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
28 Chapter 1 Overview of Bento
Fields Pane
The Fields pane on the left side of the Bento window displays the fields that are
defined for the selected library or collection.
• In table view, use the Fields pane to select which columns are shown.
• In a form view, use the Fields pane to add fields to the current form by
dragging a field name with
to the form.
• In split view, the Fields pane indicates the fields that can be added to the
current form or can be displayed in table view.
See ”Using the Fields Pane” on page 84.
Drag to add field to
the current form.
Field is already on
the current form.
Fields with
selected
checkboxes are
already shown as
columns in table
view.
In form view
In table view
Select an
unchecked field to
show it as a
column in table
view.
Address subfields
can’t be added to the
form individually.