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
92 Chapter 8 Using Fields
To open files stored in a file list field or message list field:
1 Select a form in the navigation bar or choose View > Form View > Form Name.
2 Select one or more items in the file list field or message list field. Command-
click to select nonadjacent items.
3 Click and choose Open (file list) or (message list), or double-click the
items you want to open.
4 The application associated with each item starts and displays the contents of
the items.
For example, if you double-click a PDF file and a QuickTime movie file, the Mac
OS
X Preview and QuickTime Player applications start and display the PDF file and
the QuickTime movie file. If you double-click an email message, note, or RSS
article, the Mac OS X Mail application starts and displays the Mac OS X Mail item.
To view files stored in a file list field:
1 Click to display the items in a table.
Click to switch back to the grid format.
2 Click to change the display size of the items.
Previewing Files with Quick Look
With Quick Look, you can quickly view the contents of an item in a file list field or
message list field without opening it.
To preview a file:
1 Select a form in the navigation bar or choose View > Form View > Form Name.
2 Select one or more items in a file list field or message list field.
3 Click and choose Quick Look filename or press the Space bar.
The content you see depends on the type of file. If it’s an image, you’ll see a
smaller version of it. If it’s a text document, you can read the text and scroll to see
more. If you selected multiple items, you can use the arrow keys or the buttons at
the bottom of the Quick Look window to move from one item to another.
Working with Simple List Fields
With a simple list field, you can drag it onto a form and just start typing to add data
that is relevant to the record. A simple list field can only contain alphanumeric text.
You work with columns and rows in simple list fields in much the same way as you do
in table view. See
”Working with Fields and Columns in Table View” on page 69. You
can copy and paste data from table view or a spreadsheet file into simple list fields.