Rootsmagic 8 community preview software#

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Tasks are easily attached to people, sources, media, and more while being quickly searched and filtered. To-do items, correspondence lists, and research logs have been brought together into streamlined 'tasks'. Reusable citations let you create a citation once and then attach it to multiple people or events. Wallcharts have been rebuilt from the ground-up, giving beautiful new features and coloring as well as one of most-requested features- fancharts. Reports and charts may be saved in newer, more compatible formats including Microsoft Word. Advanced searching tools have all been grouped together into one easy screen. Lists of data now have their own search box, allowing you to quickly find matching items. You can even view switch to the edit screen of any family member and then instantly switch back. All of a person's information is now accessible from their edit screen.

Rootsmagic 8 community preview software#

You can also use other software features while the edit screen is open.

You may now have more than one person's edit screen open at a time. The new 'Couple View' and expandable 'Descendants View' give you new insights into your families.

The new main window lets you switch between different screens (people, sources, places, tasks, media, etc.) without losing your place. This foundation ensures that we'll be able to support future technologies and amazing new features. RootsMagic has been rewritten to work with the latest operating systems and genealogical technologies, including native support for MacOS.