![]() ![]() For instance, in an office where one person is tasked with maintaining a database which is to be used by others. I can see this is very useful in a lot of situations. You could share the database template, but not the data in previous versions of Bento. This is great if you have a partially used sheet of labels and want to finish it up.Īnother useful feature is the ability to share the data in a database along with the template. There is also the ability to start printing on some label other than number one. There is a print preview, so you can see how the labels will look. These printing routines give you a lot of control on how the label is organized. Which means you can use the Bento database to create labels or tags for just about any purpose you can imagine. If you need a specific label layout, you can easily create your own layout by adding fields and stacking them as you like. Bento includes templates for Avery and Dymo labels by their number. The program shrinks the image down nicely to fit into the small label size. There is an option to attach an image on the label. However, you can choose to include other fields from your database as well. Click on this and a new print dialog opens. When you select print, there is a button on the print dialog that says, “print labels”. The design of this new feature is well thought out. For instance, Apple’s address book doesn’t recognize any smart list you create with Bento, so there was no way to print labels from a smart list, (although there was a work around). ![]() This was okay for some purposes, but posed some challenges. Now it does! Previously, Bento shifted the label printing functions to those native to Apple’s address book. It is important that the user upgrading to Bento 4 learn about the new features, since they are mostly well integrated into the program and you will only see them if you look for them.įor instance, one feature I have begged and pleaded for is for Bento to print labels. Not much has changed in the interface, except for a few new commands, so if you already use Bento there is only a short time to learn how to use this new version. ![]() The people at Filemaker say that this new version is faster. I have run into no issues, including upgrading my old database. On with the Reviewįirst of all, Bento 4 seems to perform very well. This review will primarily consider the improvements and new features of this program. If you are unfamiliar with this application and all its abilities I recommend that you search for one of these reviews. I and others have written many reviews of Bento since the release of version 1. A popular smart list in my house is one that extracts those close friends we normally exchange gifts and cards with, from a huge list of friends, business associates, and other contacts that reside in our home address book. For instance creating a “smart list” that instantly creates a subset of the data that meets specific criteria. Allowing the user to take advantage of features these applications don’t offer but Bento does. ![]() This powerful database program integrates nicely with Apple’s iPhoto and Address book, and iCal programs. Most users will be able to apply an existing template, or even create their own layouts with ease. Programmers at Filemaker have obviously applied their years of experience with creating their professional level database program to develop a truly powerful program for the home and small office use. Bento 4 offers all the abilities of the earlier versions and includes a list of enhancements that approaches my wish-list for this program.īento is a powerful database program that makes it easy for the home user to create and maintain databases for any purpose they can imagine. A CD drive is required for installation of boxed product softwareįilemaker has released version 4 of its popular and very capable consumer database program called Bento.A Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4.Bento requires Mac OS X v10.5.7 Leopard or Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard and will not work with earlier versions of the Mac OS.Website: Price: $49.00 new purchase, $29.00 upgrade from versions 1-3įormat: Available as boxed product or download (93 MB) System Requirements for Bento By Ted Bade, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved. ![]()
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