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News & Events

Dec 15, 2010

Serna Free source code repository moved to BitBucket

Serna Free source code repository is moved to BitBucket Mercurial project hosting site, to provide more open and convenient environment for Serna Free contributors.

Dec 3, 2010

Pre-release Serna Free and Serna Enterprise 4.3.0 is available

This release merges Serna Free and Serna Enterprise code-base, and also adds new features. Please see release history for details.

July 15, 2010

Serna Enterprise 4.1.6 is available

This is a stable, bug-fix release.

June 30, 2009

Serna Free XML Editor is now Open Source

Syntext is glad to announce the release of Serna Free XML editor as Open Source Software. Download now!

Discuss open source Serna at Syntext Forum! Make a donation to support Serna open source XML editor!

June 17, 2009

Serna Free XML Editor Goes Open Source

Syntext has announced plans to soon release Serna Free open source XML editor.

Discuss open source Serna at Syntext Forum! Make a donation to support open source Serna!

March 27, 2009

Syntext Serna v3.8.1 is Available

This release fixes critical stability issues. See the detailed release notes. Download now!

March 12, 2009

Syntext Releases Serna Enterprise v4.1

Syntext is glad to announce the general availability of Serna Enterprise v4.1. The release brings the following enhancements:


  • Added drag&drop from Microsoft® Office Word and web browsers to DITA documents.

  • Added API for extending drag&drop from external applications and within Serna.

  • Added drag&drop between opened documents.

  • Added hot keys for Zoom commands, for switching between documents, and for operations in the Attributes Dialog.

See the detailed release notes . Download free fully functional trial now!

February 24, 2009

Syntext Serna Enterprise v4.1 Release Candidate is Available

This release brings a number of drag&drop enhancements, including drag&drop from Microsoft® Office Word and web browsers, drag&drop between opened documents, and API for extending drag&drop from external applications and within Serna, as well as a number of new hot keys. Also, a number of stability issues were fixed.

See the detailed release notes. Download free fully functional trial now!

December 1, 2008

Syntext Releases Serna Free v4.0
Serna Professional has become Serna Free v4.0 - a free powerful solution for XML authoring. If you are searching for a free XML editor for personal, educational or demonstration use, Serna Free would be the best choice:
  • Works on All Platforms. Serna Free is available for all major platforms such as Microsoft Windows (2000, XP, Vista), Linux, Mac OS X, and Sun Solaris/SPARC.
  • Renders Composite Documents in Print-Like Appearance. Composite documents are viewed as a transparent integrated whole in print-like appearance. This is not only visually convenient but also dramatically accelerates the authoring process.

Download Serna Free now! Request a free license for Serna Free!

December 1, 2008

Syntext Releases Serna Enterprise v4.0

Syntext is glad to announce the general availability of Serna Enterprise v4.0. This long-awaited version brings a number of major enhancements and new features:


  • Fresh Look&Feel. Now that Serna has migrated to the Qt graphic library version 4.4.3, you can enjoy the new look&feel of Serna.
  • Improvements for MacOS X. Now fonts are rendered correctly and documents are redrawn properly on MacOS X.
  • DITA ID Management. Serna maintains and validates the uniqueness of DITA elements' IDs within the scope of the parent topic.
  • Enhanced "Print Draft". Documents are printed as drafts correctly on all platforms. Print Draft now can save documents to PDF format.
  • SSL Support. The SSL protocol support provides for secure communication between Serna and an SSL-enabled remote HTTP or WebDAV server.
  • SVG Support. SVG images are now natively supported.
  • ActiveX Support. Serna can now work as an ActiveX control on Windows.

See the detailed list of new features. Download free fully functional trial now!

December 1, 2008

Syntext Launches a New Product Line

Syntext has launched a new simplified Product Line of Syntext Serna WYSIWYG XML editors.

November 20, 2008

Syntext Serna v4.0 Release Candidate 2 is Available

This release fixes a number of issues, including problems with WebDAV locking.

See the detailed release notes. Download free fully functional trial now!

October 31, 2008

Syntext Serna v4.0 Release Candidate is Available
This long-awaited version brings a number of major enhancements and new features:
  • Fresh Look&Feel. Now that Serna has migrated to the Qt graphic library version 4.4.3, you can enjoy the new look&feel of Serna.
  • Improvements for MacOS X. Now fonts are rendered correctly and documents are redrawn properly on MacOS X.
  • DITA ID Management. Serna maintains and validates the uniqueness of DITA elements' IDs within the scope of the parent topic.
  • Enhanced "Print Draft". Documents are printed as drafts correctly on all platforms. Print Draft now can save documents to PDF format.
  • SSL Support. The SSL protocol support provides for secure communication between Serna and an SSL-enabled remote HTTP or WebDAV server.
  • SVG Support. SVG images are now natively supported.
  • ActiveX Support. Serna can now work as an ActiveX control on Windows.

Customers and users are encouraged to try the new version. To test Serna v4, you do not need to uninstall your currently set up Serna version 3.x. Use your current license. We are looking forward to your suggestions! Please feel free to participate in Serna users mailing-list.

See the detailed list of new features. Download free fully functional trial now!

September 3, 2008

Syntext Releases Serna v4.1 Beta

This release fixes a number of stability issues. See the detailed list of fixed bugs.

Customers and users are encouraged to try the new beta. In order to test Serna v4.1 Beta, you do not need to uninstall your currently set up Serna version 3.x. Use your current license for Serna v4.1 Beta. We are looking forward to your suggestions! Please feel free to participate in Serna users mailing-list.

Download free fully functional trial now!

July 29, 2008

Syntext Releases Serna v3.8

This release brings a number of DITA-related enhancements, including DITA ID management to maintain and validate the uniqueness of DITA elements' IDs within the scope of the parent topic, SSL protocol support and ISO-8859-15 encoding support. Also, a number of stability issues were fixed. See the detailed list of new features. Download free fully functional trial now!

July 23, 2008

Syntext Serna v3.8 Release Candidate 3 is Available

This release fixes problems with WebDAV locking in case of an incorrect response from a WebDAV server on Mac OS X and Sun Solaris 8. See the detailed release notes. Download free fully functional trial now!

July 15, 2008

Syntext Serna v3.8 Release Candidate 2 is Available

This release fixes problems with WebDAV locking in case of an incorrect response from a WebDAV server. See the detailed release notes. Download free fully functional trial now!

June 25, 2008

Syntext Serna v3.8 Release Candidate is Available

This release brings a number of DITA-related enhancements, including DITA ID management to maintain and validate the uniqueness of DITA elements' IDs within the scope of the parent topic, SSL protocol support and ISO-8859-15 encoding support. Also, a number of stability issues were fixed. See the detailed release notes. Download free fully functional trial now!

June 18, 2008

Syntext Releases Serna v4.0 Beta
This long-awaited version brings a number of major enhancements and new features:
  • Fresh Look&Feel. Now that Serna has migrated to the Qt graphic library version 4, you can enjoy the new look&feel of Serna.
  • Enhanced "Print Draft". Documents are printed as drafts correctly on all platforms. Print Draft now can save documents to PDF format.
  • DITA ID Management. Serna maintains and validates the uniqueness of DITA elements' IDs within the scope of the parent topic.
  • SSL Support. The SSL protocol support provides for secure communication between Serna and an SSL-enabled remote HTTP or WebDAV server.
  • SVG Support. SVG images are now natively supported.
  • Fixed MacOS X Issues. Now fonts are rendered correctly and documents are redrawn properly on MacOS X.

Customers and users are encouraged to try the new beta. In order to test Serna v4 you do not need to uninstall your currently set up Serna version 3.x. We are looking forward to your suggestions! Please feel free to participate in Serna users mailing-list.

See the detailed list of new features. Download free fully functional trial now!

May 7, 2008

Syntext Releases Serna v3.7

This release brings native platform support for Solaris 8 (Sun SPARC) and Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). A number of stability issues were fixed.

See the detailed list of new features. Download free fully functional trial now!

April 30, 2008

Syntext Serna v3.7 Release Candidate 2 is Available

This release fixes the bug that didn't let Serna work on SUSE 10.2. See the detailed release notes. Download free fully functional trial now!

April 24, 2008

Syntext Serna v3.7 Release Candidate is Available

This release brings native platform support for Solaris 8 (Sun SPARC) and Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). Also, a number of stability issues were fixed. See the detailed release notes. Download free fully functional trial now!

March 19, 2008

Syntext Releases Serna v3.6

This release brings Paginated/Normal document view and a number of DITA-related enhancements, including enhanced DITA usability tools simplifying topic creation and work with references, conref target navigation, and PDF publishing of DITA documents with Antenna House XSL Formatter. A number of stability issues were fixed.

See the detailed list of new features. Download free fully functional trial now!

March 12, 2008

Syntext Serna v3.6 Release Candidate is Available

This release brings Paginated/Normal document view and a number of DITA-related enhancements, including enhanced DITA usability tools and PDF publishing of DITA documents with Antenna House XSL Formatter. Also, a number of stability issues were fixed. See the detailed release notes. Download free fully functional trial now!