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Installing Bento

Welcome to Bento® software, the personal database product designed for Mac OS

users.

About Bento

Bento is a database application that helps you manage and track the information

that is important to you. Bento has been designed to work interactively with the

Mac OS X Address Book and iCal applications. If you don’t use Address Book or iCal,

you can import data from other sources such as spreadsheets, or create your own

data. Bento makes it easy to search, sort, and coordinate your contacts, events, and

tasks in one place.

Summary of content (4 pages)

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Installing Bento Welcome to Bento® software, the personal database product designed for Mac OS users. About Bento Bento is a database application that helps you manage and track the information that is important to you. Bento has been designed to work interactively with the Mac OS X Address Book and iCal applications. If you don’t use Address Book or iCal, you can import data from other sources such as spreadsheets, or create your own data.
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What You Need to Install Bento To install and use Bento, you need: 1 A Macintosh computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or G4 (867 Mhz or faster) processor 1 Mac OS X 10.5.4 1 512 MB of RAM (1 GB recommended) Installing Bento To install Bento: 1 Insert the installation CD. (If you purchased Bento electronically from the FileMaker Store, skip this step.) 2 Double-click the CD or disk image. 3 Drag the Bento icon to the Applications folder icon. Bento is installed in the Applications folder.
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Your License Key Bento software comes with a unique, 35-digit alphanumeric license key. Do not lose this license key. We recommend that you keep the license key in a safe place in case the software ever needs to be reinstalled. You can find your license key on the CD sleeve. If you purchased Bento electronically from the FileMaker Store, please refer to your order confirmation email. Registering Your Software Please take a few moments to register your software.
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Getting Support and Product Information The following resources are available: 1 Help: Choose Help > Bento Help. View and search for information as you work in Bento. 1 User’s Guide: Choose Help > Bento User’s Guide. Open this PDF document to learn how to organize information with Bento. 1 Tutorial: Choose Help > Video Tutorial. Watch multimedia tutorials to learn how to use Bento. 1 Bento Forum: Choose Help > Bento Forum.