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I see no problem here with Mellel. 1. Copy the header in question (or, if numbered, just the text part) 2. Paste Special as Plain Text as a new line. 3. Delete the previous header. You can do as you wish with the string of text, as usual. If you copied and pasted special an entire numbered auto titl...

Is it possible to store custom styles, autotitles, etc. in the cloud, ideally in Dropbox? If so, where do I specify the location?

Sonny Software made it possible to do this with Bookends, which is very convenient. One sets the location of custom folders in its Preference file.

It has been some time since these matters were discussed on the Forum. What are the most effective methods people have found for using equations in Mellel, preferably to include automated equation numbering? In the past, I have used MathType and have entered numbers manually (without automation). I ...

Great thanks

Unless I have missed it, Mellel does not have personalized Table Styles. It would be convenient if one could define table styles and insert them. As a crude substitute, I have created a separate file with tables having 2, 3, and 4 columns, with the cells all in the desired text format and with my pr...

I do not have solutions to all the problems mentioned, but some things I have done may resolve SOME of them: Be sure that all images (including equations) are (1) entered as .pngs, (2) in the format of in-line, and (3) with the wrap button clicked. This is not the default. The PNG files are much sma...

Is it possible to select a paragraph with changes and then accept only the changes in that selection?

I agree with earlier posts (need a nice search feature). However, the problem is larger. The diamonds are very disconcerting. Eyal nicely points out that we could just ignore them and get on with life, but for some of us (I suspect many of those who are obsessive enough to use Mellel rather than the...

Is there an easy way to change all endnotes to footnotes, or vice versa, as can occur if the journal for a manuscript turns out to want the opposite convention of the original manuscript? It is easy enough to redefine the existing footnote or endnote style so that it looks like the other, but--in my...

Another table problem. If one selects the table's text and equalizes the columns, the result may have rows with highly varied gaps at the bottom. One must then move each row upward manually. Shouldn't the default set the row height to be what is necessary to show all text in the row's deepest cell?

Unless I missed it, there is an important additional need: export of tables to Word should preserve the coloring of cells. I just tested this again a moment ago and the export to rtf does not preserve said coloring, although export to pdf does. This is a pure-and-simple bug. A serious one that ofte...

I have an old file from 2008, which doesn't open. I imagine that I need to download an old version of Mellel top open it? If so, where do I find Mellel 3.?

Lucia, the problem "must be" in your definition of the auto titles. You apparently have an auto title for something I would call "Unnumbered Heading (UH)". If you open the palette for Aut-Title, it should appear in the list. Click that auto-title and then click the pencil to edit. A window will open...

I was unable to install the update. It downloaded ok, but then during attempted installation Mellel hung up and I had to use Force Quit. This occurred even after restarting the computer. I use Sierra, OS 10.12.6. I work behind a pretty tough corporate firewall with pretty tough protective software, ...

Avner, thanks. That's an easy solution.