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
Chapter 5 Using Form View 57
Adding the Current Date and Time to a Field
When editing a record, you can add the current date and time to a date, time, or text
field.
To add the current date and time to a field:
1 Click in the date, time, or text field.
2 Choose Insert > Current Date and Time.
Duplicating Records in Form View
To quickly add a record with the same or similar data as an existing record:
1 Navigate to the record you want to duplicate.
2 Choose Records > Duplicate Record.
Deleting Records in Form View
To permanently delete a selected record from a library:
1 Select the library.
2 Click a form name in the navigation bar or choose View > Form View > Form
Name.
3 Select the record.
4 Choose Records > Delete Record or press Command-Delete.
In the dialog, click Delete.
If the field type is You see the current
Date Date. Set the “Display Time” option to also display the time.
Time Time
Text Date and time