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
Chapter 9 Using Fields 93
You can create, view, and edit calculations in the notes section. For more information
see
”Creating Calculation Fields” on page 77.
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 column (named
New Column) created for you. Type a new name for the column, then press Return or
Tab.
To add a column in the notes section:
Click near the right edge of a column header, choose Add Column Before or Add
Column After. Type a new name for the column, then press Return or Tab.
To change the name of a column in the notes section:
Do one of these:
• Double-click the column name, type a new name, then press Return or Tab.
• Click near the right edge of a column header and choose Edit Column
Name, then change the column name in the dialog. There, you can also
change whether you want Bento to complete text automatically as you type
in the field.
To change a column from one data type to another:
1 Click near the right edge of a column header.
2 Choose Change To, then select a data type from the list.
Note Not all data types can be changed. For more information, see ”Changing an
Existing Field from One Type to Another” on page 86.
Notes fields
Related records from
the Ingredients library
Click to display records
in a grid format.