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That's indeed a good solution!

Hoping as well that it will be possible to implement a solution. Perhaps the possibility to enter a short version of a title which can then be chosen in the auto-title setup?

Best,
Gerben

Just curious, is this still the only work-around or are there meanwhile other possibilities?

Gerben

Thanks to both of you. Fortunately only 7 chapters to do

Gerben

Thanks, I played around also with Spark but Butler definitely looks good.

Best,
Gerben

Hi Patrick (no idea actually how I came up with Richard, well..) I realise it is part of a shift in thinking but for me there is another issue here: Cmd-B/Cmd-I are used by various programs on the Mac for the same thing> to make something bold or italicise. It seems rather counter-intuitive to retra...

Yet another question (it's thesis sumbmission time so the formatting work begins :? )..... I am figuring out how headers work (with mentions) and it is mostly clear to me. But one thing I cannot find in the manuals and video tutorial: is it possible to apply headers at once to the whole document if ...

Hi Richard, Thanks, I noticed indeed this his been quite exhaustively discussed before. I can understand there are technical differences involved but I think that from a usability point of view this could be implemented differently. A user preference could be a solution (so one can choose whether or...

Hi Thomas, Thanks for the elaborate answer. Just discovered Spark a minute ago actually :) I found that the "replace styles" option is the quickest way to solve the problem (and thankfully less work than I thought). (In case the Redlers are reading along: would be nice if assigning formatt...

Thanks rpcameron, I use keyboard commands so that is part of the problem.
But I notice that this also happens with documents imported from Word. I started my dissertation in Word so half of the footnotes were formatted there.

Gerben

I am currently preparing a print version of my PhD and I use different style sets for working on the computer and for printing. I notice that when I apply my print style set to the document and then change the note formatting (via the note attributes) I loose italics, bold, etc. The change is from a...

Since when is the presence or absence of a feature in Word a criterion for being for or against a new feature in Mellel?
I think it is high time discussions such as these focus on the features themselves and the ritual Word bashing is left behind.

Peace,
Gerben

Hi Thomas,

Thanks again for the help. I had fiddled with the "previous level" element but did not realize I simply have to insert it multiple times to get this result. Excellent!

Best,
Gerben

I am running into antoehr ToC issue. I have meanwhile figured out formatting and aligning page numbers with tabs. But one thing I can't get right and I cannot find it in the manuals: how do I tell Mellel to continue numbering like this> 1. Chapter 1 2. Chapter 2 2.1 Overview and aims The problem is ...

Yep I saved the style. I agree that preferences difer but this one is so obvious that it should be easier than fiddling with tabs. This really could be much more user-friendly, imho...

Gerben

Thanks Thomas, this is it! I saw the thread but now I understand one has to fiddle with the tabs to get it right.

I love Mellel but why are such obvious things as this not the default or at least a one-click option?

Gerben