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
94 Chapter 8 Using Fields
To display the notes section:
Position your cursor on the right edge of a related data field. When the cursor changes
to
, drag it to the left. You see the notes section with the first notes field created for
you.
To create additional fields in the notes section:
Double-click the New Column column header and type a new name for the field, then
press Return.
To delete a field in the notes section:
Click the pop-up menu in a column header, then choose Delete Column.
To sort records in related data fields:
Click the pop-up menu in a column header, then choose Sort Ascending or Sort
Descending.
To display related data records in a grid format:
Click to display the records in a grid.
To set labels for grid view items:
1 Click .
You can specify up to two fields.
2 Click the Title pop-up menu, then choose the fields.
If you don’t want any labels to be displayed, choose the dash symbol in both
fields.
Working with Media Fields
You can add many types of sound, image, and movie files to a media field, including
JPEG, QuickTime, and MP3 files.
If you add a sound file that you purchased from the iTunes Store, you may have to
enter the account name and password for the account that was used to purchase the
sound file.
Note You can’t add movie files that you purchased from the iTunes Store.