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 1 Overview of Bento 21
Devices Section
The Devices section of the Libraries pane keeps track of how many devices (up to two)
are currently connected to Bento. The Devices section is hidden when no devices are
connected.
See ”Syncing” on page 129.
Shared Section
The Shared section of the Libraries pane lists libraries that are being shared over a
local network (in the same subnet). To hide the Shared section, deselect the option
“Look for shared databases” in Bento Preferences.
See ”Sharing Your Bento Database” on page 33.
Records Area
On the right side of the Bento window, you can display information stored in Bento in
either table view, a form view, grid view, or split view.
• Table view shows information in an entire library or collection in a
spreadsheet-like table, where each row in the table is a record in the library.
• Form view shows fields from one record at a time, in arrangements that you
can customize, using beautiful themes.
• Grid view shows the media fields and form thumbnails of a selected library or
collection in a grid layout.
• Split view shows the selected record in either form view and table view, or
form view and grid view at the same time.