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Meet Bento, the new personal database from FileMaker that’s as easy to use as your Mac. It organizes all the details of your busy life in one place. So you can manage contacts, coordinate events, track projects, and prioritize tasks faster and easier than ever before.
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Meet Bento, the new personal database from FileMaker that's as easy to use as your Mac. It organizes all the details of your busy life in one place. So you can manage contacts, coordinate events, track projects, and prioritize tasks faster and easier than ever before./p table width="350" cellpadding="15" align="left" tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B00123WD40-1-th.jpg" border="0" psmallbiManage contacts, coordinate events, track projects, and prioritize tasks faster and easier than ever before./i/b/small /td /tr /table pspan class="h3color"bSubstance, meet style/b/spanbr It's never been easier to get organized thanks to built-in links with Mac OS X Address Book and iCal, ready-to-use templates, and elegant themes designed by Mac artists. pbBuilt-in Links to Address Book and iCal/bbr There's no need to re-enter all your contact and calendar info to get started with Bento. It has built-in links to your Mac OS X Address Book and iCal applications. pIn seconds, you'll be viewing all your contacts, tasks, and events in beautiful Bento templates that make searching, sorting and organizing simpler and faster than ever before. pbGreat-looking templates/bbr Bento also comes with more than 20 ready-to-use templates. So you can easily get started organizing just about any kind of information you have--for work, home, school or community projects. pbAdd beautiful themes with a click/bbr To make your templates look even better, you can add an elegant theme, designed by Mac artists, that suits your style and personality. Themes include coordinated colors, layouts, fonts and text styles that bring style to your templates with a single click. pbHelp stop spreadsheet abuse/bbr Let your spreadsheet crunch the numbers, and let Bento do the rest. pIf you're managing lists in Microsoft Excel or just about any other program that exports to Comma Separated Values, you can import them with a simple drag and drop. table width="350" cellpadding="15" align="right" tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B00123WD40-2-th.jpg" border="0" psmallbiBento makes it possible to connect related information together so you can see a more a complete picture of everything you're tracking--all in one place./i/b/small /td /tr /table pspan class="h3color"bBring it together/b/spanbr From contacts and calendars, to projects and events, you can organize just about every type of information you have--and access it instantly--all from one place. pbGet the big picture/bbr Bento makes it possible to connect related information together so you can see a more a complete picture of everything you're tracking--all in one place. pBringing things together to get you organized--that's what Bento is all about. pbFind what you need fast/bbr Ever search for music with iTunes? It couldn't get much easier. And Bento carries on the Mac tradition by using familiar iTunes-like searching. You can find the things you store in Bento instantly. From phone numbers for friends in Fiji to deadlines due in December. table width="350" cellpadding="15" align="left" tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B00123WD40-3.jpg" border="0" psmallbiDisplay your information in a familiar spreadsheet-like Table View to see multiple records at once./i/b/small /td /tr tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/B00123WD40-4.jpg" border="0" psmallbiSwitch to Form View to see one record at a time./i/b/small /td /tr /table pbWhat's your type?/bbr Because Bento is a flexible database, you're not forced into tracking pre-set types of information. You can store virtually any type of information you want in Bento choosing from a variety of field type options. pFor instance, let's say you're putting on your company party and all your contacts are already stored in the Mac Address Book. You could simply add a "Checkbox" to your Address Book form to track who's coming, and add a "Choice" pop-up list to store each person's food preference. It's that easy! pspan class="h3color"bSee things your way/b/spanbr Just point and click or drag and drop to change the look of any form and see information in a way that makes sense to you. pbSet the table, and sort it, too/bbr Display your information in a familiar spreadsheet-like Table View to see multiple records at once. Sort columns with a single click, and get quick stats through the handy Summary Row. pIf you use the Mac OS X Address Book, you'll appreciate this new view, because you'll be able to see many contacts all at once. pbForms flow freely/bbr Switch to Form View to see one record at a time. This view is especially useful when entering large amounts of text, like notes from lectures, meetings and conversations. pYou can also view different slices of your information by adding as many new forms as you'd like. And each new form can show a different grouping of information, so you can see your data from every angle. pbCustomize with a click/bbr Resize, rearrange, and regroup to your heart's content. Just point and click to change themes, columns displayed, label positions, text sizes, shading, alignment, and more.
