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
34 Chapter 2 Using Libraries
• If you want to change the layout of the fields on the form view, see
”Customizing Form Layouts” on page 61.
• If you want to change the appearance of the form view, you can select a
different theme. See
”Customizing Form Layouts” on page 61.
Creating a New Blank Library
You can get started quickly by creating a blank library, then add data to it as you would
in a spreadsheet.
To create a new blank library:
1 Choose File > New Blank Library.
Bento creates a library with a default name and opens it in table view.
2 Double-click the library name to rename it.
3 Click in the highlighted cell to start entering or pasting data.
See ”Editing Records in Table View” on page 67 and ”Copying and Pasting Data in
Table View” on page 67.
Creating a Library by Importing
If you already have information from another application that you want to include in
Bento, then create a library and records in that library by importing your information.
See
”Importing Information into Bento” on page 104.
Changing the Icon for a Library
Each library comes with its own icon. You can change the icon for any library you
create.
To change a library icon:
1 In the Libraries pane, Control-click the library you want to change.
2 Choose “Choose a library icon.”
3 Click an icon, then click OK.
Sharing Your Bento Database
You can share your Bento database with up to five other Bento users at the same time
over a local network (in the same subnet). Sharing requires Bento 3 on each computer
that is either sharing a database or looking for shared databases.