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
92 Chapter 8 Importing, Exporting, and Printing
Importing a Library Template
A library template file contains all of the forms, collections, Smart Collections, table
view settings, and related libraries (if any) of an exported library, but no records.
To import a library template:
1 Choose File > Import > Template.
2 Click Choose and choose a library template file.
3 Click Open.
4 Bento adds the library, collections, and Smart Collections contained in the library
template file to the Libraries pane. If the library template file contains multiple
libraries, all of them are added to the Libraries pane except for the default libraries
(Address Book, iCal Events, and iCal Tasks). For the default libraries, any fields that had
been added are imported.
Additional Ways to Import Information
In addition to the File > Import menu items, Bento provides the following ways to
import information:
1 Choose File > New Blank Library to open the New Library dialog. Then click “Import
data.”
1 Drag a library template file or data file (Text, Numbers, Excel format) to the Libraries
pane in Bento.
1 Drag a library template file or data file (Text, Numbers, Excel format) to a specific
library or collection in the Libraries pane in Bento.
1 Drag a library template file or data file (Text, Numbers, Excel format) to the Bento
application icon.
Choose a library
template file.