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
- Viewing a Form and a Table at the Same Time
- Creating Records in Form View
- Editing Records in Form View
- Duplicating Records in Form View
- Deleting Records in Form View
- Creating Forms
- Deleting Forms
- Duplicating Forms
- Renaming 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
- Using Fields
- Importing, Exporting, and Printing
- Backing Up and Restoring Information
- Using Bento with Bento for iPhone and iPod touch
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Index
Chapter 4 Using Collections 49
If you click Remove from Collection, the records are removed only from the collection,
not from the associated library. If you click Delete, the records are permanently
removed from both the library and the collection.
Deleting a Collection
To delete a collection:
Select the collection and press the Delete key. The records are removed from the
collection but not from the library.
Note: If you delete a library or collection that one or more related records lists are
based on, those related records lists are also deleted.
About Smart Collections
Create a Smart Collection when you want a collection that contains records that meet
criteria you define. Smart Collections show all the records that meet the criteria.
For example, you could create a Smart Collection of contacts who live in the same
city. When you add a new contact record for a person who lives in that city, Bento
automatically adds that contact record to your Smart Collection.
Or you could create a Smart Collection of event records that are due in the same
week. If you add or modify a record so that it meets the criteria, that record appears in
the Smart Collection the next time you click the Smart Collection in the Libraries
pane.
Because a Smart Collection is a set of records that match defined criteria, it is different
from a collection in the following ways:
1 You cannot manually add records to or remove records from Smart Collections. To
remove certain records from the Smart Collection, edit the criteria or modify the
records’ values so that they no longer meet the criteria.
1 You can create Smart Collections in the Address Book library, but Smart Collections
do not appear in the Address Book application.
1 You can create Smart Collections in the iCal Tasks and iCal Events libraries, but
Smart Collections do not appear in the iCal application.
1 You cannot import records into a Smart Collection.