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Chapter 3. Creating a Custom Database > Creating a New Layout
3.5. Creating a New Layout
Your first layout gives you a detail view of each Lease Document record. It's a good place for doing your basic data entry and viewing a thumbnail of the document's PDF. Once you have lots of data in the file, it'd be nice to have a list of all your Lease Documents. But the List view button isn't very useful, because you've got a customized body height to accommodate your container field.
What you need is a new layout that's designed with a list in mind. FileMaker has a Layout Assistant that walks you through the process. Here's how it works:
