LEV  Open Terminal and type in

/usr/bin/mdimport -r /Library/Spotlight/Mellel.mdimporter

followed by return. That did the trick  (Version 2.2.7.2)

LEV  Update: Mellel seems to play nicely with Spotlight in 10.5.2. Phew.  (Version 2.2.7.2)

EDANROGO  I downloaded Mellel today to give it a try. Unfortunately the developers of this program decided to include an annoying pop-up window that reminds you constantly that you're trying their software and that you haven't paid for it yet. I don't know about the team behind Mellel, but when I'm writing the last thing I need is a useless window popping-up with a dumb message every few minutes or so. Of course I know I'm evaluating this program, of course I haven't paid for it yet, and of course I'm going to lose some of its features if I don't buy it... That's the whole point of giving the user a FREE TRIAL PERIOD, or isn't? So, after a few VERY UNPLEASANT encounters with this "friendly" reminder I completely lost my concentration, selected was I was writing, copied it and paste it back onto MS Word, quit Mellel and threw it in the trash. So, your trial period was completely useless and an absurd waste of time for you and me. You might as well get rid of it all together, since it doesn't allow the user to test your program. It acts more like a mindless commercial for your product, but if that's what you're looking for, you'd be better off paying some little money to and add agency which might be able to help you out instead of using this CHEAP TRICK. Good luck with Mellel, but this extremely dissatisfied customer is not coming back.  (Version 2.2.7.1)

LEV  A heads-up.

I've been an enthusiastic -- and satisfied! -- user of this excellent app since v1.

But a caveat for anyone thinking of using it with Leopard. So far, Mellel files are not being read by Spotlight, and don't play with QuickLook or CoverFlow.

No word (surprisingly) from the developers on when we can expect this. QuickLook & CoverFlow is manageable, but Spotlight invisibility is a real problem.

So I suggest if you're thinking of getting Mellel -- and it is, as I have said before, a very fine WP indeed -- either stick with Tiger or wait until the developers come out with the requisite plug-in.  (Version 2.2.7.1)