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 7 Using Fields 83
Adding Media Files
You can add sound, image, and movie files to media fields in each record. Image files
include images from the web or other applications.
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.
Drag the slider up or down to adjust the volume.
3 To stop playing the movie or sound file, click again. To pause 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, click to bring it back into view.