4. Building a Bento Library from Your Own Data

This chapter shows you how to organize your data and how to import data from other sources such as spreadsheets.

Getting Started Organizing Your Data

In the first few chapters of this book, you saw the basics of Bento: how to use the Bento window, how to create and delete records, and how to use the Bento data management tools such as finding and sorting. You even saw how to create databases from the Bento templates and started finding out how you can customize the look and feel of your personal databases.

This chapter helps you move in a new direction. You know the Bento basics; now what can you actually—practically—use it for in your own life? The acid test is whether Bento can help you organize ...

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