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
92 Chapter 9 Using Fields
To switch between views in the Fields pane:
Click in the lower-right corner of a simple list field to switch between displaying
columns in the simple list field and displaying the fields in the library in the Fields
pane.
Working with Related Data Fields
In a related data field, you can store information about records that is relevant to the
data source but isn’t linked to the data source. This information is stored in a separate
section of the related data field called notes.
For example, in a Recipes library that has a related data field linked to the Ingredients
library, you could store information such as the required amount of each ingredient in
a recipe in the notes section of the Ingredients related data field. In other fields in the
notes section, you could add details about how to prepare the ingredient or the name
of the store where you purchased it. The information in the note fields is not stored in
the Ingredients library.
Click to switch
between the displays
in the Fields pane.
Fields pane displaying columns
in the simple list field
Fields pane displaying fields
in the library