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
88 Chapter 9 Using Fields
Adding Mac OS X Mail Items to a Message List Field
In message list fields, you can store aliases to Mac OS X Mail messages, notes, and RSS
articles that are relevant to a specific record. For instructions on creating message list
fields, see
”Creating Message List Fields” on page 79.
Note Storing an alias in Bento does not store the email message in Bento; it simply
links to the message that’s in Mail. If you remove the message from Mail, the message
will also be removed from Bento.
To add a Mac OS X Mail message, note or RSS article to a message list field:
1 Select a form in the navigation bar or choose View > Form View > Form Name.
2 In the bottom-left corner of the message list field, click to open the Mac
OS X Mail application.
3 In Mac OS X Mail, select a folder that contains messages, notes, or RSS articles.
4 Drag one or more items to the message list field.
Tip Click to show the fields for the message list field in the Fields pane.
To open the items in Mac OS X Mail, see ”Working with Files Stored in File List
Fields and Message List Fields” on page 88.
Working with Files Stored in File List Fields and Message List Fields
When browsing records, you can quickly open files or applications stored in file list
fields, and Mac OS X Mail messages, notes, and RSS articles stored in message list
fields.
To open files stored in a file list field or message list field:
1 Select a form in the navigation bar or choose View > Form View > Form Name.
2 Select one or more items in the file list field or message list field. Command-
click to select nonadjacent items.
3 Click and choose Open (file list) or (message list), or double-click
the items you want to open.
4 The application associated with each item starts and displays the contents of
the items.
For example, if you double-click a PDF file and a QuickTime movie file, the Mac OS
X Preview and QuickTime Player applications start and display the PDF file and the
QuickTime movie file. If you double-click an email message, note, or RSS article,
the Mac OS X Mail application starts and displays the Mac OS X Mail item.