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
32 Chapter 2 Using Libraries
• If there are fields defined for information that you do not need, delete those
fields. See
”Removing Fields from a Form” on page 54.
• If you want to change the layout of the fields on the form view, see
”Customizing Form Layouts” on page 54.
• If you want to change the appearance of the form view, you can select a
different theme. See
”Customizing Form Layouts” on page 54.
Creating a New Blank Library
You can get started quickly by creating a blank library, then add data to it as you would
in a spreadsheet.
To create a new blank library:
1 Choose File > New Blank Library.
Bento creates a library with a default name and opens it in table view.
Bento creates a blank record for you. You can add data to this record (see
”Creating Records in Table View” on page 60), or you can delete the record (see
”Deleting Records from a Library” on page 35).
2 Double-click the library name to rename it.
3 Click in the highlighted cell to start entering or pasting data.
See ”Editing Records in Table View” on page 61 and ”Copying and Pasting Data in
Table View” on page 61.
Note If you already have information from another application that you want to
include in Bento, create a library and records in that library by importing your
information. See
”Importing Information into Bento” on page 106.
Changing the Icon for a Library
Each library comes with its own icon. You can change the icon for any library you
create.
Note You cannot create your own icon in Bento.
To change a library icon:
1 In the Libraries pane, Control-click the library you want to change.
2 Choose “Choose a library icon.”
3 Click an icon, then click OK.