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
14 Preface
About This Document
The following table tells you where to find information in this documentation.
Resources for Learning More
To get the most from Bento, consult the resources listed below.
User’s Guide
Bento User’s Guide is a PDF document that provides detailed information on using
Bento.
To open the User’s Guide:
Choose Help > Bento User’s Guide.
Onscreen Help
To access help from within Bento, choose Help > Bento Help. You can browse through
the table of contents to find a specific topic, or enter a question in the search field.
For information about See
The features of Bento Chapter 1, “Overview of Bento” on page 17
Using libraries to manage your information Chapter 2, “Using Libraries” on page 29
Using the Address Book library to display data from
the Mac OS Address Book application
Chapter 3, “Using the Address Book Library” on
page 37
Migrating existing iCal, iPhoto, and Address Book
libraries
Chapter 4, “Migrating the iCal, iPhoto, and
Address Book Libraries” on page 41
Creating a subset of records from a library Chapter 5, “Using Collections” on page 43
Viewing your data one record at a time, creating
forms, changing the appearance of forms, and
adding new fields to forms
Chapter 6, “Using Form View” on page 47
Viewing all the records in a library or collection in a
table
Chapter 7, “Using Table View” on page 59
Using media fields and library folders in grid view Chapter 8, “Using Grid View” on page 69
All the field types that Bento provides, and using
the Fields pane
Chapter 9, “Using Fields” on page 73
Sharing data by importing, exporting, and printing Chapter 10, “Importing, Exporting, and Printing”
on page 103
Creating a backup of your Bento data Chapter 11, “Backing Up and Restoring
Information” on page 123
Syncing information between Bento for Mac and
your device
Chapter 12, “Syncing” on page 129
Using keyboard shortcuts Appendix A, “Keyboard Shortcuts” on page 135
Reverting to a previous version of Bento Appendix B, “Reverting to a Previous Version of
Bento” on page 139