The RootsMagic Website has now been updated for RootsMagic 3. You can download the RootsMagic 3 demo from their download page. The demo is limited on numbers of records you can create, as well as a few other feature limitations.
You can also purchase or order RootsMagic 3 at this time. The CD version and download version cost the same ($29.95).
RootsMagic 3 is directly supported by GenSmarts as well as Pocket Genealogist (version 2.96, due out this coming weekend – the 2.96e pre-release/public beta supports RM3 right now).
Among the new and updated features listed:
- * View 5 or 6 generations at once on the pedigree view
* View 2 through 7 generations at once on the descendant view
* Back up directly to CD
* Resize edit and search dialogs to see as much information as you want
* Select toolbar button style
* Video tutorial included on CD
* Automatically link dragged people into the other database
* See a person’s age at every event on their edit page
* Add private events that you can suppress from printing or exporting
* Add private notes that you can suppress from printing or exporting
* Display relationships to root person on status bar
* Make shareable CDs to give to others, with custom menu and a read-only version of RootsMagic
* Select the size of pictures in narrative reports (books)
* Include pictures in narrative reports printed to rich text (RTF) files
* Print color coding in pedigree charts, group sheets, box charts, narrative reports, wall charts, ahnentafel, descendant list, and timelines
* Easily merge duplicate sources from the master source list
* Add a source to multiple people at once
* Easily make a copy of a source
* GenSmarts integration to get research suggestions from inside RootsMagic
* Add GenSmarts suggestions to your RootsMagic to-do list with one click
* Direct PAF import (versions 2.x and later)
* Direct Family Origins import (versions 4 and later)
* Direct Family Origins backup import (versions 5 and later)
Requirements: Windows 95+ or Windows NT 4.0+
Cost: $29.95 ($19.95 upgrade for previous RootsMagic users)