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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 |
| Easily switch between open databases with a single keystroke |
| Ease of Use |
| Command Palette displays an alphabetical list of commands which you can select from to run directly |
| Home page dashboard (news, files properties, recent files, etc) |
| Navigation |
| Couple view |
| Expand and collapse generations on descendant view |
| Easily switch between different data views (sources, places, tasks, media, etc) without losing your place in those views |
| Editing |
| Open multiple edit person screens at same time |
| Edit screens can remain open while you switch back to the main program to do other things |
| View immediate family members directly from a person's edit screen (timeline) |
| Switch directly to the edit screen of any family member and then instantly switch back |
| Access other data lists (sources, places, tasks, media, etc) w/o having to close Edit Person screen(s) first |
| Live edit for other data types: sources, citations, places, tasks, media, addresses, and more |
| Live hyperlinks inside notes |
| Search |
| Basic, Advanced, WebSearch, Find Everywhere grouped together in an easy to find |
| Search displays list of matching records (rather than making you step through matches) |
| Edit or jump to any person in the search results, then return without having to redo the search |
| 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 |
| Sources and Citations |
| Reusable citations let you create a citation once and then attach it to multiple people or events |
| View uses of sources / citations directly from source / citation list |
| Tasks |
| Create tasks to track things to do, completed research, etc |
| Track dates, goals, results, priority, status, and more |
| Any task can be attached to multiple people |
| Tasks can be attached directly to source or citation 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 |
| Places and Mapping |
| Reversible place list |
| View where a place is used directly on screen |
| Directly edit a person using a place in place list or mapping |
| Map any group of people (not limited to immediate family anymore) |
| Other |
| More colors for color coding |
| Quickly view, add or remove people from multiple groups at once |
| Relative media paths |
| Slide in workflow |