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
96 Chapter 9 Using Fields
Adding Media Files
You can add sound, image (pictures, graphics, and so on), and movie files to media
fields. Image files include images from the web or other applications such as iPhoto.
To add a media file:
1 Click in the media field.
2 Drag a media file from the Finder, iPhoto, or iTunes to the media field or click
to choose a file.
Except for iTunes files, when you add a media file, Bento copies it into the
bento.bentodb file. When you add an iTunes file to a media field, Bento creates an
alias to the file.
If you don’t want to copy the media file into Bento, hold down the Option key
after you start dragging the media file to the media field. An arrow
appears on
the thumbnail. Bento creates an alias that contains a path to a specific file in a
specific location on your hard drive. If you use an alias for the media file, and then
move or rename the original media file, the alias to it is broken.
3 In the Open dialog, select the image you want to add, then click Open.
Playing a Movie or Sound File
Playing a movie or sound file in Bento is similar to how you play a movie or sound file
in QuickTime Player.
To play a movie or sound file:
1 Click in the media field.
2 Click in the playbar to start the movie or sound file.
Drag the slider up or down to adjust the volume.
3 To pause the movie or sound file, click . To restart playing the movie or
sound file, click .
Positioning Images
You can move an image in any direction within a media field.
To position an image:
1 Click in the media field.
2 Drag the image within the field.
If you drag the image out of view, select Fit to Frame to bring it back into view.