User manual
Table Of Contents
- Bento® 4
- Welcome to Bento
- Overview of Bento
- Using Libraries
- Using the Address Book Library
- Migrating the iCal, iPhoto, and Address Book Libraries
- Using Collections
- Using Form View
- About Forms
- Creating Records in Form View
- Editing Records in Form View
- Duplicating Records in Form View
- Deleting Records in Form View
- Creating Forms
- Deleting Forms
- Showing and Hiding Forms
- Duplicating Forms
- Copying Forms
- Renaming Forms
- Locking and Unlocking 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
- About Table View
- Selecting Records in Table View
- Creating Records in Table View
- Editing Records in Table View
- Duplicating Records in Table View
- Deleting Records in Table View
- Sorting Records
- Working with Fields and Columns in Table View
- Creating Fields in Table View
- Adding Fields in Table View
- Working with Media Fields in Table View
- Changing Options for a Field in Table View
- Completing Text Automatically as You Type
- Duplicating Fields
- Changing the Field Type
- Showing and Hiding Columns
- Deleting Fields in Table View
- Reordering Columns
- Resizing Columns
- Filling Fields Automatically
- Summarizing Column Data
- Using Grid View
- Using Fields
- Importing, Exporting, and Printing
- Backing Up and Restoring Information
- Syncing
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Reverting to a Previous Version of Bento
- Index
Preface 15
Tutorial
For a demonstration of what you can do with Bento, view the tutorials.
To access the tutorials:
Choose Help > Video Tutorial, and then follow the instructions.
Bento Forum
Visit the Bento forum to get technical support, tips, report problems, and share with
others how you use Bento.
To access the Bento forum:
Choose Help > Bento Forum.
Bento Template Exchange
Visit the Bento Template Exchange website to submit your own templates and
download templates created by other Bento users.
To access the Bento Template Exchange:
Choose Help > Bento Template Exchange.
Note You can also submit your templates directly from within Bento. See ”Submitting
Templates to the Bento Template Exchange” on page 114.
Bento for iPhone and Bento for iPad
Visit the Bento products web page to get information about the features of Bento for
iPhone and Bento for iPad.
To view information about Bento for iPhone and Bento for iPad:
Choose Help > Bento for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
Technical Support
To learn more about the support options that are available to Bento users, view the
service and support information.
To view the service and support information:
Choose Help > Service and Support.