited on the mailing label -- even though the field itself is still showing (under the "Format" menu) that it is in Times 12-point!

I have found no way to undo this behavioure unless I export all affected records and re-import them, specifying "no formatting" when importing them. This is obviously totally kludgy, and I would really appreciate hearing from a FileMaker expert out there how to 'unformat' a field that gets changed in this way.

I am using versions 4.0 and 3.0 of FileMaker.

Thanks in advance!

Rich.

 

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Hi, Rich.
I've had something like this happen but, for the life of me, I cannot remember exactly how I fixed it. ( I do remember that it involved a huge scotch afterwards and a new wig.)
I think it had something to do with the sequence in which the fields were formatted initially. Try changing one format to be the same as the other one and then change it back again. (Note you need to try this twice - once in reverse.) Maybe I changed both to a third format and then back to the desired ones.
Possible not relevant - if you specifically format of the data you are entering by selecting and formatting (as opposed to leaving it to the layout) that initial format sticks like glue.
Sorry to be so vague but maybe it'll set you on the path.
Cheeers,
Paul J.
Cheers,
Paul J.