User manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Welcome to Bento
- Overview of Bento
- Using Libraries
- Using the Address Book and iCal 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
- Adding Fields to a Form
- Moving Between Fields
- Moving Fields and Objects on Forms
- Resizing Fields and Objects
- Deleting Fields from a Form
- Duplicating Forms
- Renaming Forms
- Customizing Form Layouts
- Using Table View
- Using Fields
- Importing, Exporting, and Printing
- Backing Up and Restoring Information
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Index
Chapter 1 Overview of Bento 23
Address Book and iCal Libraries
Bento displays the data you’ve already entered into the Mac OS X applications
Address Book and iCal using three libraries: Address Book, iCal Events, and iCal Tasks.
Address Book Library
The Address Book library displays contact information from the Mac OS X Address
Book application, so there is no need to re-enter your contact information. Enter new
contacts in Address Book or in Bento, and the information appears in both
applications.
See “Address Book Library” on page 37.
iCal Events Library
The iCal Events library displays information from the events in the Mac OS X iCal
application. You can view those events in Bento, and use them with other data you
store in Bento. For example, you can display which iCal events are related to a specific
project by creating a relationship to iCal Events in a Projects library.
Enter new events in iCal or in Bento, and the information appears in both
applications.
See “iCal Events and iCal Tasks Libraries” on page 40.
iCal Tasks Library
The iCal Tasks library displays information from the To Do items in iCal. You can use
those tasks in your Bento libraries and collections. For example, you can display which
iCal tasks are related to a specific project by creating a relationship to iCal Tasks in a
Projects library.
Enter To Do items in iCal or task records in Bento, and the information appears in
both applications.
See “iCal Events and iCal Tasks Libraries” on page 40.
Collections
Create a collection when you want a subset of the records from a library. There are
two kinds of collections:
1 Collections are created by adding records from the library to the collection. Creating
a collection is as easy as creating a playlist in iTunes. Select the records in the library
and use the New Collection from Selection menu item, or drag the selected records
to the Source list.
1 Smart Collections are created based on criteria you set up. Records that meet the
defined criteria appear in the Smart Collection.
See Chapter 4, “Using Collections,” on page 43.