47. Splitting and Combining Files in RootsMagic

Recorded 19 Mar 2013, 51 minutes, 38.5 MB
Index: Splitting and Combining Files in RootsMagic
00:00:01 - Introduction
00:00:45 - Scenarios for Splitting and Combining
00:01:19 - Splitting a Line Out
00:02:20 - Create a New Database
00:03:22 - Drag n Drop
00:04:27 - Set Root Person
00:06:29 - Select People from a List
00:09:15 - Everyone in the Same Tree
00:11:53 - Unlink from Collateral Lines
00:13:55 - Cousin Marriages
00:14:22 - Link Person back into Family
00:16:51 - Removing Line from File
00:17:45 - Deleting a Line
00:18:31 - Create a New Database
00:19:12 - Select People from a List
00:19:37 - Mark Group
00:20:08 - UnMark Group
00:21:54 - UnMark Additional People
00:23:15 - What Drag n Drop Includes
00:24:37 - Why Delete a Line
00:25:06 - Combining Files
00:25:29 - Open Files side by side
00:25:50 - Drag n Drop to Combine
00:26:40 - Options to Link during Drag n Drop
00:28:31 - Drag n Drop between Views
00:30:40 - Drag n Drop and Merge same Person
00:32:40 - Make Backups before Splitting & Combining
00:34:12 - Connecting Lines - Select Existing Person
00:37:48 - Combining Duplicate Records
00:38:28 - Merge Options Review
00:40:01 - Dropbox Error Message
00:40:47 - Duplicate Merge & Manual Merge
00:42:09 - Questions
00:42:10 - Dropbox
00:44:08 - Undo for Drag n Drop
00:45:11 - Combining Files
00:45:54 - Splitting Line Out
00:48:37 - iPad App with Dropbox
00:49:53 - Wrap Up

[@polkmnn098]

I'm new to RM. It's very useful and I appreciate these videos ... but ... is it wise (or kind to us!?) to publish a video where the presenter (the author of RM!) makes mistakes/ confuses himself and then just moves on? I think this needs a good edit (e.g. about 15:12 and following) :-)

[@RavinDave-theOriginal]

I think shorter videos (more to the point) would be more useful. Or, at least, mix'em up. You could literally sit in front of your computer for three days straight watching these.

[@riverhawkenw]

How do you split a line and create a new file in Roots Magic 8?

[@lewyes]

He just showed us how.

[@lewyes]

I've been looking for years for something like this. It's a lifesaver for someone with a 69000 person tree I want to remove unwanted branches. Good video. Thanks!

[@sandyholladay6917]

This is a TERRIBLE video. The sound and video quality are poor. He speak with way too many um's. He has things happen that shouldn't, and he goes right by it without an explanation about what happened. He jumps around. I only wanted to see how to combine two sides of the family and he showed very little of that. His explanations makes my head hurt.

[@tomkent4656]

And it's difficult to read the text at low res.

[@ableseaman8624]

Probably the most confusing/worst RM video I have watched. Zero prep by the presenter.