Home > Sharing data > Saving, importing, and exporting data > Supported import/export file formats > Merge format

Merge format

You can import, convert, and export Merge files.

Converting Merge files to FileMaker Pro

•	Field names are imported.

•	All fields are text fields.

Exporting Merge files

FileMaker Pro exports a text file with the following characteristics:

•	The character that separates fields is different depending on the language of your operating system. On U.S. English systems, the field separator is a comma. On European systems, the field separator character is a semicolon. The character may be different in other locales.

•	Carriage return characters separate records.

•	Field data is enclosed in quotation marks.

•	The first record is a header that lists the field names.

•	Carriage return characters in a field export as vertical tab characters.

•	Values in repeating fields are separated by the group separator character.

•	Quotation marks (") in and around a field export as double quotation marks.

Note  You can create form letters entirely in FileMaker Pro by typing your letter on a layout and using merge fields. For more information, see Placing merge fields on a layout.