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7.9.300 - 11 JUN 2021

New: Added right click menus to pedigree, family, descendant, person list, and couple list
New: Added lat/long to places and Place detail lists in places page
New: Shared facts now show the role on the list of people sharing a fact
New: Shared facts now display the role in the label in Edit Person screen
New: Shared facts now display (and allow customizing) the sentence
Fixed: Forms opening too big on low resolution screens
Fixed: Sidebar Index was always moving to first person in list after closing Edit Person screen
Fixed: Shared facts on Edit Person screen now shows "description" if needed
Fixed: Size / position of sentence box for facts on edit screen is now remembered
Fixed: Edit Person form doesn't stay on top of other active applications anymore (Mac)
Fixed: When opening separate window for notes, Enter adds a new line instead of closing note
Fixed: Ancestry download now handles pictures with the same filename
Fixed: Reverse place names on Places page wasn't working
Fixed: Unused places on Places page wasn't working
Fixed: RM7 import now retains correct start view and start side view
Fixed: Add Citation, Add Address, Add Media, Add Person, Add Task, Add Witness screens all remember their size now
Fixed: Hanging issue when a source had more than 500 repositories
Fixed: Adding a source to a GEDCOM import wasn't attaching the source to the items (if user selected that option)
Fixed: Selecting a folder on task page wasn't working
Fixed: Mac hanging when selecting reports from the report list
Fixed: Numerous Mac hanging / crashing issues
Fixed: Endnotes were sometimes displaying formatting codes
Fixed: Numerous report issues
Fixed: When selecting FS from the status icons for a person, it wasn't loading the information
Fixed: Family Group sheet would print blank page if highlighting a person w/ no family (instead of giving a warning)
Fixed: Sources pointing to non-existant templates would crash in reports. Added check to stop that.
New: Selecting places (for merging places, selecting for tags, etc) displays shows details about highlighted place on right of form
Fixed: Numerous minor bug fixes
Fixed: Cosmetic issues

7.9.275 - 28 MAY 2021

New: Added font scaling (70% - 150%). Change in Settings Page, Display view. You will be prompted to restart RootsMagic after making the change for changes to take effect. (KNOWN ISSUES: Family view boxes have overlapped text when first starting RM at high font scalings. For now, moving away from Family page and back will fix it.)
Fixed: Issue with forms opening too large after user switches Windows scaling to higher percentage
Fixed: Typing into search field to filter sources on Source Page, then moving to another page and coming back left the list filtered but search box was blank (also fixed similar issue with Place, Media, Task, and Address pages)
Fixed: Some issues with incorrect citations showing after adding a citation to a source.
Fixed: Add Fact form now centers on Edit Person screen instead of Main window.
Fixed: Reset TreeShare works correctly now.
Fixed: Duplicate list report crashing on Mac
Fixed: Adding a person to new file, then immediately trying to edit the person opened an empty edit screen
New: Help system is being moved to a wiki format: http://wiki.rootsmagic.com. Program help (F1 and menu help) now point to the wiki help.
New: Update History is now on the wiki: http://wiki.rootsmagic.com/wiki/RootsMagic_8:Update_History
Fixed: Numerous crashing bugs
Fixed: Cosmetic changes

7.9.265 - 18 MAY 2021

New: When adding a person, RM will check for duplicates
Fixed: Cursor starts in fields in People > Tools > Date calculator
Fixed: Cursor starts in fields in place list and gazetteer when editing a place
New: When adding a source, address, repository, media, or task to a person/fact, the select page of the Add screen now shows details about the highlighted item in the list
Fixed: Double clicking Person List view or Couple List view would sometimes open the wrong person's edit screen
New: Selecting sources, citations, addresses, repositories, and tasks for media tags (and other places) now shows details about the highlighted item in the list
Fixed: On duplicate search / merge, swapping dups and then merging would crash or freeze
Fixed: When closing the edit screen the sort on the Person List view would always revert back to Name sort
Fixed: Numerous crashing bugs
Fixed: Cosmetic issues

7.9.258 - 10 MAY 2021

Fixed: Research Notes report prints the correct person now
Fixed: Added fact type to Research Notes report
Fixed: Report titles include prefix, nickname and suffix in the name
Fixed: Filter works properly in Task List report now
Fixed: Scrapbook report works for places now
Fixed: "<" and ">" characters print properly in narrative reports now
Fixed: Marriage info in Outline descendant narrative report prints with the correct indentation now
Fixed: Issues with some files not importing completely
Fixed: Moving back and forth between Family View and Couple List View maintains same family
New: Added option to display Edit Person rows on a single line
Fixed: Fact Type and other list forms start with cursor in search field again.
Fixed: Sentence template displays nickname correctly when set to use parentheses
Fixed: Notes save symbols like quotes, angle brackets, em dash, etc correctly (rather than as html code)
Fixed: Fact type and date column width are remembered on Edit Person screen
New: Added update history to online help
Fixed: Crashing bugs
Fixed: Cosmetic issues

7.9.250 - 28 APR 2021

New: Added Copy button to Add Source (select source) form
New: Text is now selectable on note popup
Fixed: Notes save properly now
Fixed: Changed "Pri Name" and "Alt Name" to "Primary Name" and "Alternate Name" in edit screen
Fixed: Crashes in place merge form
Fixed: Crashes in Select Fact Types form for Missing Info report
Fixed: Changed hot keys for History List to Ctrl+Shift+Left and Ctrl+Shift+Right
Fixed: Added "b", "m", and "d" on Family view
Fixed: Added support for FACT tag in GEDCOM import
Fixed: Note editor retains spacing when multiple spaces in a row are entered
Fixed: Various report issues
New: Added more informative error reports for reporting crashes
Fixed: Assorted crashes
Fixed: Cosmetic issues

7.9.245 - 22 APR 2021

New: When adding father RM will prefill surname with child's surname
New: Optimized some lists
Fixed: Shared event sources now show properly when event is selected in Edit Person screen
Fixed: WebTag urls now visible when using hi-contrast grid highlight
Fixed: Customized citations are now remembered properly on Edit Person screen
New: Source and citation detail texts are now displayed in Edit Citation footnote panel
Fixed: Master source "Used" panel now shows all uses of Master source
Fixed: Some Ancestry crashes
Fixed: Some FamilySearch crashes
Fixed: Some reporting crashes
Fixed: Some Mac specific crashes
Fixed: Other random crashes
Fixed: Cosmetic changes

7.9.235 - 12 APR 2021

New: When editing citations, master source media, tasks, etc are grouped with the master source now.
New: Some optimization when opening files
New: Some optimization when navigating
Fixed: Navigation arrows on pedigree and family view don't disappear when hovered over on pure white or black backgrounds
Fixed: Editing the master source when adding a new citation isn't ignored anymore
Fixed: Modifying the footnote on a free form source sometimes wasn't saving
Fixed: Random JSON error when exiting RM8
Fixed: Optimized media thumbnail view
Fixed: Duplicate Search Merge could crash if no duplicates were found
Fixed: Some options on report settings on Mac weren't working
Fixed: Issues with Fix Broken Media Links on Mac
Fixed: Filename was wrapping on Media links on edit screen on Mac
Fixed: Some issues with importing / opening databases linked to TreeShare
New: Added additional error reporting code to assist with fixing report crashes
Fixed: Crashing bugs (especially on Mac)
Fixed: Cosmetic issues

7.9.215 - 1 APR 2021

New: When editing a source citation, you can now view / edit both the master source and citation fields simultaneously
New: Footnote, short footnote, and bibliography display for master sources
New: Changed workflow for sources, tasks, addresses, media, and shared events to be more like RM7
New: Simplified edit panels on Edit Person screen
New: Edit Person screen edit panel now shows count of each item (sources, tasks, addresses, media, shared) rather than long sections of the items themselves
New: Hovering over note row or item count displays popup with note or list of the items (sources, media, tasks, addresses)
New: Clicking the item count (sources, tasks, media, addresses) displays a list of those items.
New: Clicking an icon (sources, media, addresses, tasks) in the Edit Person grid will display a list of those items
New: Clicking an item in the list above will allow editing the item
New: Highlighting an item in the list above (by hovering over the item or clicking the label for the item) will display full details of that item in a display panel.
Fixed: Selecting a file in the file view would open the highlighted file instead of the selected file on touch screen.
Fixed: Ancestry connection is preserved when importing from GEDCOM
Fixed: Ancestry connection is preserved when doing drag and drop
New: Citation quality is displayed for highlighted citation
Fixed: Clicking the gazetteer in Edit Person will pre-fill with the entered place
Fixed: Crash when creating a new "role" for a shared fact on the Edit Person screen
Fixed: Added the ability to remove a person from a shared fact
Fixed: Windows icon
Fixed: Crashing bugs
Fixed: Cosmetic issues

7.9.200 - 18 MAR 2021

New: Search and Replace
New: Find / Find Next added to notes
New: Added new LDS temples
New: Much easier to Add or Remove a Task from a Folder (either from the Task Page or when editing a Task linked to something)
Fixed: If program hangs when loading a file, RM will turn off Auto Load so that it doesn't keep hanging every time you try to start the program.
Fixed: Pictures overwriting each other on some systems
Fixed: Report engine issues
Fixed: Crashing bugs
Fixed: Cosmetic issues

7.9.185 - 11 MAR 2021

New: Updated Task Page
New: Folder list exposed on main Task Page
New: Added Research Log view for selected Folder on Task Page
New: Footnote can be copied from Edit Citation footnote section
Fixed: Editing WebTag and Customize Footnote crashes
Fixed: Crashing in NGSQ narrative report
New: "Combine citations" is false by default
New: New application icon
Fixed: Changing report page size is now remembered for all reports
Fixed: Some report crashes when table cells are too large for a single page
Fixed: Some FamilySearch crashes
Fixed: Crashing bugs
Fixed: Cosmetic fixes

7.9.180 - 4 MAR 2021

New: Added Ancestry and FamilySearch buttons to the side menu for quicker access
Fixed: Did some cleanup on FamilySearch screens
Fixed: Size of FamilySearch person tools screen is remembered
Fixed: Edit screen - default is now non-reversed place names since that's what people are used to (can still change them to reversed as an option)
New: Mapping labels just use the first part of the place (either place detail or city, etc) to reduce overlap
New: Added direct download link for updates as an option
Fixed: Merging sources with the same repository doesn't double up repositories anymore
Fixed: Fixed some FamilySearch login issues
Fixed: Fixed some Ancestry login issues
Fixed: When opening a database, the Settings tab buttons could be overlapped way out on the right
Fixed: Drag and drop was overly sensitive to movement which could make user have to click multiple times to select a person in pedigree or family view
New: Added option to start RM with side menu collapsed
Fixed: Scrollbar arrows on lists now move 1 row
Fixed: Fixed progress bar and sped up "collecting changes" on Ancestry TreeShare
Fixed: Crashing bugs
Fixed: Cosmetic changes

7.9.170 - 1 MAR 2021

New: Media drag/drop on Add Media form
New: Added paste as plain text command in note editor
Fixed: Home page tab only highlights orange when update is available
New: Home page tab displays a count of unread articles
New: Added background rectangle to map labels to make them stand out a little better
New: Added male/female icons on TreeShare
New: Added star on TreeShare to indicate primary name
New: Added lock on TreeShare to indicate private event
New: Added list view on Add Media form
New: Updated list view on Media page
Fixed: Issues when importing larger files
New: Added F2 shortcut for command pallette
Fixed: Program options and folder options are available without loading a database first
Fixed: Addressed some speed issues when opening files or moving between people
Fixed: Crashing bugs
Fixed: Cosmetic issues

7.9.160 - 22 FEB 2021

New: Added a few initial color themes (accessible via new Display view in Settings).
New: People side view can now be on left or right side
New: People side view has info section separated from the other sections so that it is always visible in people view.
New: Info section in people side view has been redesigned with 3 sections (details, spouses/children, parents/siblings)
New: New thumbnail viewer with better performance with large numbers of media
New: Thumbnail viewer displays media type icon for non-image media
New: Thumbnail viewer now displays thumbnail of first page of PDF files
New: Added labels to map markers in Map view
New: Children are numbered in Family view
New: Criteria in Search page can now be left or right
New: Added option to display or hide pictures on Pedigree and Family pages
New: Added parent labels on Family page
New: Added option to not display blue/pink avatars on Pedigree / Family pages when a picture isn't available
Fixed: Scaling of name boxes in Pedigree and Family pages has been cleaned up
Fixed: Blog articles which have been read on the Home page now stay marked "read"
Fixed: Forms sometimes opening huge fixed
Fixed: Running "Clean phantom records" would sometimes break TreeShare links
Fixed: Report icons don't bring up the wrong report when first clicked anymore
Fixed: Removed vertical lines in drop down menus
Fixed: Numerous crashing bugs
Fixed: Cosmetic issues

7.9.150 - 12 FEB 2021

New: Checkbox on Edit Person screen to switch between showing relative events or not
New: Added place mapping (in addition to existing people mapping)
New: Mapping supports place details now
Fixed: Place list could be unresponsive when scrolling
Fixed: RM Explorer would sometimes pop up after closing Edit Person screen
Fixed: Numerous crashing bugs
Fixed: Cosmetic issues

7.9.146 - 9 FEB 2021

New: New note editor with better row spacing, handling of RM7 notes, and right mouse menu
New: Mapping now displays at place detail level
Fixed: Family view displays arrows to right of grandparents even if they don't have parents themselves
Fixed: Sentence on edit person screen shows proper age for relative events (like Death-Father)
Fixed: Several crashing bugs
Fixed: Cosmetic issues

Known issues: Issues pasting into note editor from some sources that place the data onto the clipboard incorrectly

7.9.142 - 4 FEB 2021

Fixed: some redrawing issues when un-collapsing sections in the edit panel
Fixed: occasional crashes caused by collapse / uncollapse
Fixed: crashes when exiting from selecting people for map view
Fixed: scroll wheel and track pad don't accidentally change data in drop lists on edit panel anymore
Fixed: various crashing bugs
Fixed: cosmetic issues

7.9.140 - 3 FEB 2021

New: Can now access/edit master source when editing a citation for a person/fact.
New: Added ability to "collapse" sections in edit panel (citations, media, tasks, etc)
New: Sections display number of items in that section (citations, media, tasks, etc)
New: Streamlined "Add source" dialog to allow both selecting or adding a new source from same form
New: Can select options in edit panel drop lists by typing first character
Fixed: Added / Updated hotkeys: many listed in command pallette, Shift+Ctrl+A=edit, Shift+Ctrl+D=delete, Shift+Ctrl+E=edit on the various pages (places, sources, tasks, etc)
Fixed: Delete key works properly in edit panel again
Fixed: Note editor doesn't require click to begin typing
Fixed: Can select / highlight the citation in Ancestry hints window
Fixed: Citation name now survives drag and drop
Fixed: TMG dates import properly
Fixed: Numerous crashing errors
Fixed: CPU racing when FamilySearch webhints are turned on
Fixed: Cosmetic issues

7.9.130 - 28 JAN 2021

New: Added first batch of hot keys (some are displayed in the Command Pallette, others are Ctrl+A on the source, citation, media, task, address, etc screens for adding a new record)
New: Report viewer now shows a scrollable thumbnail list of all pages
New: New print report/chart dialog
New: Added ability to scale report when printing
New: Added ability to print oversized reports and charts on multiple sheets of paper
New: When editing media for a person/fact, you can now see and edit the tags for that media item
Fixed: WebHint count is now accurate in hover menu
Fixed: Clicking the thumbnail of a file/audio/video on Mac now opens that item in the associated program
Fixed: No more /// in Mac media items on import
Fixed: FamilySearch issues on Mac
Fixed: Crashes when closing WebHint screen on Mac
Fixed: Crashes when closing Problem Alerts on Mac
Fixed: Cosmetic issues

7.9.127 - 25 JAN 2021

Fixed: Added cut/copy/paste hotkeys to edit fields
Fixed: Doesn't crash when closing a second open database
New: Descendant view remembers column widths
Fixed: People list and Couple list don't lose column width settings when resizing or doing search
Fixed: Bitmap too large error when zooming in on large wallcharts
Fixed: Place detail count updates after merging place details
Fixed: Pasting URL into WebTags doesn't paste it into notes anymore
Fixed: Numerous crashing bugs reported through the crash error form in RM8
Fixed: Cosmetic issues

7.9.123 - 22 JAN 2021

Fixed: EPdfErrors "File not found" when creating charts and reports
New: Added Shift+Scroll wheel to chart viewer to zoom
Fixed: Reports and Media now properly use the folders set in Settings > Folders
Fixed: "Object lock not owned" errors
Fixed: Sort dates now support -1, -2 on the end of the sort date again
Fixed: Adding media on Mac using "Documents" doesn't gray out PDF, DOCX, and other formats anymore
Fixed: Various Ancestry TreeShare issues
Fixed: Various FamilySearch issues
Fixed: Various random crashes
Fixed: Cosmetic issues

7.9.120 - 19 JAN 2021

New: Added "Fix broken media links"
Fixed: Mac media import for crossover users
Fixed: Edit screen now works properly from WebHints
Fixed: Edit screen now works properly from Problem alerts
Fixed: Edit screen now works properly from FamilySearch
Fixed: Edit screen now works properly from Ancestry screen
Better error / crash reporting to help us find some of the trickier crashes
Cosmetic fixes and enhancements

7.9.115 - 15 JAN 2021

Fixed: Group sheet now uses user labels for Father / Mother
Fixed: Media paths on GEDCOM import on Mac
Fixed: Media paths on direct RM7 import on Mac
Fixed: Numerous freezing issues with FamilySearch
Fixed: Numerous freezing issues with Ancestry
Fixed: RootsMagic and Ancestry list scroll together on Ancestry TreeShare screen
Fixed: Accepted / Rejected buttons work on Ancestry WebHints screen
Cosmetic fixes

7.9.112 - 12 JAN 2021

Fixed: Error when adding or deleting facts on person edit screen
Fixed: Opening Ancestry WebHints in RM7 and RM8 at same time doesn't generate error anymore
Fixed: Some FamilySearch freeze issues
Fixed: No more duplicate file names showing on File page
New: Media links on facts, etc show just file name (rather than full path)
Fixed: Support for ~/ in media filenames on Mac
Fixed: Clicking in "found files"
New: Improved crash error reporting
Fixed: Cosmetic issues

7.9.110 - 11 JAN 2021

New: after adding a new fact, the fact is put into edit mode
New: added PlaceClean to the Place Page menu
Fixed: Ancestry WebHints update screen OK and Cancel buttons weren't working
Fixed: Left keyboard key on child in Family view now moves to next generation
New: The Place, Sources, Media, Tasks, and Address pages now start with the cursor in the search field for the page
Fixed: Buttons to switch between views on the pages were sometimes erratic
New: Double clicking a thumbnail in the media view opens the viewer
New: Added Memorize/Paste for source citations
Fixed: Sentence displays properly for DNA fact type
New: The footnote updates as citation details are typed in

7.9.107 - 8 JAN 2021

Fixed: FamilySearch wasn't prompting for login if you entered an invalid password
Fixed: Ancestry wasn't prompting for login if you entered an invalid password
Fixed: TreeShare download sometimes wouldn't include sources (Mac)
Fixed: TreeShare download sometimes wouldn't include media (Mac)
Fixed: TreeShare compare screen on Mac would sometimes freeze
Fixed: FamilySearch import includes ordinance information
Fixed: FamilySearch import sometimes wouldn't complete
Fixed: FamilySearch AutoMatch issues
Fixed: Freezing issues with FamilySearch Central
New: Enhanced error reporting that provides us with more details to help track down crashes (no user identifying info)

7.9.105 - 5 JAN 2021

Fixed: Icons on File page don't overwrite each other when resizing
Fixed: Icons on Publish page don't overwrite when resizing
Fixed: Avatars on pedigree and family view don't overwrite when navigating or resizing
Fixed: Icons in side view don't overwrite or turn into green blocks
Fixed: Ancestry TreeShare doesn't affect RM7 TreeShare anymore
Fixed: Place list is updated after TreeShare download
Fixed: Source list is updated after TreeShare download
Fixed: Media page is updated after TreeShare download
Fixed: Progress on TreeShare improved
New: Edit Person button added to WebHints form

7.9.103 - 4 JAN 2021

Fixed: Installer no longer prompts or tries to uninstall previous versions of RM
Fixed: No longer creates log files in the documents folder
Fixed: No longer pops up Ancestry login when autologin is selected (unless the username/pw is wrong)
Fixed: Ancestry WebHints appear more consistently
Fixed: Ancestry WebHints screen operates properly now
Fixed: Crashing on Macs when closing various forms
Fixed: Select button on Explorer (Mac) sometimes didn't work
Fixed: Some help file issues
Fixed: Minor cosmetic issues

7.9.101 - 1 JAN 2021

Fixed: media issues on Mac (such as missing "/" in file path, inability to open media, etc).
Fixed: random StringList exception errors
Fixed: invalid typecast errors when creating large charts
New: added option to open last closed file when starting program

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