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RootsMagic Upgrades & Patches
You can now upgrade to version 4 on CD for only £19.95
or just by download
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Patch
to update from RootsMagic 4.x to 4.0.7.1
- 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 4.0.7.1.
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List of changes in
4.0.7.0
NEW
- Added “Use standardised place” button when editing
a place from the master place list
- Streamlined NFS features
FIXED
- Source list now prints all occurrences of multiple citations
of the same source for the same fact
- Fixed a problem with longitude sometimes having the wrong E,
W designator
- Fixed problem with non-admin, non-power users getting a “Can’t
save application settings” when exiting from RM
- Importing a GEDCOM with more than 2 addresses for a person doesn’t
hang anymore
- Merging doesn’t put — MERGED NOTE — when one
record has a note but the other doesn’t
- Record number doesn’t print for the spouse of children
in narratives anymore
- Nickname delimiter (parens vs quotes) honored in website narratives
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List of changes in
4.0.6.0
NEW
- Added blank reports (pedigree chart, group sheet, cemetery record
log, correspondence log, research log)
- Added Print button to the Count Trees screen
- Added Print button to the Relationship Calculator screen
- Added option to display birth year in side list index
- Added option to display record number in side list index
- Marriage list report can now print marriage rec# with any sort
order (as an option)
- Any events which don’t fit on a printed calendar print
on an overflow page at the end of the calendar
- Double clicking a fact in RM Explorer now opens the edit screen
to that fact in edit mode
- Added “Edit Family” button to problem list
- Added RootsMagic Launcher to manually start RM on flash drive
since Vista now disables autorun on removable drives
- Installer will warn if you try to install on a removable drive
(use RM to go instead)
- Added Oquirrh Mountain temple to LDS temple list
FIXED
- Direct line children in ancestor narrative now show spouse /
marriage information
- Doing “Add multiple people” when sharing a fact
now assigns a default role (which can be changed for each person)
- When deleting a shared fact, RM will warn you that it will delete
the fact for everyone sharing it
- Named groups side list is now updated when you change colour
coding for a person
- Alternate names in family group sheets now reference the correct
sources
- Family sources are now printed on group sheets
- Sources now print in group sheets for LDS facts
- Replacing a “submitted” ordinance with the actual
ordinance in the NFS sync screen now clears “submitted”
in the RM fact
- Unlinked non-image media items now show broken link in media
gallery and media albums
- Fixed the format that latitude and longitude are exported to
GEDCOM
- Lat/Long and Media for place details are transferred via GEDCOM
- Mapping screen (Tools > Mapping) remembers size and position
- Fact types turned off for individual summaries aren’t
printed in the summaries anymore
- The title of a text page in publisher appears in the table of
contents (instead of “Text page”)
- [Husband] and [Wife] fields now work properly in narrative report
sentence templates
- :Age and :Role modifiers now work for [ThisPerson] in witness
sentence templates
- Helper status bar now shows on File > FamilySearch > FamilySearch
Import when in helper mode
- Living flag is cleared during FO import if person has a death-like
fact or over 105 years old
- Publisher can print blank pages that appear at the very front
of a publisher book
- Todo report doesn’t print false repository when todo item
doesn’t have a repository
- RootsMagic on flash drive (To-Go) can find place database on
computers w/o RM installed
- Deleting places and place details removes media links to those
items
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List of changes in
4.0.5.0
NEW
- Children in narrative reports that are in the next generation
now print birth, marr, and death info in the child list
- Added “Search > Move to primary position” to
move the highlighted person (really only useful in pedigree and
descendant views)
- Added a button to FamilySearch match and sync screen to view
the person on the FamilySearch website
- Added birth year to FamilySearch sync screen for relationships
(both RM and FS sides)
- Added FamilySearch import to import a tree from New FamilySearch
into an RM file (File > FamilySearch > FamilySearch Import)
Added Remove to the FamilySearch ordinance request screen to unreserve
names
FIXED / CHANGED
- Colour coding now works on Timeline Chart
- Spaces are trimmed from name parts when adding a new person
- If short footnote is left blank, RM will use the full citation
in its place
- Changed default for colour coding to “Highlighted person”
- Box charts in wordwrap mode don’t sometimes truncate a
person’s info anymore
- RM warns you when you try to print a group sheet that would
be blank
- GEDCOM import doesn’t sometimes duplicate city/state/postal
code in second street field anymore
- Drag and drop doesn’t create a blank death fact for people
who had their “Living” flag unchecked
- Disputed or disproven alt names now display red crossout
- Fixed several screens / reports where an “unknown spouse”
could have phantom events
- GEDCOM import / export now supports “proof” settings
- Drag and drop now preserves “proof” settings
- Added person’s name to title of Individual Timeline list
- Source list prints a person’s suffix for citations
- Changing title of descendant list holds now
- NFS sync screen name matching colour coding works properly now
- PAF import handles user defined divorce events now
- When running RM from a flash drive, File > New now defaults
to a folder on the flash drive
- NFS Sync options list repositions if necessary to remain completely
on screen
- Group sheet doesn’t display wrong Seal to Spouse info
when a person wasn’t married
- Submitted ordinances in group sheet print as “Submitted”
instead of date to prevent confusion
- Submitted ordinances in NFS sync screen display as “Submitted”
instead of date to prevent confusion
- Fixed several issues when printing FORs from NFS
- NFS Match and Sync only shows primary names in list (doesn’t
list people multiple times in list anymore)
- Description field in events now transfers back and forth from
NFS
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List of changes in
4.0.4.0
NEW
- Added a feature to fix broken media / image links (in the media
gallery/album do Tools > Fix broken media links)
- Added the ability to enter Helper mode for another person when
using the NFS features
- Added life span (birthyear-deathyear) to parents and children’s
spouses in group sheets
FIXED
- Deleting a fact will now remove the shared copies of that fact
instead of leaving phantom witness records (Note: we are still
working on a way to delete any pre-existing phanton witness records)
- Edit source screen displays Call# in right panel if one exists
- Shouldn’t sometimes change family in family and descendant
view when adding a child
- Double clicking a citation when the citation manager is opened
from Explorer now opens Edit Source screen
- Box charts now include prefix and suffix on names
- FTM import now preserves nicknames entered with quotes like
William “Bill” Jones
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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 colour coding
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Added several colour schemes (in addition to
blue) for toolbar and menu colours (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 customised 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 customise 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 privatised 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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