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Bento Newsletter   |   Issue 36   Summer 2011

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In this issue

Bento Label Kit

Bento 4.0.4 Update

Gardening with Bento

How to Share Templates

Your story in the headlines?

Tell Us YOUR Story »

Bento Label Kit

New! Bento Label Kit – Free Download

The Bento Label Kit, designed to work with Avery® labels, is the fast, free and easy way to print mailing labels, name badges, price stickers, file folder labels and more!

It comes with a 30-day trial of Bento 4 for Mac and pre-designed database templates including:

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Bento 4.0.4

Bento 4.0.4 for Mac Now Available – Free Download

There's a free update to Bento 4 for Mac available to address compatibility issues related to Lion (Mac OS X 10.7). This update is recommended for everyone using a version of Bento 4 for Mac. If you purchased Bento 4 from the Mac App Store, please download an update from the Mac App Store when available.

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Bento for Summer

Bento for Summer

Whether you relish organisation or dread it, Bento makes it easy to get your summer life into check. We've put together our top tips for a stress-free summer.

School holiday activities: Get the kids out of the house by taking advantage of the wealth of activities available – store dates, locations, times and booking details.
Watch video: How to connect contacts & calendars

Holidays and day trips: Whether you have plans to fly across the world or simply drive across the country, there is plenty to do ahead of any trip. Log your destination details, draw up an itinerary, store links straight to any web pages of interest or track information about your photos.
Watch video: Making the most of your media

Summer recipes: BBQs, picnics or big garden party blow-outs – summer is full of excuses to dine alfresco. Download new ideas or organise old family favourites for a quick-reference cook's guide.

University starters: Is one of your chicks flying the nest this autumn? Get them ready for university life by getting them organised. Reading lists, schedules, finances and emergency contacts can all be put in one place. You can easily add new fields once student life begins in earnest.

All in Bento! And don't forget with the added convenience of Bento for iPad or Bento for iPhone you can view all your information whilst on the move.

Get template ideas from the Bento Template Exchange

Upgrade Rebate

Upgrade rebate for Bento 4 purchases

If you purchase Bento 4 single license or Bento 4 Family Pack as a replacement license for Bento 3, Bento 2 or Bento 1 you qualify for £10 via online submission rebate.

Terms and conditions apply.

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Bento Customer Story

Emma Cooper, Gardener and Writer

As a keen gardener I have a large seed collection, which has long grown past the point where I can remember what I have, making garden planning very difficult. Over the winter I have been cataloguing my seeds in Bento, complete with sowing dates, 'sow by' dates, plant family and a picture of the mature plant. This has already saved me time and money.

Now as I do my research I can tag my Bento entries with the keywords and find all the seeds when it comes time to do my sowing and again at harvest time. My garden will be so much more productive this year, now that I don't have to try and keep track of everything in my head or on scraps of paper! My garden is constantly evolving, so I love the flexibility that my Bento seed catalogue provides. I can add new information and fields as and when I need to, and my Bento database will grow and bloom just like my garden.

More customer stories

Tell Us Your Bento Story

Stop the press!
Could your Bento story make magazine headlines?

Here at FileMaker HQ we are always keen to hear about the great ways our customers use Bento and have long invited you to send us your stories. So impressed have we been with the quality of stories recently that we taking them to the media. So if you have a good story about how Bento has helped you run your life better – whatever and wherever it may be – send them to us. You never know, your name could be in the pages of a glossy magazine!

Tell us

Tip: Sharing Templates

How to share your templates on the Bento Template Exchange

Are you proud of the templates you have created in Bento? Do you think that they can be useful to other Bento users? Did you know that you can easily share your templates using the Bento Template Exchange where already hundreds of ready-made templates exist for any Bento user to download and use. But we know there are still many more great ideas which other users would love to see so that's why the tip for this summer edition of Bento eNews is how to share your Bento template in a few short clicks.

And you're done!

*Records cannot be uploaded to the Bento template exchange, so make sure the "Include records in template" box is not ticked.

Highlighted Template

Vegetable Garden Tracker

A complete tracking tool for your vegetable and fruit garden. Keep track of what varieties you planted and when. Automatically calculates anticipated harvest date based on planting date and days to maturity. Allows you to track the amount you harvest, so you know which varieties provide the best yield. Allows you to keep track of where you planted in your garden so you can improve your garden based on experience. Includes a way to rate varieties on flavor, texture and yield, etc.

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Bento on Twitter

Follow Bento on Twitter

If you haven't already entered the realm of social media we would love to keep in touch with you via our online community on Twitter. You'll even find all our Bento video tutorials on YouTube. Join our group to become involved in discussions surrounding hot topics with other Bento customers.

@UKBento on Twitter
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Bento User Forum

Visit the Bento Forum
Have a question about Bento? Need to report an issue? The Bento Forum is designed to answer product questions, solve issues and take your suggestions for future releases.

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Buy Now! or Try Now!

Bento brings your important information together
in one place to help you get organised.
So you can manage your contacts, coordinate events, track projects, prioritise tasks and more – faster and easier than ever before.

Single: £34.99  Upgrade for only £24.99
Family (5 licenses): £69.99

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Bento for iPhone
Bento for iPhone and iPod touch is the portable version of the wildly popular personal database from FileMaker.

Purchase on iTunes: £2.99

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Bento for iPad
Bento for iPad is based on Bento for iPhone and has been enhanced to make the most of the big, beautiful iPad screen.

Purchase on iTunes: £2.99

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Purchase Tip

Avoid Delivery Charges.
Exclusive Download from our Webstore.
Now you can download your Bento software and use it immediately with this convenient alternative to traditional boxed software delivery! Convenient, quick and easy to use, the Electronic Software Download (ESD) option is exclusively available on the FileMaker webstore. In addition, if you select the ESD option for Bento (single and family packs) you can avoid delivery charges.

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