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Getting the Most Out of RootsMagic Version 5
RootsMagic is the easiest genealogy software available, yet many people will barely touch the tip of the iceberg of RootsMagic's features. If you are one of these people, then Getting the Most Out of RootsMagic is the book for you.
You start with basic data entry - and continue by learning advanced techniques such as custom reports, citing sources, GEDCOM, creating user-defined facts, scanning images, and merging.
Mix that with time-saving shortcuts, and you soon will have a complete understanding of RootsMagic and its hidden powers.
You start with basic data entry - and continue by learning advanced techniques such as custom reports, citing sources, GEDCOM, creating user-defined facts, scanning images, and merging.
Mix that with time-saving shortcuts, and you soon will have a complete understanding of RootsMagic and its hidden powers.
350 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2012
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About the author
Bruce Buzbee
9 books3 followersBruce Buzbee is the founder and president of RootsMagic, Inc., and the author of RootsMagic genealogy software. For over 35 years Bruce has been writing genealogy software, having originally written the popular Family Origins program. Bruce has taught thousands of users the ins and outs of RootsMagic, from the basics for beginners to advanced topics for the genealogy professional.
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May 29, 2013
This book came with the software when I bought RootsMagic Version 5 at a genealogy conference last year. I still haven't had a chance to really dig into the software itself, but I did try some things out along the way while I was reading.
The main issue I had with this book is that it's clearly aimed at someone WAY less computer literate than me. That's not entirely a fault in the book; technical writing is always hard when you have such a mixed audience. But it meant that I spent a lot of the time reading stuff that was painfully obvious to me, just as someone who uses computers a lot.
The other, more minor issue, was just one of editing. I think this book has been edited and rereleased with each version of RootsMagic, and it shows. Sometimes the same bit of text is repeated in several chapters. My guess is that's a result of content being reorganised, but no thorough edit being done afterwards before publication.
Overall, though, it was a good guide to the software. For someone who's not really computer-savvy, it would probably be really helpful. I just felt that personally, I could have figured most of it out just from using the software and poking around.
3 stars.
This review is copied from my blog, The Towering Pile. It was originally published here.
The main issue I had with this book is that it's clearly aimed at someone WAY less computer literate than me. That's not entirely a fault in the book; technical writing is always hard when you have such a mixed audience. But it meant that I spent a lot of the time reading stuff that was painfully obvious to me, just as someone who uses computers a lot.
The other, more minor issue, was just one of editing. I think this book has been edited and rereleased with each version of RootsMagic, and it shows. Sometimes the same bit of text is repeated in several chapters. My guess is that's a result of content being reorganised, but no thorough edit being done afterwards before publication.
Overall, though, it was a good guide to the software. For someone who's not really computer-savvy, it would probably be really helpful. I just felt that personally, I could have figured most of it out just from using the software and poking around.
3 stars.
This review is copied from my blog, The Towering Pile. It was originally published here.
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