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 9 Using Fields 77
8 Use the Fields pane to add or display fields.
Note In table view, you cannot see related data fields or any of the list field types, such
as address, email address, file list, message list, and simple list.
Creating Calculation Fields
To create a calculation field:
1 Choose Insert > New Field or press Control-N.
2 Choose Calculation.
3 Click Continue.
4 Name the field.
5 Build a formula for your calculation.
6 Choose the correct data type for the result you want and set any other options.
To Do this in the Fields pane
Add a field to a form in form view or split view Drag the field to the form.
Display a field as a column in table view or split view Select a field’s checkbox.
To add Do this
A reference to a field In the Available Fields list, double-click a field name.
A mathematical or
text operator
Click an operator button or type an operator in the formula.
The current date Click Today to insert the current date.
The current time Click Now to insert the current time.
A pre-formatted
value
Click Value, then select a value from the list. Replace the pre-formatted value with
the value you want.
This is what you see in
the calculation field for
the current record.
The formula for the
calculation. In this
example, it’s the value in
First Name, a space, and
the value in Last Name.
Operator buttons