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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Overview of Bento
This chapter provides an overview of Bento features.
This chapter is a description of what you see when you start using Bento. It introduces
the Home dialog and describes the sections of the Bento window, including the
Libraries pane, the Fields pane, and the records area where you can display your
information in table view, form views, grid view, or split view.
Home Dialog
When you first open Bento, you use the Home dialog to learn about Bento and to
create your first library.
To see how easy it is to use,
take a video tour of Bento.
Bento uses libraries to store
information. One way to start using
Bento is by creating a library.
When you’re done with the Home
dialog, click this button to start
using Bento.
If you decide that you don’t need the Home dialog,
deselect the “Show this dialog on startup” checkbox.