Update History

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8.1.7 - 17 FEB 2022

• New: Ages are now displayed for events in the People view side panel
• New: Task List report can optionally print all people using each task
• Fixed: Custom events work properly with FamilySearch now
• Fixed: Issues with sources not uploading to Ancestry when re-uploading a previously disconnected tree. Disconnect the tree (even if it already is) and then upload it.
• Fixed: Can select all ordinances on FamilySearch screen by clicking column header
• Fixed: Mac crashes with some features run from Command Palette on second monitor
• Fixed: Mac crashes with "Customize Add Person" on second monitor
• Fixed: Find everywhere searches Citation name now
• Fixed: Find everywhere searches addresses and repositories now
• Fixed: When selecting multiple people (like when sharing facts) you can now enter a record number in the search field
• Fixed: Numerous small bugs
• Fixed: Cosmetic issues

8.1.6 - 9 FEB 2022

• New: Can now share facts with multiple people at once
• New: No longer need to save fact before selecting Place Details
• New: List of citations for a fact now display both source name and citation name
• New: Add Parents will now prompt to add a marriage event after adding father and mother
• New: Added double click selecting to a bunch of lists (Add person, Add source, etc)
• New: Box charts now can print a Place Index
• New: Custom reports can now save to Excel and CSV
• Fixed: Numerous crashing bugs on Mac
• Fixed: Numerous freezing bugs on Mac
• Fixed: Source hyperlinks on FamilySearch Share Data info panels now work
• Fixed: Adding media tag wasn't letting you to set primary checkbox
• Fixed: Narrative report pictures for children weren't aligning properly
• Fixed: Sort dates were incorrect when importing from RootsMagic 1-3
• Fixed: Adding existing source and existing citation displayed wrong footnote
• Fixed: Occasional crashes when closing FamilySearch Central
• Fixed: Crash when adding a note from RootsMagic to FamilySearch
• Fixed: Now removes a person from the FamilySearch "Changed" list after viewing the person
• Fixed: Numerous small bugs
• Fixed: Cosmetic issues

8.1.5 - 3 JAN 2022

• Fixed: Setting primary media wasn't sticking

8.1.4 - 31 DEC 2021

• Fixed: FamilySearch WebSearch (broke when FS changed the search parameters)
• Fixed: Source problems when using the Back button when Adding a Source
• Fixed: Added "Slate" back to the color coding color grid
• Fixed: Downloading from Ancestry would duplicate source repository for each citation
• Fixed: Date Edited is preserved on GEDCOM and Drag and Drop
• Fixed: Clicking Shared icon in Edit Person list opens Shared panel now
• Fixed: Clicking root position on Pedigree view when a couple w/ no children now adds the new person as a child
• Fixed: Changing a media item now updates the thumbnail
• Fixed: SQLite error on Task "Select Folder" search
• Fixed: Numerous small bugs
• Fixed: Cosmetic issues

8.1.3 - 2 DEC 2021

• Fixed: Saving or backing up to Dropbox on Mac now works
• Fixed: Overlapping images on narrative reports
• Fixed: Family Group Sheet now includes the description field for facts
• Fixed: Edit button on media viewer now uses the "open" association making it easier to select your desired media viewing program
• Fixed: Note editor Ctrl+V is now paste and Ctrl+Shift+V is now paste as plain text
• Fixed: Family Origins import
• Fixed: Pressing Enter when transcribing on the Edit Media form would close the screen
• Fixed: Adding a child to a single male now includes the father's surname
• Fixed: Life span (1800-1895) now uses Chr/Bur if Birth/Death aren't available (on pedigree, family, and descendant views)
• Fixed: A backup with media created on Windows didn't restore media properly on Mac
• Fixed: A backup with media created on Mac didn't restore media properly on Windows
• Fixed: Deleting citations could accidentally delete the source
• Fixed: Adding a person to RM from FamilySearch now includes any ordinances
• Fixed: Sending a source from RM to FamilySearch would swap Christen and Death tags
• Fixed: Copying a relative from RM to FamilySearch now properly links the person in FamilySearch
• Fixed: Copying an event from RM to FamilySearch now updates FamilySearch side
• Fixed: Copying a relative from RM to FamilySearch now updates FamilySearch side
• Fixed: Minor fixes
• Fixed: Cosmetic issues

8.1.2 - 18 NOV 2021

• New: Image viewer now includes media fields (caption, description, etc) to allow transcription, tagging, etc. while zoomed
• New: Marriage year is displayed for spouses and parents in Info bar
• New: Selecting a spouse or parents in Info bar now makes it the current spouse or parents for the person
• Fixed: Issues when switching from Couple view to Pedigree view
• Fixed: Report titles using [Person] or [Couple] had last letter cut off
• Fixed: Source templates using [Person] had last letter cut off
• Fixed: Footnote section on Edit Citation panel is adjustable in height
• Fixed: Minor fixes
• Fixed: Cosmetic issues

8.1.1 - 10 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