Synium Software Releases MacFamilyTree 5.4

Synium Software has announced the availability of MacFamilyTree 5.4, their popular genealogy application for the Mac. Version 5.4 brings a host of new and improved and new features and is the biggest and most important update within the fifth generation of MacFamilyTree.

With its completely redesigned Web Export, publishing one's family on the Internet is Just a few clicks away - making genealogy research available to friends and family worldwide. MacFamilyTree 5.4 offers an enhanced workflow, a completely new web page design, including additional attractive themes. Using the MacFamilyTree website, users can publish their family trees at no additonal cost.

The geolocations search is another heavily-improved feature of version 5.4: MacFamilyTree now comfortably retrieves names and coordinates for places, from tiny villages to huge metropoles - instantly, requiring just a few clicks. A database of more than 1.5 million entries includes information about country and state, as well as additional and historical place names. Places for which the exact coordinates have already been defined, will propagate this information to every subsequently added event in the same location.


With MacFamilyTree 5.4, users are able to quickly export all Reports as self-contained HTML documents to easily attach them to e-mails and for archiving purposes too. The popular Family Assistant received a major overhaul and is now much more accurate when it comes to displaying and aligning individuals across generations and family contexts. A new Startup Window grants direct access to the most recently-used family trees.

New And Improved Features in MacFamilyTree:

New Web Page Export
* Completely new web page design and enhanced workflow
* Additional and improved themes
* Web pages can be exported in different localizations
* New: Kinship Report available on every person page

Improved Charts
* Optionally display Notes for every chart
* Fonts can be customized for every chart
* Improved printing and chart editing


Virtual Globe/Coordinates Lookup
* Vastly improved coordinates lookup
* Larger and more detailed locations database
* Country and state information displayed for search results: more easily identify specific places

Better Reports
* Events can be optionally excluded in the places and event report
* Improved printing and PDF export
* Each report can be saved as a HTML file

Other Enhancements
* Improved alignment of individuals in the Family Assitant
* Quick Navigation view now available in the family edit mode too
* Improved option windows for Charts, Reports and edit modes
* New startup window with direct access to the recently opened files
* Improved date parser which handles date ranges (z.B. BET 2001 and 2002) correctly
* Virtual Tree alignment and performance improved
* The Virtual Tree now displays marriage and divorce dates

Supported Languages:
* US English, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Swedish
* Localizations in other languages will be released as subsequent free updates

MacFamilyTree 5 is fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Note: Safari 3.0 or newer, which is available for free at Apple's 'Downloads' section, must be installed for MacFamilyTree 5.3 to work.

Pricing and Availability:
MacFamilyTree 5 can be purchased for $49.00 (USD), upgrades are $25.00 (USD). Demo is also available for download. Update from all previous versions of MacFamilyTree requires valid registration key from previous versions. For customers who purchased MacFamilyTree 4 on, or after August 14th, 2007 the upgrade to MacFamilyTree 5 is free. Registration codes will automatically work with MacFamilyTree 5.


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