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 7 Using Table View 61
3 Type data in the columns.
If you type data in the last column, Bento creates a new field with the default
name Field 1.
4 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.
To add existing records to another collection within the same library:
Select the records, choose Edit > Add To, then choose a collection from the list. The
selected records are added to the collection that you chose in the list.
Editing Records in Table View
To edit a record:
1 Select the library or collection that contains the record you want to edit.
2 Double-click a field (table cell). 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.
Press Command-Return to insert a line break in a text field.
Tip To edit a choice field in table view, click close to the right edge of the field to
display the pop-up menu.
Copying and Pasting Data in Table View
You can copy and paste data between Bento records in the same or other libraries as
well as between Bento and spreadsheet applications such as Numbers and Excel.
Tip To duplicate the same data for multiple cells in the same column, see ”Filling Fields
Automatically” on page 66.
To copy data:
1 In Bento, select one or more rows of data by clicking the row number. To
select adjacent rows, select one row, then hold down the Shift key as you
select adjacent rows. To select nonadjacent rows, hold down the Command
key as you select rows.
2 Choose Edit > Copy.
Bento copies the selected data to the Clipboard.