Bento Template Exchange Showcases Real-World Uses and Downloadable Templates

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Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:00pm EDT

Templates demonstrate the versatility of popular personal database for Mac

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FileMaker, Inc. today
unveiled the Bento Template Exchange, where Mac users can post and browse many
real-world uses of Bento, the personal database from FileMaker that's as easy
to use as a Mac. People interested in Bento can even download templates and
use them with a trial or full version of Bento 2 (free trial available at
www.bentotrial.com).

A Bento template is a pre-designed database form, but without any data. A
visitor who downloads, for example, the "My Wine Cellar" template, has a
beautiful ready-to-use wine tracking form -- complete with fields for winery,
vintage, price and more -- and can enter data for their own wine collection -
or copy and paste existing information from spreadsheets such as Excel or
Numbers. Plus, templates can be customized to meet each individual's unique
needs.

"Bento excels at helping you organize virtually anything. And thanks to
Bento's capability to export and share templates, the template exchange
showcases a wide range of creative and productive real-world uses," said Ryan
Rosenberg, vice president, marketing and services, FileMaker, Inc. "Whether
your passion is collecting coins, selling products, organizing volunteers or
planning events, these sharable templates show how you can do it better with
Bento."

Visitors to the Bento Template Exchange can browse through the most popular
templates, the newest templates, or look through 15 categories including
Business, Music and Movies, Finance, and Cooking, Food and Wine. Templates are
also searchable by typing a phrase like "soccer team roster."

The Bento Template Exchange includes clear instructions on how to download and
import templates, and how to submit Bento templates for sharing. Bento
customers are encouraged to share their templates on the Bento Template
Exchange to help potential customers imagine their own uses for Bento. 

Importing and exporting Bento templates requires Bento 2.

Visitors will find that downloaded templates are usable with the new Bento for
iPhone and iPod touch, if they synch with Bento on the Mac.

About FileMaker, Inc.
FileMaker, Inc. develops award-winning database software. Its products include
the legendary FileMaker Pro product line for Windows, Mac and the Web, and the
Bento personal database for Mac, iPhone and iPod touch. FileMaker Pro won 52
awards, more than its next eight competitors combined, from 2003-2009 in the
U.S., and a total of 134 awards worldwide during this time. Millions of
customers, from individuals to large organizations, rely on FileMaker, Inc.
software to manage, analyze and share information. FileMaker, Inc. is a
subsidiary of Apple Inc. 

(C)2009 FileMaker, Inc. All rights reserved. FileMaker and Bento are
trademarks of FileMaker, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. All
other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.


SOURCE  FileMaker, Inc.

Kevin Mallon of FileMaker, Inc., +1-408-987-7227, kevin_mallon@filemaker.com
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