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
Chapter 10 Importing, Exporting, and Printing 111
For this field type This data can be imported
text
choice
address
phone number
IM account
encrypted (when
unlocked)
Any text
email address Any text, but a valid email address must include the @ character.
URL Any text, but the URL field does not support URL values that contain
Japanese characters.
checkbox “1” for checked; “0” for not checked
“True” for checked; “False” for not checked
“Yes” for checked; “No” for not checked
number
currency
Numeric data
rating A number between 0 and 10
time Numeric data in the form HH, HH:MM, or HH:MM:SS, optionally with
“AM” or “PM” where:
• HH represents the hour (between 0 and 24, if you don’t use “AM” or
“PM”, or between 0 and 12 if you use “AM” or “PM”)
• MM is minutes (between 0 and 59)
• SS is seconds (between 0 and 59).
For example: 12:59:59 PM
date Numeric data in the form DD, MM/DD, or MM/DD/YYYY, where:
• DD is the day (between 1 and 31, as valid for the month)
• MM is the month (between 1 and 12)
• YYYY is the year (between 1 and 9999).
A date field can also contain a “time” value, as described for the time
field.
Note: These formats vary depending on the current system date settings.