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
144 Index
creating
collections 44
fields 76, 85
forms 50
libraries 30
records in form view 48
records in table view 60
Smart Collections 45
csv files 9
described 103
filename extension requirement 103
importing from 107
currency fields 75
current date and time 49
customizing forms 53
D
Database Password 98
See also Sharing Password
databases
disconnecting shared 33
importing from 104
looking for shared 34
sharing 33
turning off sharing 34
data sources, specifying for related records 80
date fields 74
dates, current 49
deleting
collections 45
fields and data 85
fields from form 54
forms 50
libraries 36
media files 97
records 35, 49, 62
devices, syncing 129, 132
Devices section of Libraries pane 18
duration fields 74
E
email address fields 75
emails
sending in form view 87
sending in table view 87
encrypted fields
and Database Password 97
described 75
searching 25
shared 35
Events library 41
exporting
by dragging files 116
in csv format 112
in Excel 2008 format 112
in library template format 112
in Numbers format 112
in tab format 112
F
field labels
changing text size 55
moving 55
field names 76
changing in Fields pane 85
changing in table view 63
setting up during import 107
fields
adding shading to 55
adding to a form 52
aligning on forms 56
autofilling 64, 66
calculating data in 77
creating 76, 85
deleting data from 85
deleting from form 54
described 73
displayed from Address Book 39
duplicating 85
in current library 28
in different form views 47
in form view 73
in table view 59, 73
list fields 75
location 100
locked in Fields pane 85
locking 99
media 95
moving between 53
protecting 98
resizing 53
selecting 53
sharing 35
summarizing data in 67
Fields pane 18
described 28, 84
hiding 18, 65
using to hide fields in table view 65