User manual
Table Of Contents
- Bento® 3
- Welcome to Bento
- Overview of Bento
- Using Libraries
- Using the Address Book, iCal, and iPhoto 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 Grid View
- Using Fields
- Importing, Exporting, and Printing
- Backing Up and Restoring Information
- Using Bento with Bento for iPhone and iPod touch
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Reverting to a Previous Version of Bento
- Index
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Importing, Exporting, and Printing
This chapter describes the various ways you can import and
export information so others can view or use it. You can also
print information to share it with others.
A good way to start using Bento is by importing information. Bento supports
importing information in a variety of file formats: comma-separated values (CSV) file,
tab-separated values (TAB) file, Numbers, Excel, Excel 2008, and library template. For
example, you can import CSV files created from spreadsheets, exported from other
databases, or downloaded from banking or stock websites.
If you need to share your information, you can export your Bento information as a CSV,
TAB, Numbers, Excel 2008, or library template file. You can export records from a
library (including shared libraries) or from a collection. You can also export a group of
records from search or Advanced Find. If you create a library with forms that you want
to give to another Bento user, you can export the library as a library template file.
Bento lets you print information from form view, table view, split view, and from
search and Advanced Find.
About Comma-Separated and Tab-Separated Files
A comma-separated values file (CSV) or a tab-separated values file (TAB) is a file that
represents a table of data. Each column/field value is separated by a comma or a
semicolon (for CSV) or a tab character (for TAB). One record appears in each row of the
data file. Often, the first row of data in the CSV file represents the column names for
the table.
Note Some locales may use a different separator in CSV files rather than commas. The
default separator is defined by your locale setting.