Whats New

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These are the highlights of some of the major new features in RootsMagic 8:

What's New in RootsMagic 8
General Features
Complete rewrite to work with the latest genealogical technologies and create a foundation for future functionality
Runs under Windows 7 (SP1+), Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11 (future)
Native MacOS support
Run RootsMagic directly from a flash drive on Windows, Mac, or both
Open databases in separate windows to support multiple monitors
Ease of Use
Command Palette displays an alphabetical list of commands which you can select from to run directly
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
Easily switch between different data views (sources, places, tasks, media, etc) without losing your place in those views
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)
Printing and Reports
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
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
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