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DESCRIPTION
Mellel is the leading word processor for Mac OS X, with a special focus on writers, scholars, technical writing and multilingual word processing.
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WHAT'S NEW
Version 2.5:

Main New Features

  • References: You can now insert a reference (cross reference) to a page number, footnote or endnote number, image name, auto-title heading, auto-title number, page range.
  • Bookmarks: Mellel supports inserting and searching of bookmarks. You can also browse bookmarks in the Outline and skip between bookmarks via the contextual menu.
  • Conditional page number: via the Page number element in Reference format you can refer to a page with a custom text when it's above, below, on the next page, previous page or opposite page.
  • Flexible cross references: You can re-enter editing X-ref, browse through images, bookmarks and headings, jump to targets, etc. You can reference several properties of a target at once (e.g., page number, title, numbering, etc.
  • Reference formats: You can create and save reference formats, mixing text and reference elements, styling them freely.
  • Cross reference palette: allows you to enter bookmarks and references and browse through all the references and problematic references in the document.
  • Virtual targets: Mellel now allows you to create references to text that does not exist (yet) in the document. You can later on assign text to this reference.
  • New format editor for auto-titles: allows you to make ad-hoc styling of auto-titles, enter text freely, and apply paragraph attributes.
  • Spotlight: the plug is now built-in into Mellel, so there's no need to install it separately.
  • And more: dozens of other improvements and bug fixes.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.3 or later.
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SCREENSHOT

Developer:RedleX
Downloads:74,740
  - Version d/l:1,894
Business:Word Processing
License:Shareware
Date:09 Jun 2008
Platform:PPC/Intel
Price:$49.00
RATING
****½
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Mellel User Reviews (167 posts)Write A Review
Mar 4 2008

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)

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Feb 18 2008

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

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Feb 17 2008
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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)

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Dec 29 2007

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)

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