Importing, Exporting, and Printing

This chapter describes the various ways you can import and export information so others can view or use it. You can also print information to share with others.

A good way to start using Bento is by importing existing information. Bento supports importing information from a variety of file formats: comma-separated values (.csv) file, tab-separated values (.tab) file, Numbers, Excel, Excel 2008, and library template. For example, you can import .csv files created from spreadsheets, exported from other databases, or downloaded from banking or stock websites.

If you need to share your information, you can export your Bento information as a .csv, .tab, Numbers, Excel 2008, or library template file. You can export records from a library (including shared libraries) or from a collection. You can also export a group of records from a search or Advanced Find. If you create a library with forms that you want to give to another Bento user, you can export the library as a library template file (with or without data).

Bento lets you print information from form view, table view, split view, and from search and Advanced Find. You can also print labels from within Bento.

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