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RootsMagic 4 has been
completely rewritten to be easier and more powerful than ever. Compare our
features with any other genealogy software, or better yet, download our free
trial and take it for a spin. While every part of RootsMagic 4 is new, we
have highlighted those features that are "especially" new and have linked them
to our blog where we described them in more detail. If you don’t feel like
clicking on all those links, there is, of course,
the PDF book compiled by one of our faithful users which has all of those
articles in one convenient place.
General Features
- Runs
under Windows Vista, XP, and 2000
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System
requirements: 64MB RAM, 160MB hard drive space, CDROM drive
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Available
on CD or by download
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RootsMagic To-Go lets you run
RootsMagic (program AND data) directly off your flash drive -
Switch between pedigree, family, descendant, people list, or WebSearch views
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View 5 or 6 generations at once on the pedigree view
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View 2 through 7 generations at once on the descendant view
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Person View gives a list
view of everyone in your database
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Easily
track multiple relationships, such as adoptions, foster
parents, etc
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Single-file database format
- Integrated
backup and restore help safeguard your data
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Back up directly to CD
Easy to Learn and Use
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Easier file management
- Family
members are automatically linked as you add them
- Automatically
checks for duplicates as you add people
- Just
double click on a person's name to edit that person
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Streamlined edit screen is
the easiest to use data entry screen available
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RootsMagic
Explorer lets you easily find and edit anyone in your family
tree
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Sidebar on main screen
makes navigation easy
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Resize edit and search dialogs to see as much information as you
want
- Customize
the tool bar to include the functions you use most
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Color-coded record comparisons makes it easy to spot differences
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Easy
to use Explorer-like help system
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Video tutorial included on CD
Organize Your Information
- Open
multiple databases on screen at the same time
- Drag
and drop people between databases
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Automatically link dragged people into the other database
- Open
multiple copies (and views) of the same database
- Add
unlimited
people, facts/events, notes, sources, and more
- 60 predefined fact types (birth, marriage, death, occupation,
religion, etc)
- Create your own
user defined fact types
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Sharing events among multiple people lets you assign witnesses or other people involved in an
event
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Named Groups of People lets you
create groups you can use in reports or other areas
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See a person's age at every event on their edit page
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Add private events that you can suppress from printing or
exporting
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Add private notes that you can suppress from printing or
exporting
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Alternate names in lists
makes it easy to find a person by their other names
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DNA test recording
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Display relationships to root person on status bar
Publish Your Family History
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Make Shareable CDstm to give to others, with custom menu and a
read-only version of RootsMagic
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RootsMagic
Publisher lets you create complete books with narrative,
notes, charts, photos, source bibliography, index, and more.
- Include cover
and title pages, copyright, dedication, acknowledgement, preface
pages
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Include table of contents
- Include free form text pages
- Customize your index format and number of columns
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Place index in reports
- Print to printer,
Adobe Acrobat (PDF), or export to your word processor (RTF)
- Customize
headers, footers, margins, fonts for any printout
Spectacular Wall Charts
- Ancestor Wall Charts in any orientation (left to right, bottom
to top, etc)
- Descendant Wall Charts in any orientation (top to bottom, left
to right, etc)
- Hourglass Charts (combined ancestors and descendants) in any
orientation (top to bottom, left to right, etc)
- Timeline Charts
- Drag and drop to resize and move individual boxes
- Add a background image or color
- Print charts up to 57 feet wide
- Print charts on regular size paper and tape together, or print
on large format printer
- Export charts to JPG, EMF, and other graphic formats
- Add freeform text, photos, and shapes to your charts
Reports
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Improved report engine
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Direct e-mailing of reports
from the print preview
- Pedigree
Charts (standard and cascading)
- Family
Group Sheets
- Narrative
reports (modified
register, register (NEHGS), indented descendancy, Henry descendancy, D'Aboville
descendancy, and ancestor)
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Select the
size of pictures in narrative reports (books)
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Include
pictures in narrative reports printed to rich text (RTF) files
- Ancestor
and descendant box charts
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Print
color coding in pedigree charts, group sheets, box charts,
narrative reports, wall charts, ahnentafel, descendant list, and
timelines
- Individual
summary prints everything you know about a person
- Calendars
with birthdays and anniversaries
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Improved custom report designer
- Relationship
chart shows exactly how two people are related
- Scrapbook
of pictures for people, families, sources, and places
- Address
labels for mailings
- Dozens
of lists
Multimedia
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Improved multimedia handling
- Attach
photographs, sound clips, video clips and documents to any person,
family, place,
source, or event
- Scan
photos directly into RootsMagic
Photo
editor lets you adjust sharpness, brightness, contrast, and
rotate and zoom images
- Include
photos in your books, group sheets, and other printouts
Documenting Your Family History
- SourceWizard
automatically writes proper sources for you
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Improved SourceWizard based
on Evidence!, Evidence Explained, and Cite Your Sources
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Customizable sentence templates means you aren't limited by built-in source types
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BCG-standard source qualities lets you examine your evidence the way the professionals do
- Add
notes and stories/notes to any fact or person
- Easy
to use source list tracks all your documentation
(certificates, census, books, etc)
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Easily merge duplicate sources from the master source list
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Add a source to multiple people at once
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Easily make a copy of a source
- Enter
each source only once, then reuse it elsewhere
- Add a
global source to each person when importing a GEDCOM file.
- Track
repositories where the sources are found
- Print
your documentation (notes and sources) in your reports, summaries, and forms
Internet Features
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Integrated WebSearch
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New FamilySearch certified synchronization (here are some
tutorials)
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Automatically
create a website including photos, notes, sources, index,
surname list, GEDCOM file, email, etc
- Six
types of websites: pedigree charts, group sheets, combo
pedigree chart / group sheet, descendant narrative, ancestor
narrative, alphabetical narrative
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CSS-styled websites
- Add
your own links to your home page
- "Privatize"
living persons in your website
- Automatically
check for updates to your software
- Family
Reunion Planner
Research Features
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GenSmarts
integration to get research suggestions from inside RootsMagic
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Add
GenSmarts suggestions to your RootsMagic to-do list with one
click
- "To
do"
list lets you keep track of research you still
need to do for any person or family
- Correspondence
Log keeps track of all your incoming and outgoing
correspondence
Tools
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Place name standardization and geocoding
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Mapping people and places
- Bookmark
any individuals in your database
- History list lets you backtrack through last 200 people
visited
- Back button moves back to previously visited people
- Spell
Checker checks the current notes, or all notes.
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Live spell
checking
- Global
search and replace for notes, names, places, etc.
- Color code groups of individuals in your database
- Counts the number of separate trees in your database.
- Date
calculator
- Pop up calendar when entering dates
- Relationship
calculator shows you the relationship between any two people
- Soundex
calculator (including alternate methods)
- Powerful
merge capabilities, including SmartMerge and ShareMerge
- Prioritized merge list
- Mark possible duplicates as "not a match"
- Interactive problem list
(edit problem person or family directly from problem list)
- Mark possible problems as "not a problem"
- Search
by name, record number, dates,
places, notes, and many other types of data
- Place
list lets you enter place history, latitude and longitude for each place
Compatibility
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Direct
Family Tree Maker
import (version 16 and earlier)
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Direct PAF
import (versions 2.x and later)
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Direct
Family Origins import (versions 4 and later)
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Direct Legacy import
(versions 2 and later)
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Full
GEDCOM 5.5 support so you can exchange data with other
programs
GEDCOM
import option to combine into current database or create a new
database
- Full LDS support. LDS support can be turned on or off.
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