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 23
Form View
To view your information one record at a time, use form view. In form view, you can
create multiple forms for each collection or library, giving each form a different name.
For example, you could create a form in the Projects library to show a schedule, and
track milestones.
You can customize forms in many ways, including:
• Selecting the fields that you want to show.
• Arranging the fields on the form.
• Changing the size of fields.
• Changing the appearance of the form using themes.
• Adding a header and a logo.
See ”Using Form View” on page 47.
Grid View
To view the media fields and form thumbnails in a selected library or collection, use
grid view.
In grid view, you can work with thumbnails of media fields and forms, called grid view
items, in many ways, including:
• Filtering grid view items.
• Setting and changing labels of grid view items.
• Changing the display size of grid view items.
See ”Using Grid View” on page 69.
Split View
To view the selected record in form view and table view at the same time, or in form
view and grid view at the same time, use split view.