RootsMagic 4.0.9.5 was updated on August 9th. There’s a tag-along update, 4.0.9.6 as well. The releases include several new features. I know that you may or may not have read the release notes before applying the update and even if you did, you probably didn’t tryout the new features. I understand; a list is nice, but it’s better to be shown, so I walk you through each of them in this video. Whether you like the walk-through or not, leave a comment to let me know.
Here’s the list of new features demonstrated in this walk-through video:
- New Research Notes report (prints the source detail text and comments for a person or family)
- Timeline lists now support source citations
- Added wordwrap command to note editor
- Added “Mark by parents” and “Unmark by parents” to the “Select Families” list to allow criteria for selecting families
- Added “Unused Places List” to show places in your database that aren’t used by any events
- Added sex, birth and death dates to the edit family screen in Tools > Problem list
- Wordwrap in notes works on selected text now (4.0.9.6)
- Added wordwrap button to note editor toolbar (4.0.9.6)
- Wordwrapping can be reversed by undo now (4.0.9.6)
There were many fixes and changes in the 4.0.9.5 and 4.0.9.6 releases too. See the release notes for the list.
Thanks for the RootsMagic videos! It is extremely helpful to see the new features in an upgrade demonstrated, like you did for RM 4.0.9.6. Do you have other videos than the three listed for RootsMagic? Will you do similar videos for future RM upgrades?
Hi, Steve. Thanks for sharing your thoughts about the video walk-throughs. I plan on continuing them, not only for RootsMagic, but for the other applications as well. I haven’t created any other RootsMagic 4 videos, but I have more than twenty on my to-do list. —-Ben >@<