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RootsMagic Upgrades & Patches
You can now upgrade to version 4 on CD for only £19.95
or just by download
(Click HERE to jump to patches)
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Patch to update
from RootsMagic 4.x to 4.0.3.0
- Make sure RootsMagic is not running.
- CLICK
HERE to download the latest update file.
- You will be asked if you want to "Open" (or "Run") or "Save"
the file. Choose "Run" or "Open".
- After the file has downloaded it will run. Follow the
prompts.
- You can then start RootsMagic, and do "Help > About" and
make sure it says you are now using version 4.0.3.0.
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List of changes in 4.0.3.0
NEW/CHANGED
- Added an option to select the default starting side-list page
(or use previous side-list page) in Tools > File options
- The Scrapbook report now has an editable title
- The NFS Match screen and Sync screen have been combined into a
single tabbed screen
- Renamed “Tools > Database options” to “Tools
> File options”
FIXED
- Primary facts now works properly in reports, screens, etc.
- Fixed ‘List index out of bounds (-1)’ error when creating
a Fact List
- Fact type “exists” now works properly in search criteria
- Name doesn’t disappear from edit screen list after the name
is edited
- Fixed “Allow close matches” in NameFind in RM Explorer
- Fixed “Sounds like” search for name fields in RM Explorer
- LDS template will now save ordinance statuses if no date or temple
was entered
- Deleting the birth or death for a person removes the year from
the Explorer list
- Citation memorize / paste now includes any images attached to
the citation
- :Age modifier works in sample sentence and customize sentence
in edit screen now
- Alternate name date is now exported to GEDCOM
- Alternate name privacy setting is now exported to GEDCOM
- Fixed a few issues with some source templates
- RM remembers size of Edit Media window
- When importing an older RM (v1-3) file, RM4 defaults new filename
to same name (except with .rmgc extension)
- Fixed some issues when importing some older Family Origins files
- Merging preserves the notes of the person being merged in
- Fixed the random freezing in various New FamilySearch screens
- Fixed error 400 problem when combining records in NFS
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List
of changes in 4.0.2.1
NEW
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Can view and edit place details for places
from the master place list (Lists > Place list)
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Added source templates for Elizabeth Shown Mills’
new Ancestry QuickSheet
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Indexes in reports now support color coding
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Added several color schemes (in addition to
blue) for toolbar and menu colors (blue, silver, green, windows
setting)
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Several reports allow editing title
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Added optional built-in background images for
website creation
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New ordinance reservation list when selecting
“# people are ready for temple ordinances” from
FamilySearch Central
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Added option to exclude RM specific tags when
exporting GEDCOM files
FIXED / UPDATED
- Added hotkeys to numerous screens
- Creating a shareable CD doesn’t hang on collecting media
- Shareable CDs don’t crash when opening the media album
anymore
- Stopped “Windows no disk” errors when accessing
media on drives that don’t exist
- Fixed some search criterias that didn’t work properly
- List of citations for a person/fact/etc now shows page no.
/ details in the list
- When citing an existing source RM4 starts with the cursor in
the first source details field
- Added phone and email to address form display
- Website header font can now be modified in .CSS file
- Added create and modified date to properties form
- Place merge leaves original place in list (w/o checkbox)
- Place details print in website narratives now
- Name in place list report now includes prefix and suffix
- Added hints to toolbar buttons that didn’t have them
- Reader splash screen doesn’t say “Trial Version”
anymore
- Family events in narratives use customized sentences if they
exist
- Narrative websites use customized sentences if they exist
- Customize sentence displays “They” instead of He/She
for family events
- Eliminated extraneous witnesses in shared events in narratives
- Fixed some shared event issues
- Sample sentence supports witnesses on edit individual screen
- Sample sentence supports witnesses on customize sentence screen
- GEDCOM import doesn’t ignore death info if the DEAT tag
has a Y on it
- Changed “General” to “Person” on edit
screen for notes, sources, etc.
- Spaces are trimmed from name parts when saving name in Edit
Person screen
- Fixed issues with a few source templates
- UK edition defaults to using british dictionary now
- NFS matching / searching filters out dups returned by NFS (led
to “Must have 2 people to do a combine” errors)
- RM doesn’t crash anymore when importing a corrupt file
from other programs (SQLite Error 19)
- BEPS prints on pedigree charts when LDS support turned on
- Fixed read of “Needs more information” status from
NFS
- Bibliography prints properly in the Source Report
- Photo tree doesn’t display wrong photos when an ancestor
doesn’t exist
- Gazetteer opens with focus on search field
- Sources in narratives handle template field modifiers (like
[place:reverse]) properly now
- Website image links are lower case to handle servers that lowercase
files and are case sensitive
- FTM import doesn’t crash when invalid source citation
is encountered
- FTM import doesn’t mix up some fact types anymore
- FTM import doesn’t put every description in the place
list anymore
- FTM general sources import properly now
- Short citation includes detail text and comments if enabled
- Note, source, and media checkmarks display for alt names in
Explorer
- Adding a birth (or other life event) over 105 years ago clears
living flag for the person
- Deleting address from Lists > Address removes the link to
it from the person (same for repo)
- Deleting place from Lists > Place list clears place (and
site) for events which used that place
- Seal to spouse prints for parents in group sheets now
- LDS report marriage sealings filter properly now
- If preference file gets corrupt RM will use defaults instead
of freezing
- Merging places preserves all place notes
- Merging places preserves place details
- Chart program doesn’t sometimes revert to trial mode
- Sped up merging a person dragged and dropped onto a copy of
himself
- Reuse duplicate citations now works properly (make sure “Combine
endnotes for each fact” is turned off)
- BIC and other LDS statuses print on group sheets if date is
blank
- Fixed random crashes in publisher when Table of Contents is
added
- Changed Twin Falls Idaho temple code from TFALL to TWINF
- Legacy import now imports “unspecified” citation
links
- Selected date format is used in edit screen and sample sentence
on edit screen
- GEDCOM export strips hard returns out of exported single field
lines
- Display / printing of freeform sources adds punctuation the
same way RM3 did
- Doesn’t display the chapter title in the endnotes when
there is only one chapter/report
- Place list remembers size and position now
- Fixed some age display issues on edit screen
- Main views (pedigree, family, descendant, people) now support
font style (bold/italic) set in options
- Fixed some issues with privatized narrative websites
- Sort date is created even when user presses Alt+V or Alt+O
before moving out of the date field
- Sort date is updated when you select a different date from
the calendar in the edit screen
- Bibliography can now print even when footnotes / endnotes are
turned off
Patch to update from RootsMagic 3.x to 3.2.6
- Make sure RootsMagic is not running.
- CLICK HERE
to download an update file to update RootsMagic from 3.x to 3.2.6.
- You will be asked if you want to "Open" (or "Run") or "Save"
the file. Choose "Run" or "Open".
- After the file has downloaded it will run. Follow the
prompts.
- You can then start RootsMagic, and do "Help > About" and
make sure it says you are now using version 3.2.6.
Patch to update from RootsMagic 2.x to 2.04a
CLICK
HERE to download a patch to update RootsMagic from 2.x to 2.04a.
Patch to update from Roots Magic
1.x to 1.04b
CLICK HERE
to download a patch to update RootsMagic 1.x to version
1.04b.
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