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These are the highlights of some of the major new features in RootsMagic 8: | These are the highlights of some of the major new features in RootsMagic 8: | ||
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| + | |Runs under Windows 7 (SP1+), Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11 (future) | ||
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| + | * Complete rewrite to work with the latest genealogical technologies and create a foundation for future functionality | ||
* Native MacOS support | * Native MacOS support | ||
* Run RootsMagic directly from a flash drive on Windows, Mac, or both | * Run RootsMagic directly from a flash drive on Windows, Mac, or both | ||
Revision as of 01:47, 28 September 2021
Navigation: RootsMagic 8 > Getting Started >
These are the highlights of some of the major new features in RootsMagic 8:
| RootsMagic Essentials |
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| General Features |
| Y |
| Y |
| Runs under Windows 7 (SP1+), Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11 (future) |
- Complete rewrite to work with the latest genealogical technologies and create a foundation for future functionality
- Native MacOS support
- Run RootsMagic directly from a flash drive on Windows, Mac, or both
- Open databases in separate windows to support multiple monitors
- Easily switch between different data views (sources, places, tasks, media, etc) without losing your place in those views
- Live edit for sources, places, tasks, media, etc
- Open multiple edit screens at same time
- Access other data lists (sources, places, tasks, media, etc) w/o having to close Edit Person screen(s) first
- Persistent search results let you switch to other screens / data w/o having to regenerate search
- View and edit immediate family members directly from a person's edit screen (timeline)
- Map any group of people (not limited to immediate family anymore)
- New report and charting engine
- Fan charts
- Save wall charts to PDF
- Save reports directly to .DOCX, .XLSX, and other formats
- Photos on Pedigree view and Family view individuals
- Expand and collapse generations on descendant view
- Couple view
- Reusable citations
- View uses of sources / citations directly from source / citation list
- Tasks (all new)
- Tasks can be attached to multiple people
- Tasks can be attached to actual (multiple) source records
- Tasks can be attached to multiple media, addresses, or repositories
- Tasks can be filtered by any combination of data, people, families, events, places, place details, names, sources, citations, addresses, repositories, media, or folders
- Quickly filter tasks by repository, address, media, source, citation, place, or person
- Command pallette
- More colors for color coding
- Quickly view, add or remove people from multiple groups at once
- Relative media paths
- Home page dashboard (news, files properties, recent files, etc
- Reversible place list
- View where a place is used directly on screen
- Directly edit a person using a place in place list or mapping
- Slide in workflow