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
Index 147
P
pairing devices 129
passcode 130
passwords
for database and encrypted fields 98
for shared databases 34
maximum length 98
PDF files 78
phone number fields 75
photos 95
Photos library 42
previewing files with Quick Look 89
printing 117
creating custom page sizes 118
labels 119
selected records 119
Q
Quick Look 89
QuickTime 95
R
rating fields 75
records
adding 48, 60, 107
adding media files to 96
adding to collections 44
calculating data in 74
deleting 35, 49, 62
duplicating 49, 62
editing in form view 48
editing in table view 61
finding 25
in form view 47
in table view 59
related 80
removing 45
selecting in table view 60
sorting 63
records area 18
related data fields 12, 74
creating 80
navigating to 84
related records lists. See related data fields
relationships 12, 80
removing records from collection 45
restoring data 126
reverting to previous version of Bento 140
rows in table view. See records
S
Search field 25
searching
Advanced Find 25, 27
location fields 27
Search field 25
text in fields 25
sending emails
in form view 87
in table view 87
separators, horizontal 57
Shared section of Libraries pane 18
sharing databases 33
looking for shared 34
turning off shared 34
Sharing Password 34
See also Database Password
simple list fields
described 74, 89
summarizing data in 67
Smart Collections
creating 45
described 20, 45
sorting records
described 63
sound files 96
spacers 58
split view, described 23, 47, 60
spreadsheet format. See table view
spreadsheets, importing from 104
storing files in file list fields 78
Sum function 67
summary row 67, 91, 94
syncing
Address Book library 129
Bento with Bento for iPad 129, 132
Bento with Bento for iPhone 129, 132
iCal Events library 129
iCal Tasks library 129
T
tab files
described 103
filename extension requirement 104
importing from 107
table view
copying and pasting data in 61
described 22, 29, 59
selecting records in 60
text size 60
tab-separated value (tsv) files, described 103
Tasks library 41
technical support 15
template exchange 15, 114