New Features in Reunion 9

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New Features in Reunion 9

• Maximising your family history on a Macintosh

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Whats New in Reunion 9!

• System requirements for Reunion 9
• Whats New in Reunion 9!
• Where can I get Reunion?
• Is there a Demo?

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System requirements Reunion 9

• The newest version of Reunion was released in
  March 2007
• This new version of Reunion has full native
  support for Intel and PPC Macintosh computers.
• To use Reunion 9, you will need Mac OS X 10.3.9
  or newer

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Whats New in Reunion 9!

• New...
• Pod cards for your iPod
• Treetops
• Last Names list
• Spell checking

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Whats New in Reunion 9!

• Pod cards
• Take information with you in a very portable
  format - in your iPod providing you with a
  snapshot
• Pod cards provide the ability totake portions of
  your family file with you in a very portable
  format in your iPod (up to 950 people in each).
  Uses "Notes" capability in Apple's iPod.

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Whats New in Reunion 9!

• Tree tops
• Treetops are the earliest known ancestors of a
  person.

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Whats New in Reunion 9!

• Last Names List
• includes all unique last names (surnames) in your
  family file.
• provides an overall snapshot of your research
  and a handy report to show othersyour surnames
  of interest.

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Whats New in Reunion 9!

• Spell Checking
• Uses the built-in Mac OS X spell checking
  features
• Cursor in editable field(eg. note or event
  field) enable/disable spelling

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Whats New in Reunion 9!

• More...
• Family card enhancements
• Index and list enhancements
• Multimedia
• Slideshows
• Toolbars on the family card
• Charts
• Register report enhancements

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Whats new in Reunion 9!

• Family Card enhancements...
• Family card size limited only by size of screen
• Option to colourise buttons by sex
• Child status colour isapplied to shadows to
  make it more conspicuous

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Whats New in Reunion 9!

• Family Card enhancements...
• Option to display parents and children in a list
  with resizeable, draggable and optional fields
• Resizable section for child buttons/list
• Flags can be checked/unchecked directly on card
• Note fields are scrollable

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Whats New in Reunion 9!

• Family Card enhancements...
• Control-click for a popup menu showing siblings,
  spouses, children, treetops, etc
• Sibling popup menus enhanced direct lines,
  half-siblings, icons indicating sex, whether
  sibling has children
• Control-click to change child status

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Whats New in Reunion 9!

• Index and List enhancements...
• Data (names, dates, places, etc) can be edited
  directly in lists
• Lists (such as the Index, Source List, Found
  List) can stay open
• Search box to find people
• Click column titles to sort by column
• Drag columns to change order

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Whats new in Reunion 9!

• Multimedia...
• Thumbnail view of multimedia items

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New Features in Reunion 9!

• Multimedia and Source Documentation
• To cite a source, you only need to record the
  detailsabout the source (even scans or pictures
  of theoriginal documents) at one time. Can
  include any source on any record,in any data
  entry field as many times as you want

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Whats New in Reunion 9!

• Multimedia...
• Support of more file formats PDF, MS Word docs,
  RTF, Test
• Support for more audio file formats AAC, AU
• Support for BMP images
• Support for video formats MOV, MP4, and AVI

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Whats New in Reunion 9!

• Multimedia...
• Multimedia files can be grouped into albums
• Rotate items in 90 degree increments
• Options to designateitems as sensitive
• Drag and drop to another person on another
  family card

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New Features in Reunion 9!

• Slideshows..
• Create slideshows with custom transitions, music,
  timing, image size, caption content

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New Features in Reunion 9!

• Speed Names
• Instantly recalls the last 2,000 places and
  surnames youve entered, helping you to avoid
  typing the same place name or surname over and
  over

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New Features in Reunion 9!

• Charts
• Soft shadows can be applied to boxes, bars,
  captions and pictures
• Ancestor chart - easier to change orientation to
  bottom-top

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New Features in Reunion 9!

• Register Reports enhancements..
• Spouses in bold
• Option to include birth and death dates for
  children
• Option to include last name for children

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New Features in Reunion 9!

• Manual....
• Easy to use, comprehensive electronic manual
• Search box now in the tool bar
• Command-click shortcut opens linked page in new
  window

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System requirements - Reunion

• The newest version of Reunion was released in
  March 2007
• This new version of Reunion has full native
  support for Intel and PPC Macintosh computers.
• To use Reunion 9, you will need Mac OS X 10.3.9
  or newer

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Where can I get Reunion?

• Reunion 9 is available in
• Full version
• Upgrade version - if you are upgrading from
  previous versions 5, 6, 7 and 8
• Demo version

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Where can I get Reunion?

• Where can I purchase the Full version?
• Available from VicGUM Inc for purchase online for
  credit card purchases or by cheque or mail
  www.vicgum.asn.au
• CD 187.00 AUD plus shipping and handling (2.00
  AUD)
• OR directly from Leister Productions
  www.leisterpro.com
• Download 99.95 US
• CD 99.95 US plus shipping and handling (10 US
  overseas)

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Where can I get Reunion?

• Where can I purchase the Upgrade?
• To use the upgrade version, you must own a
  previous version of Reunion. The Reunion upgrade
  is only available directly from Leister
  Productions in the US - download or CD
• CD 59.95 US plus shipping and handling (10 US
  overseas)
• Download 59.95 US
• Installation is simple and easy!
• Already upgraded?
• Check for the latest version - Reunion 9.04 and
• download direct from the website

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Is there a Demo?

• Yes! Demo mode is available
• Download directly from Leister Productions
• Limitations of the Demo
• Only 50 people can be entered
• Import/Export is disabled
• Charts and slideshows cant be saved
• Printed output will be watermarked
• Purchase a licence to unlock the full version

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Whats New in Reunion 9!
Any questions??