Whats New

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

  • Native MacOS support
  • 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)
  • Fan charts
  • Save wall charts to PDF
  • Photos on Pedigree view
  • 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
  • New report and charting engine
  • Command pallette
  • More colors for color coding
  • Quickly view, add or remove people from multiple groups at once
  • Relative media paths