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by tika-tika
Thu Jun 25, 2015 10:02 am
Forum: The Nitty and the Gritty
Topic: Irritating paragraph style changes on page break
Replies: 0
Views: 11248

Irritating paragraph style changes on page break

I have recognised this problem for a while now, but I keep repeating it, so hope that someone can let me know where I am going wrong, or take note of a bug. Note that this problem stems from an inability to anchor a caption to an image or table, an issue that has been raised elsewhere. I make a para...
by tika-tika
Tue Jun 23, 2015 5:28 am
Forum: The Nitty and the Gritty
Topic: Word / RTF export formatting issues - image and table sizes
Replies: 1
Views: 13775

Word / RTF export formatting issues - image and table sizes

A tip and a question about exporting to Word: TIP: One thing I found exporting to MS Word is that images re-scaled themselves. I noticed two things had to be done to avoid this problem: a) I had to check "image causes wrap" in the Image dialogue box and b) (oddly) I had to add an image tit...
by tika-tika
Mon Jun 22, 2015 8:08 am
Forum: Mellel
Topic: Mellel 3.4 is Here!
Replies: 10
Views: 21255

Re: Mellel 3.4 is Here!

Nice work with the PDF outline export and linked PDF cross references... much requested features that look great. Some minor comments: 1. It would be nice to be able to select which headings to include or exclude (as bookmarks are excludable) as sometimes document structures don't make sense in the ...
by tika-tika
Thu Mar 19, 2015 4:35 am
Forum: Mellel
Topic: numbering of secondary flow chart elements (Tables, Pictures
Replies: 3
Views: 8664

Re: numbering of secondary flow chart elements (Tables, Pict

This is several years after the original post, but this works well. The trick is to move the Table/ Image / Figure structure not just under the chapter level header but under the next level below it. Then refer to Previous #2 and you get the chapter number. Just placing it under the Chapter level an...
by tika-tika
Tue Mar 10, 2015 4:48 am
Forum: Mellel
Topic: Some promising features in Word 2016
Replies: 2
Views: 8419

Some promising features in Word 2016

First, let me say that I am not a fan of MS Office and use Mellel as my main word processor for sole-authored work. But a good deal of my work involves collaborative writing. This often means that I write a first draft in Mellel, then export to Word for others to edit and comment on. This workflow h...
by tika-tika
Mon Mar 09, 2015 2:05 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: Export to PDF _with_ Comments?
Replies: 4
Views: 11847

Re: Export to PDF _with_ Comments?

Eyal,

Really glad that you are working on that... Looking forward to it.
by tika-tika
Mon Mar 09, 2015 2:01 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: Dictionary and Spelling
Replies: 6
Views: 14314

Re: Dictionary and Spelling

This is a workaround, but if you type the misspelled word into TextEdit, and right click or control click, then you can select "unlearn". Since Mellel uses the OSX dictionary, Mellel will also unlearn the word.
by tika-tika
Thu Feb 12, 2015 7:38 am
Forum: The Nitty and the Gritty
Topic: Randomly changing character styles with Sente
Replies: 0
Views: 8314

Randomly changing character styles with Sente

I wonder if anyone else has experienced this. Sente references may get re-assigned character styles after scanning references in Mellel. The character style changes to different styles, or not at all, and I can't see any pattern to it. About 15% of my in-text citations are changed to a different fon...
by tika-tika
Tue Dec 16, 2014 2:40 am
Forum: Mellel
Topic: Bug: Mellel/Sente does not respect "do not enclose citation"
Replies: 10
Views: 67192

Re: Bug: Mellel/Sente does not respect "do not enclose citat

Same problem for me... has never worked properly.
by tika-tika
Tue Dec 02, 2014 3:58 am
Forum: Mellel
Topic: Writing a PhD in Mellel
Replies: 24
Views: 101858

Re: Writing a PhD in Mellel

shades wrote:
GediWorrier wrote: You could define a Page Style Break so that it would always begin on the odd page.
I have never been able to figure out how to set a page style to always start on odd or even. Please explain how you would do this- it would be a big help.

Thanks
by tika-tika
Tue Dec 02, 2014 3:40 am
Forum: Mellel
Topic: Index
Replies: 2
Views: 5504

Re: Index

Sorry, you are out of luck. Mellel does not have indexing There is a work around that might work in some instances on http://forum.mellel.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2782 , but I doubt it would work for a large document like a PhD. For one, it is super labour intensive- each index item has to be man...
by tika-tika
Tue Dec 02, 2014 3:32 am
Forum: The Nitty and the Gritty
Topic: Layout=2 pages, bug in Mellel or OSX ??
Replies: 6
Views: 10708

Re: Layout=2 pages, bug in Mellel or OSX ??

Has this been resolved? It is quite irritating. I don't know that the driver can be blamed. My workflow for this is to print to PDF, then print 2-up layout from the PDF and it works fine. The only program on my setup that does not work correctly for this is Mellel. The word around is a minor irritant.
by tika-tika
Tue Dec 02, 2014 3:28 am
Forum: Mellel
Topic: What's next for Mellel 3.4?
Replies: 48
Views: 261204

Re: What's next for Mellel 3.4?

+ 1 for automatically updating ToC (that can be split into different tables for contents, images, tables etc) + 1 for clickable ToC in PDF + 1 for indexing The biggest challenges for me are: 1. The scramble that is cross-referencing. There is a thread on this, which includes cross-referencing by dra...
by tika-tika
Thu Oct 30, 2014 3:25 am
Forum: Mellel
Topic: Large padding/space above inline image
Replies: 10
Views: 14992

Re: Large padding/space above inline image

I manage this issue by setting "image causes wrap" to the fourth button, which does not cause the text to wrap. It has been like this since I started using Mellel. This works if you do not want text to wrap around your image, which you can't do anyway if you have a caption on the image.
by tika-tika
Fri Oct 17, 2014 12:21 am
Forum: Mellel
Topic: Landscape rotation
Replies: 5
Views: 10763

Re: Landscape rotation

Here is an update for anyone interested in this issue: I had to monkey around to find something that works (barely) 1. The first issue is as reported... landscape rotation has to be done in PDF (not after print because I am printing duplex) 2. The second issue is that duplex formatting often has dif...