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* View and edit immediate family members directly from a person's edit screen (timeline) | * 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) | * Map any group of people (not limited to immediate family anymore) | ||
| + | * New report and charting engine | ||
* Fan charts | * Fan charts | ||
* Save wall charts to PDF | * Save wall charts to PDF | ||
| − | * Photos on Pedigree view | + | * Save reports directly to .DOCX, .XLSX, and other formats |
| + | * Photos on Pedigree view and Family view individuals | ||
* Expand and collapse generations on descendant view | * Expand and collapse generations on descendant view | ||
* Couple view | * Couple view | ||
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** Tasks can be filtered by any combination of data, people, families, events, places, place details, names, sources, citations, addresses, repositories, media, or folders | ** 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 | ** Quickly filter tasks by repository, address, media, source, citation, place, or person | ||
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* Command pallette | * Command pallette | ||
* More colors for color coding | * More colors for color coding | ||
* Quickly view, add or remove people from multiple groups at once | * Quickly view, add or remove people from multiple groups at once | ||
* Relative media paths | * Relative media paths | ||
Revision as of 19:57, 27 September 2021
Navigation: RootsMagic 8 > Getting Started >
These are the highlights of some of the major new features in RootsMagic 8:
- 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 lists (sources, places, tasks, media, etc) without losing your place in those lists
- 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