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
48 Chapter 6 Using Form View
selected record in form view and table view at the same time. Select the record, then
choose View > Split View.
Forms can also display records from other libraries or collections in related data fields.
For example, you can display a list of people from the Address Book library who are
attending a party event in the iCal Event library. See
”Creating Related Data Fields” on
page 80.
Creating Records in Form View
You can create records in any view. For table view instructions, see ”Creating Records
in Table View” on page 60.
To create a record for a library or collection:
1 Select the library or collection you want to add a record to.
2 Click a form name in the navigation bar or choose View > Form View > Form
Name.
3 Choose Records > New Record or press Command-N.
4 Type data in the fields.
5 Press Tab to move to the next field in the same record. Press Shift-Tab to move
to the previous field in the same record.
Tip To quickly create a record, Control-click in a blank area on the form and choose
New Record from the pop-up menu.
Editing Records in Form View
To edit a record:
1 Select the library or collection that contains the record you want to edit.
2 Click a form name in the navigation bar or choose View > Form View > Form
Name.
3 Navigate to the desired record.
Press Tab or Shift-Tab to move from field to field.
4 Click the field you want to change, modify the data, then click outside the
field or press Tab to save the change.