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These are the highlights of some of the major new features in RootsMagic 8:
| style="text-align:left;" | What's New in RootsMagic 8 |
|---|---|
| General Features | |
| 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 |