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Each Magic Guide covers a single RootsMagic topic, step by step with both illustrations and tips. These guides may be freely copied and distributed (but not sold). You may use them as handouts in user groups or when teaching RootsMagic classes.</p> <p> To download a guide to your computer, click the Download button (on some browsers it may be necessary to <b>right-click</b> on the Download link and choose <b>"Save link as..."</b>). All guides are in .pdf format and are viewable and printable with any PDF viewer.</p> <!-- <ul> <li>We also make <a href="CD\">collections of past webinars available on CD</a>.</li></ul> <div class="longBar"> <div class="inner"> <div class="inner"> <b>What's New in RootsMagic 7</b>, Recorded 2 Dec 2014, 75 minutes <div class="hotButtonBar"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_ybuoDgXkg" target=_blank title="What's New in RootsMagic 7"> Watch</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="longBar"> <div class="inner"> <div class="inner"> <b>What's New in Personal Historian 2</b>, Recorded 28 Sep 2011, 71 minutes, 57.1 MB <div class="hotButtonBar"> <a rel="videos" href="2011-09-28-Whats-New-in-Personal-Historian-2.aspx" title="What's New in Personal Historian 2"> Watch</a> <a href="http://files.rootsmagic.com/webinars/2011-09-28-Whats-New-in-Personal-Historian-2.mp4"> Download</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="longBar"> <div class="inner"> <div class="inner"> <b>Indexes for Recorded Webinars</b><br /> We have created PDF indexes for the recorded webinars below to make it easier for you to find the specific topic you are looking for. Each index covers about 10 webinars.<br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://files.rootsmagic.com/WebinarDetailsVolume1.pdf" target=_blank>Index 1 - Covers webinars 1-9</a></li> <li><a href="http://files.rootsmagic.com/WebinarDetailsVolume2.pdf" target=_blank>Index 2 - Covers webinars 10-19</a></li> <li><a href="http://files.rootsmagic.com/WebinarDetailsVolume3.pdf" target=_blank>Index 3 - Covers webinars 20-29</a></li> <li><a href="http://files.rootsmagic.com/WebinarDetailsVolume4.pdf" target=_blank>Index 4 - Covers webinars 30-39</a></li> <li><a href="http://files.rootsmagic.com/WebinarDetailsVolume5.pdf" target=_blank>Index 5 - Covers webinars 40-50</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> --> <div style="float: left; width=500px; margin-right: 40px;"> <ol> <li><b>Backup and Restore a RootsMagic Database</b><br/> Learn everything you need to know about protecting your RootsMagic data using backups, including backing up to a flash drive or Dropbox. - <i>Last updated 5 June 2015</i><br/> <div class="hotButtonBar"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212165846/http://files.rootsmagic.com/guides/MagicGuide_Backup_Restore.pdf"> Download</a></div> </li> <li><b>Copying a RootsMagic Database to Another Computer</b><br/> Learn how to move a RootsMagic database (including media) to another computer. - 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