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
86 Chapter 9 Using Fields
Changing an Existing Field from One Type to Another
You can change the type of some fields to another. Automatic counter, location, and
address fields, and any fields you access in a shared database can’t be changed to a
different type.
The information in the table below also applies to changing the data type of columns
in simple list fields and columns in the notes section of related data fields.
To change an existing field from one type to another:
1 Select a column name in table view.
2 Click near the right edge of a column header.
3 Choose Change To, then select a field type from the list.
Working with List Fields
Some types of list fields (address, phone number, email address, URL, and IM account)
have a pop-up menu from which you can quickly perform actions such as displaying
the selected phone number in large type, getting directions to or from the selected
address, and displaying a map for the selected address.
Convert
from:
Convert
to:
Tex t
Number Choice Checkbox Time Date Duration Currency Rating Phone
Other
list
fields
Calculation;
Encrypted;
Media
Text
• • • • • • • • • • •
Number
• • • • • •
Choice
• • • • • • • • • •
Checkbox
• • •
Media
•
Time
• •
Date
• •
Duration
• •
Calculation
•
Currency
• • •
Rating
• • •
Encrypted
•
Phone
number
•
Email
address
•
URL
•
IM account
•