User manual
Table Of Contents
- Bento® 4
- Welcome to Bento
- Overview of Bento
- Using Libraries
- Using the Address Book Library
- Migrating the iCal, iPhoto, and Address Book Libraries
- Using Collections
- Using Form View
- About Forms
- Creating Records in Form View
- Editing Records in Form View
- Duplicating Records in Form View
- Deleting Records in Form View
- Creating Forms
- Deleting Forms
- Showing and Hiding Forms
- Duplicating Forms
- Copying Forms
- Renaming Forms
- Locking and Unlocking Forms
- Adding Fields to a Form
- Tabbing Between Fields
- Moving Fields and Objects on Forms
- Resizing Fields and Objects
- Removing Fields from a Form
- Customizing Form Layouts
- Using Table View
- About Table View
- Selecting Records in Table View
- Creating Records in Table View
- Editing Records in Table View
- Duplicating Records in Table View
- Deleting Records in Table View
- Sorting Records
- Working with Fields and Columns in Table View
- Creating Fields in Table View
- Adding Fields in Table View
- Working with Media Fields in Table View
- Changing Options for a Field in Table View
- Completing Text Automatically as You Type
- Duplicating Fields
- Changing the Field Type
- Showing and Hiding Columns
- Deleting Fields in Table View
- Reordering Columns
- Resizing Columns
- Filling Fields Automatically
- Summarizing Column Data
- Using Grid View
- Using Fields
- Importing, Exporting, and Printing
- Backing Up and Restoring Information
- Syncing
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Reverting to a Previous Version of Bento
- Index
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Importing, Exporting, and Printing
This chapter describes the various ways you can import and
export information so others can view or use it. You can also
print information to share with others.
A good way to start using Bento is by importing existing information. Bento supports
importing information from a variety of file formats: comma-separated values (.csv)
file, tab-separated values (.tab) file, Numbers, Excel, Excel 2008, and library template.
For example, you can import .csv files created from spreadsheets, exported from other
databases, or downloaded from banking or stock websites.
If you need to share your information, you can export your Bento information as a .csv,
.tab, Numbers, Excel 2008, or library template file. You can export records from a
library (including shared libraries) or from a collection. You can also export a group of
records from a search or Advanced Find. If you create a library with forms that you
want to give to another Bento user, you can export the library as a library template file
(with or without data).
Bento lets you print information from form view, table view, split view, and from
search and Advanced Find. You can also print labels from within Bento.
About Comma-Separated and Tab-Separated Files
A comma-separated values file (.csv) or a tab-separated values file (.tab or .tsv) is a file
that represents a table of data. Each column/field value is separated by a comma or a
semicolon (for .csv) or a tab character (for .tab or .tsv). Each record is separated by a
carriage return. One record appears in each row of the data file. Often, the first row of
data in the .csv file represents the column names for the table, making it easier to
match the data to the fields in an existing library.
Note Some locales may use a different separator in .csv files rather than commas. The
default separator is defined by your locale setting.