New Features in Reunion 9 Maximising your family history on a Macintosh

Prepared by Robyn Fisher June 2007 What’s New in Reunion 9! System requirements for Reunion 9 What’s New in Reunion 9! Where can I get Reunion? Is there a Demo?

Prepared by Robyn Fisher June 2007 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 or newer

Prepared by Robyn Fisher June 2007 What’s New in Reunion 9! New... Pod cards for your iPod Treetops Last Names list Spell checking

Prepared by Robyn Fisher June 2007 What’s 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 to take 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.

Prepared by Robyn Fisher June 2007 What’s New in Reunion 9! Tree tops Treetops are the earliest known ancestors of a person.

Prepared by Robyn Fisher June 2007 What’s 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 others your surnames of interest.

Prepared by Robyn Fisher June 2007 What’s 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

Prepared by Robyn Fisher June 2007 What’s New in Reunion 9! More... Family card enhancements Index and list enhancements Multimedia Slideshows Toolbars on the family card Charts Register report enhancements

Prepared by Robyn Fisher June 2007 What’s 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 is applied to shadows to make it more conspicuous

Prepared by Robyn Fisher June 2007 What’s 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

Prepared by Robyn Fisher June 2007 What’s 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

Prepared by Robyn Fisher June 2007 What’s 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

Prepared by Robyn Fisher June 2007 What’s new in Reunion 9! Multimedia... Thumbnail view of multimedia items

Prepared by Robyn Fisher June 2007 New Features in Reunion 9! Multimedia and Source Documentation To cite a source, you only need to record the details about the source (even scans or pictures of the original documents) at one time. Can include any source on any record, in any data entry field as many times as you want

Prepared by Robyn Fisher June 2007 What’s 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

Prepared by Robyn Fisher June 2007 What’s New in Reunion 9! Multimedia... Multimedia files can be grouped into albums Rotate items in 90 degree increments Options to designate items as “sensitive” Drag and drop to another person on another family card

Prepared by Robyn Fisher June 2007 New Features in Reunion 9! Slideshows.. Create slideshows with custom transitions, music, timing, image size, caption content

Prepared by Robyn Fisher June 2007 New Features in Reunion 9! Speed Names Instantly recalls the last 2,000 places and surnames you’ve entered, helping you to avoid typing the same place name or surname over and over

Prepared by Robyn Fisher June 2007 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

Prepared by Robyn Fisher June 2007 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

Prepared by Robyn Fisher June 2007 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

Prepared by Robyn Fisher June 2007 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 or newer

Prepared by Robyn Fisher June 2007 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

Prepared by Robyn Fisher June 2007 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 CD $ AUD plus shipping and handling ($2.00 AUD) OR directly from Leister Productions Download $99.95 US CD $99.95 US plus shipping and handling ($10 US overseas)

Prepared by Robyn Fisher June 2007 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

Prepared by Robyn Fisher June 2007 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 can’t be saved Printed output will be watermarked Purchase a licence to unlock the full version

Prepared by Robyn Fisher June 2007 What’s New in Reunion 9! Any questions??