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8.1.1 - 11 NOV 2021
- New: Added support for "modern" (Edge) browser in WebSearch. NOTE: If you still get the old IE browser after updating, you may need to download and install the update directly to get the necessary files installed https://rootsmagic.com/download/rootsmagic-8/.
- New: Added "View" and "Edit" buttons for edit media panel. "View" displays images in viewer. "Edit" opens the media item in the media editing program associated with the media type.
- New: View media is now a modeless window to allow transcribing data from image
- New: Added Edit Date to Edit person form
- Fixed: Program wouldn't open properly on some systems
- Fixed: Media drag and drop didn't work properly on some systems
- Fixed: Mapping markers wouldn't work properly on some systems
- Fixed: Numerous Windows display issues when scaling is greater than 100%
- Fixed: Issue with "out of memory" when downloading large Ancestry trees
- Fixed: Can now "Unmatch" from a person that has been deleted on FamilySearch
- Fixed: Changes through Ancestry or FamilySearch didn't update Edit Date for person
- Fixed: Numerous small FamilySearch issues
- Fixed: Numerous small Ancestry issues
- Fixed: Some Mac printing issues
- Fixed: Minor fixes
- Fixed: Cosmetic issues
8.1.0 - 1 NOV 2021
- New: Added Custom Reports
- Fixed: Ctrl+V now pastes w/o the formatting. Ctrl+Shift+V is now "Paste formatted"
- Fixed: Paste formatted no longer crashes w/ "Unexpected error"
- Fixed: Opening Edit Person from Places > Events wasn't showing person's name in sentence
- Fixed: When deleting place details, it was possible to accidentally delete the place instead
- Fixed: Deleting a fact now updates the Edit Date
- Fixed: Add citation was opening with master source expanded which could lead to a user changing the master source unwittingly
- Fixed: Minor fixes
- Fixed: Cosmetic issues
8.0.4 - 11 OCT 2021
- New: Added Alt+XXXX support for entering diacritics in Windows
- New: Added character map (Ctrl+T or right click menu) for edit fields and notes
- New: Wiki article on entering diacritics ( Entering International Characters)
- New: Added color grid to Color Coding for selecting color
- Fixed: Program now asks for confirmation before overwriting a GEDCOM file
- Fixed: Source fields don't strip off leading 0's anymore
- Fixed: Entering a diacritic on Mac doesn't insert an extra character anymore
- Fixed: Minor fixes
- Fixed: Cosmetic issues
8.0.1 - 2 OCT 2021
- New: Selecting File > Open to try and open a RootsMagic 7 file now directs the user to Import
- Fixed: Beta testers with expired keys can now open in Essentials mode to Reset the registration key (Ctrl+Shift+U) to enter their real key
- Fixed: Some Ancestry and FamilySearch login issues
- Fixed: Cosmetic issues
8.0.0 - 30 SEP 2021
- Official version release of RootsMagic 8