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- Fri Feb 14, 2020 5:20 pm
- Forum: Mellel
- Topic: Another table layout question
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4491
Re: Another table layout question
I have page styles for front matter (page numbers i, ii, ..), main text (page numbers 1, 2...), and main-text horizontal. If at a point in the main text I want to have a horizontal figure or table, I insert a page-style break, go to the new page, do a couple of carriage returns, and insert another p...
- Fri Feb 14, 2020 5:05 pm
- Forum: Mellel
- Topic: Facing a new decade
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10937
Re: Facing a new decade
Responding to Sani, 1. Footnotes. This is controllable in Edit Note Attributes (a selection under Insert Notes). 2. Captions. I have auto titles for figure and table captions. They work well. I probably am misunderstanding what you mean by captions. 3. Styles. Yes, this is a problem. 4. Tables. Yes,...
- Sun Feb 02, 2020 7:28 pm
- Forum: Mellel
- Topic: footnotes in files exported to rtf
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6457
Re: footnotes in files exported to rtf
If for some reason, one is labeling footnotes with *, dagger, etc., rather than numbers, then restarting each page is preferable. A rationale for that is when footnotes are used only for, e.g., definitions, while endnotes are used for all other kinds of notes (citations, elaborations, etc.).
- Sun Feb 02, 2020 7:22 pm
- Forum: Mellel
- Topic: How do Mellel users take notes?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8726
Re: How do Mellel users take notes?
When writing a paper or book in Mellel, I create a separate note stream called "Author notes" in red font. These notes may be reminders, discussion of subtleties, and even "tricks" used for figures, formats, exports, Word compatibility, etc. I delete such notes as the manuscript matures, although so...
- Sun Jan 12, 2020 9:00 pm
- Forum: Mellel
- Topic: Fixes in Export to Word
- Replies: 0
- Views: 13384
Fixes in Export to Word
A number of users have urged achieving "good" export to Word as a priority. I agree. That might be a herculean task, but my guess is that fixing a finite set of problems would go a very long way. It might be useful to Eyal et al if we collect known problems. Here is my list. I have not established t...
- Sun Jan 12, 2020 7:26 pm
- Forum: Mellel
- Topic: Copy Citation (Bookends)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5628
Re: Copy Citation (Bookends)
Thanks. You're right about Live Bibliography. Yes, I've rebuilt the Bookends library and are using the same apps and versions on both machines. All the several ways of invoking Copy Citation have the same results The new-account experiment yields nothing now, but I will try it again next time the pr...
- Sun Jan 12, 2020 1:19 am
- Forum: Mellel
- Topic: Copy Citation (Bookends)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5628
Copy Citation (Bookends)
As a public-service announcement, sort of, let me describe a problem I've had and a very clunky "solution." Perhaps this will help others and perhaps someone will tell us how to deal with it better. Problem: on my iMac, but not my MacBook Pro, both using Mojave, Copy Citation often doesn't work for ...
- Sun Jan 12, 2020 1:18 am
- Forum: Mellel
- Topic: Copy Citation (Bookends)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 13106
Copy Citation (Bookends)
As a public-service announcement, sort of, let me describe a problem I've had and a very clunky "solution." Perhaps this will help others and perhaps someone will tell us how to deal with it better. Problem: on my iMac, but not my MacBook Pro, both using Mojave, Copy Citation often doesn't work for ...
- Mon Aug 26, 2019 10:40 pm
- Forum: Mellel
- Topic: Publishing in New ACM Format
- Replies: 0
- Views: 11987
Publishing in New ACM Format
The ACM has revised its formats within the last year or is still in the process of doing so. Do other Mellel users have any experience with this? Is there a new Mellel template for ACM?
- Sun Aug 18, 2019 1:11 am
- Forum: Mellel
- Topic: Update on Export to Word
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1998
Update on Export to Word
A chronic problem for Mellel users is exporting to Microsoft Word. Various earlier posts have addressed the issue over the years. The export from Mellel to rtf still has a number of problems, which carry through to a Word document. Currently, I find that my best option is to export from Mellel to pd...
- Sun Jun 30, 2019 3:50 pm
- Forum: Mellel
- Topic: Table Notes
- Replies: 0
- Views: 11459
Table Notes
Mellel doesn't advertise the ability to have table notes, but it is sometimes possible. Define a note stream, Table Notes. Specify that the notes appear "After text." Specify that renumbering starts with each new section Then, when inserting a new table in which one wants to have table notes, put th...
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 11:21 pm
- Forum: Mellel
- Topic: Tables in Mellel 4.2
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2166
Re: Tables in Mellel 4.2
Many commands (e.g., merge) are now reachable via the little gear icon at the bottom left of the table palette. As for applying styles or templates, you have to create them. Then, when you add a new table (Insert/Table), you will see options in the popup interface. It works very neatly. The user gui...
- Fri Jun 14, 2019 1:14 am
- Forum: Mellel
- Topic: Keeping figure and table auto-titles above
- Replies: 0
- Views: 10938
Keeping figure and table auto-titles above
Sometimes, a figure heading or a table heading (tag flows) will jump to be below the figure or table, rather than remain above it, as intended. What is causing this and how do I prevent it? This often happens if I delete what appears to be an extraneous carriage return between, say, the graphic and ...
- Sun Jun 09, 2019 4:53 pm
- Forum: Mellel
- Topic: Round trip editing equations with MathType
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2485
Re: Round trip editing equations with MathType
I agree, but the workaround is easy: (1) set the Cut and Copy preference in MathType to pdf (check a box at the bottom) and (2) copy and paste from MathType to Mellel. You can discard the MathType file because the equation can always be edited by copying it back from Mellel to MathType. If you paste...
- Thu Jun 06, 2019 8:53 pm
- Forum: The Nitty and the Gritty
- Topic: Index Building
- Replies: 0
- Views: 13183
Index Building
I'm only beginning to use the nice index feature, beyond some initial experimentation when it was first introduced. I am musing about things I don't know how to do, or are not currently possible. Automatic Marking. We can select an index record, switch to the text pane, and use Find to find all inst...