NOAHSAGER Mellel is now my best friend when writing papers. It may not have all the features of Word, but it does have all the features ever needed in light academic writing. (I use LaTeX for heaving writing.) It's very easy to use. It's text rendering is gorgeous compared to Word and let's not even talk about AppleWorks. Mellel has never crashed for me—EVER! And at only $35 for the academic license (I paid $29, since I was a registered user before the upgrade) you can't go wrong!
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