Syntext Released Serna Free Open Source XML Editor v4.2

Woodinville, WA, October 22, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Syntext, Inc. (http://www.syntext.com/) has released Serna Free Open Source XML Editor v4.2 (http://www.syntext.com/products/serna-free/) - a free open source edition of its Serna WYSIWYG XML editor. Serna Free is a lightweight XML authoring solution with intuitive behaviour and a unique WYSIWYG approach for those who wish to smoothly adopt the XML technology and freely author XML documents in a familiar environment that resembles a conventional word processor.

What's New in v4.2

The new version of Serna Free XML Editor brings the following enhancements:

- Added integration with Antenna House XSL Formatter for high quality PDF publishing.

- Added the ability to specify multiple search paths for plugins.

- A number of stability issues have been fixed.

See the complete lists of implemented features and fixed bugs at:
http://www.syntext.com/downloads/serna-free/release-history/

Download Serna Free Open Source XML Editor at:
http://www.syntext.com/downloads/serna-free/

About Serna Free XML Editor

Serna Free XML Editor is an open source cross-platform application that works on Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. The key features of Serna Free Open Source XML Editor include: out-of-the-box support for DITA, DocBook, and other leading XML standards; use of XSLT/XSL-FO for document visualization; on-the-fly XML Schema validation; drag-and-drop with on-the-fly validation; support for XML catalogs; intuitive customizable GUI localized into several languages; entity and XInclude in-place editing; multilingual spell checking; Unicode support.

Serna Free can be upgraded to the Enterprise Edition (http://www.syntext.com/products/serna/) which offers enterprise-oriented features such as integration with content management systems, collaborative authoring, and customization APIs (application programming interfaces) and tools.

About Syntext

Syntext, Inc. is a private American company founded in Seattle, Washington in 1999. Syntext's mission is to develop software for XML content authoring solutions and related services. For more information, please visit http://www.syntext.com/about/.

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