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Questions about backing up,
restoring, and transferring your data:
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Problems uploading GEDCOM files
to websites |
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As default, RootsMagic exports GEDCOM files
in UTF-8 format. To change this to ANSI do the following:
1 - Right-click on the GEDCOM file and select "Open
with" - "Notepad" (or "Wordpad")
2 - Click "Save as" and change the "Encoding"
option to "ANSI"
3 - Click "Save" |
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How transfer data
with pictures (RM to RM) |
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1. Click "Tools" - "Create a
shareable CD"
2. Continue through the wizard and click "I will burn
it later"
3. Navigate to "C:\Documents and Settings\XXXX\Application
data\RootsMagic\Shareable CD" and copy the contents to
a memory stick (replace "XXXX" with your username)
4. Copy the Shareable CD data to the other PC and then open
it in RootsMagic
The same process applies to RM3 except the folder is called
"CDprog".
If you cannot see the "Application Data" folder you
will need to change your folder options to display hidden files
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How to open RM3 files in RM4 (Vista) |
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1. Run RootsMagic 3
2. Open your v3 database
3. Do "File > Copy" from the RM3 menu
4. Copy the database to a folder outside the program files folder
(like Documents)
5. Run RM4 and import that copy of your v3 data |
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"Access
denied" error message when trying to open RM3 database
in RM4 |
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Copy the database files outside
of the "Program Files" folder. Vista security restricts
usage of files in this folder. |
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How do I backup my
data? |
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| Backing up to CD
1 - Start RootsMagic
2 - Go to "File" - "Backup"
3 - Select "CD-ROM"
4 - Name the backup file
5 - Click "Begin Backup"
6 - Insert a blank CD in to your drive
7 - Click "Burn CD/DVD"
Backing up to you hard drive (floppy, memory stick etc)
1 - Start RootsMagic
2 - Go to "File" - "Backup"
3 - Select "Floppy disk, hard drive, USB drive, etc"
4 - Click "Begin backup"
5 - Name the backup file and choose a destination to save
to
6 - Click "Save"
Saving backup files located on your hard drive to CD
1 - Open your CD burning software (e.g. Nero, Sonic easy CD)
2 - Insert blank CD
3 - Navigate to your backup file and add it to the selection
(for details on this procedure please consult the help files
for your CD burning software"
4 - Burn CD |
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How do I import a GEDCOM file? |
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1 - Start RootsMagic
2 - Click "File" - "Close" to close any
open databases
3 - Click "File" - "Import" - "GEDCOM
file..."
4 - Use the "Look in" box to navigate to where your
GEDCOM file is kept
5 - Select the file and click "Open"
6 - When asked, click "Yes" to create a new database
7 - Choose a name for your new database and click "Save"
8 - Click "OK" for the database options
9 - Click "Begin import" |
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How do I open backup files (*.zip)?
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| To restore a backup
file into RootsMagic you must do the following:
1 - Open RootsMagic
2 - Go to "File" - "Restore backup..."
3 - Click the top "Browse" button
4 - Navigate to where your backup file (*.zip) has been saved
and press "Ok"
5 - Press "Begin restore" |
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How do I retain record numbers
importing a GEDCOM file?
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| Import the GEDCOM into a new,
empty database and check the box to keep original record numbers.
If you do not find a checkbox for "keep original record
numbers" then edit the GEDCOM file SOUR tag to read RootsMagic
e.g.
1 SOUR Legacy change to 1 SOUR RootsMagic |
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How do I transfer data from one
PC to another?
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| There are two stages to this
process. Stage 1 is to create a backup on CD or Memory stick.
Stage 2 is to restore the backup on your new machine.
STAGE 1:
Backing up to CD
1 - Start RootsMagic
2 - Go to "File" - "Backup"
3 - Select "CD-ROM"
4 - Name the backup file
5 - Click "Begin Backup"
6 - Insert a blank CD in to your drive
7 - Click "Burn CD/DVD"
OR
Backing up to you hard drive (floppy, memory stick etc)
1 - Start RootsMagic
2 - Go to "File" - "Backup"
3 - Select "Floppy disk, hard drive, USB drive, etc"
4 - Click "Begin backup"
5 - Name the backup file and choose a destination to save
to
6 - Click "Save"
STAGE 2:
To restore a backup file into RootsMagic you must do the
following:
1 - Open RootsMagic
2 - Go to "File" - "Restore backup..."
3 - Click the top "Browse" button
4 - Navigate to where your backup file (*.zip) has been saved
and press "Ok"
5 - Press "Begin restore"
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Why am I getting the Error message
"Backup not fully restored" (Vista)?
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| Vista does not allow
backups to be restored to the Program Files folder or any
of its sub directories. Try restoring to a different location. |
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Why are some of my Generations
notes not importing (GEDCOM)
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| When you export
notes from Generations they will go across if they were entered
in the "Misc" notes section. If you created other
notes or custom notes titles they would be saved in the GEDCOM
file with non-standard tags. Therefore no other package would
recognise these.
However, it is possible to get all of your facts to display
in the general notes section of RootsMagic by changing the
GEDCOM tag names.
Example:
1 NOTE @N25@
1 MILI @N27@
1 CSTM @N28@
The above is an example of a GEDCOM file from Generations.
Line 1 relates to the "Misc" notes. Lines 2 and
3 relate to a military note and a custom note (that I created).
What you need to do is go through the GEDCOM file and change
the tags for the notes so that they all appear as "NOTE".
This will then force all of the notes to appear in the general
notes section of RootsMagic (after importing the GEDCOM).
Using the above example, the final result should appear as
follows:
1 NOTE @N25@
1 NOTE @N27@
1 NOTE @N28@ |
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How do I increase the font
size in RootsMagic (data entry screens)?
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| You cannot increase
the font size in RootsMagic (apart from charts etc). You can
change the font size for windows by doing the following.
1 - Go to "Start" - "Control panel"
2 - Click on "Display"
3 - When the "Display properties" box appears, click
on "Settings" tab
4 - Click the advanced button
5 - Under "General" is a section for "Display",
change the DPI setting
from 96dpi to
120dpi.
6 - Press ok |
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Why do I get
a "Burn Error" message when creating backup or Shareable
CD?
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| This usually occurs
when the disk you have put into the drive is not blank. On
some CD drives the previous data will not be overwritten therefore
if you are using a CD/RW you will need to format it before
creating a backup. If you are using CD/R you will need to
insert a new blank disk.
Or
Use your CD burning software to manually burn the files to
CD. The files for the shareable CD can be found in C:\Documents
and Settings\user\Application Data\RootsMagic\CDProg\ You
will need to copy the entire contents of this folder to the
CD.
Or
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/bott_03september16.mspx |
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