What's new in RevMan 5

Overview of changes from RevMan 4

These are a few highlights of the new functions in RevMan 5:

Compared to RevMan 4, editing reviews will be much more like working with one single document. The experience of what you see is what you get is strongly improved
The new text editor will allow more formatting in more sections, including subheadings, tables embedded in the text, and nested lists (lists within lists)
Track changes functionality and a new note system will facilitate the task of multiple authors working together on a review
The advanced undo system will allow you to undo everything from small text edits to deletion of whole studies and comparisons
Real time spell checking and validation of reviews will help to prevent errors
Reorganise your review using simple move and renumber functions. Move multiple items around using drag and drop or copy and paste
Designed to interact fluidly with Archie for document storage and exchange. Authors and editors will always be able to get the right version of the review.

The review structure will be extensively updated for RevMan 5. Some main points are:

Text: There will be a new structure for the main text, and support for appendices. It will be possible to create links to individual graphs, all tables, feedback, appendices and web sites
Tables: Summary of Findings tables and Risk of Bias tables are two new standardised, but optional, tables
Contact details: persons will be assigned using a list from Archie, but their details cannot be edited inside RevMan. One person will be marked as contact person, but this does not have to be an author. The author list can be ordered, and the byline will be generated automatically from that.