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 63
Adding Text Boxes
Add a text box if you want text such as a heading on your form.
To add a text box:
1 Select a form in the navigation bar or choose View > Form View > Form Name.
2 Choose Insert > Text Box.
An untitled box appears at the bottom of the form.
3 Drag the text box to the desired location, double-click in the text box, and
start typing.
Adding Image Boxes
Add an image box if you want an image such as a logo or letterhead to appear on
every record in your form.
To add an image box:
1 Select a form in the navigation bar or choose View > Form View > Form Name.
2 Choose Insert > Image Box.
An image box appears on the form.
3 Drag an image file from the Finder into the image box.
4 Click in the image box to reposition or change the display size of the image.
For more information, see ”Positioning Images” on page 96 and ”Changing the
Display Size of Images” on page 96.
Adding Horizontal Separators
A horizontal separator is an object you can add to a form. Separators help organize
forms by visually separating the items above and below the separator. The appearance
of the horizontal separator is defined by the theme applied to the form. You can
change the horizontal separator's width but not its height.
To add a horizontal separator:
1 Select a form in the navigation bar or choose View > Form View > Form Name.
2 Choose Insert > Horizontal Separator.
3 Drag the horizontal separator to the desired location on the form.