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@rpcameron: Mellel is indeed a wordprocessor, but - if I understood some of Ori's messages well - a wordprocessor with the ambition of covering at least part of the field once covered by Framemaker. And even now, Mellel has features like for instance TOC and Mentions, which are not exactly typical ...

The XML schema that powers Mellel has not yet been released. However, Eyal has indicated that the full documentation will be forthcoming.

I think perhpas you may have different what constitutes "advanced fancy functions" than many others. Mellel is a “Word Processor” first and foremost, and as such it is created to process words, not page layout. Image handling is nice, but for a program that is geared towards words, it is ...

Are you kidding me?! I just came to the forum to find an answer for how to do this, and I find it's not possible? More and more I'm beginning to question my choice to purchase this product. Mellel SERIOUSLY needs to chill out with adding advanced fancy functions like xml and start seriously deliver...

The localization of Mellel is handled through the System Preferences. In the Languages tab of the International Preference Pane, drag the languages into the order you'd prefer to have your applications localized. If an application does not have the top language, then it will try the next one on the ...

Use an OpenType font that has support for Ordinals. Then, the -rd and -th will automatically be placed in superscript. However, this only applies to fonts that have OpenType tables for Ordinals. You can mimic this behavior on your own by creating a variation that puts the characters in superscript.

My apologies to the original poster, as I did not realize by pointing in the correct direction we would be chastened. Here are the steps to do what you would like within Mellel: Change the default font. To ensure that the default font is changed, you need to change the Regular Character style of the...

Think of all the public defense attorneys' time you'll be saving by letting them do motions and subpoenas faster. Many in the legal field still use WordPerfect because of the immense amount of time and energy that has gone into templates and macros for WP. It'd be nice to see Mellel make in-roads i...

Thanks for the update guys. The addition of the Case dropdown is wonderful, as are the new Zoom features. Thanks for making the best better. (Perhaps the next step would be Title Case and First letter case for the Case menu ... although Title Case would need an algorithm to ignore articles and adpos...

Yeah, I figured it was based on OS X standards. I never really understood zoom behavior though, it doesn't seem consistent at times. Yea, I know sometimes it doesn't make much sense. Here is the Apple HIG section on window zooming: Window Behavior: Resizing and Zooming Windows . Hope this helps to ...

The function of the Zoom button in OS X is to toggle between the application's (and therefore developer's) preferred size and your last manually adjusted window size. The application preferred size is usually meant to be as wide as necessary to display all of the content, and maximize vertically (in...

This is off topic, but I like Papyrus concept of an "editable" PDF. It's a PDF that opens normally in any computer, but contains a binary blurb with the Papyrus file, which means that the file can be easily shared. Has anybody tried this out? I'd love if Mellel had some kind of similar fu...

Sure you can: Go to Insert > Auto–Title > Edit title flows … Choose which Auto–Title element you would like to edit in this manner In the Format tab remove all the elements from the “Format:” text area Add a “Free Text” element to the “Format:” text area When the Free Text window pops up, insert a z...

Thanks for the response. The dynamic time I want is the time now; not creation or open, but as of printing. That's so I can tell what draft I'm looking at. It appears what you're looking for is from "Insert > Date … > Current date (text)" This presents you with 3 options: Long Date, Short...

If it displays properly, there are probably some problems with his print drivers or something on his end of things. Because of the device independent nature of PDFs, the fact that it displays properly seemingly rules out any error on your end.

Anyone else want to rule in a suggestion?