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by shades
Wed Sep 02, 2015 1:19 am
Forum: The Nitty and the Gritty
Topic: Small Caps and Italic/Bold
Replies: 3
Views: 11578

Small Caps and Italic/Bold

I use small caps frequently in one type of (weekly) project. The problem I run into is that sometimes the context is regular, sometimes italic, and sometimes bold. The problem is that Mellel does not allow both small caps and italic, or small caps and blood for the same text. This is a public docume...
by shades
Sat Apr 04, 2015 12:55 am
Forum: The Nitty and the Gritty
Topic: word order Hebrew in Word for Mac
Replies: 8
Views: 13859

Re: word order Hebrew in Word for Mac

Just a note: I saw that MS now has a free preview of MS Office 2016. I have not been a fan of MS Office since Word 5.0, but perhaps this will be a change in the right direction.
by shades
Wed Mar 25, 2015 3:14 pm
Forum: The Nitty and the Gritty
Topic: time to move this forum to a more stable platform
Replies: 3
Views: 7916

Re: time to move this forum to a more stable platform

Don’t have any suggestions, but there have been several times over the last 2-3 months when the board was down 2-3 days at a time. I wholeheartedly support Janet’s suggestion.
by shades
Fri Sep 12, 2014 11:58 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: Another positive for Mellel
Replies: 0
Views: 4997

Another positive for Mellel

Today I had to set up three letters, with specialized logo in the header. I thought I would use MS Word, but for some reason, the logo could never appear (only black object). So I opened NWP, and the logo appeared fine, but I had to use table in the header. And unfortunately NWP table options are no...
by shades
Thu Mar 06, 2014 11:49 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: For a change of pace
Replies: 0
Views: 3836

For a change of pace

This is a post with no complaints. Just a great thumbs up for Mellel. I use Scrivener for many writing projects, and MS Word for grading papers. But Mellel is my favorite word processor by far. If the exchange with MS Word and .rtf formats were better, I would be in Mellel most of the time. I know t...
by shades
Sun Mar 02, 2014 3:48 am
Forum: Mellel
Topic: 3.3.1 does not keep preferences
Replies: 10
Views: 8969

Re: 3.3.1 does not keep preferences

You can leave it at "old templates" or click the popup menu and choose a different category (or create a new one). If you want Mellel to show you the template in the browser and allow you to make it the default, you must save inside one of the categories. I had tried that both options and...
by shades
Sat Mar 01, 2014 1:06 am
Forum: Mellel
Topic: 3.3.1 does not keep preferences
Replies: 10
Views: 8969

Re: 3.3.1 does not keep preferences

If I understand correctly you choose "Save as template" and then clicked "Save Elsewhere" to save somewhere. Right? If that's the case then Mellel will not use the template as the default. You need to save within the Mellel folders. The only options to save, are “Old Templates” ...
by shades
Fri Feb 28, 2014 7:26 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: 3.3.1 does not keep preferences
Replies: 10
Views: 8969

Re: 3.3.1 does not keep preferences

I tried opening the template several different ways. Typically (I have been using Mellel since 1.2), if I made changes to the default template, and saved, then when I clicked “New” under file, a new document would open with all the just saved changes. That didn’t happen this time. I also opened the ...
by shades
Thu Feb 27, 2014 8:07 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: 3.3.1 does not keep preferences
Replies: 10
Views: 8969

Re: 3.3.1 does not keep preferences

Interesting, I changed the default to US Letter and yet when saved as template, it change it back to A4. I tried other things as well as background color. Finally after the 4th attempt Saving as Default template it seems that the changes to the template actually stuck this time. Glad that it is reso...
by shades
Thu Feb 27, 2014 6:13 am
Forum: Mellel
Topic: 3.3.1 does not keep preferences
Replies: 10
Views: 8969

Re: 3.3.1 does not keep preferences

Yes. Went through that process twice to make sure.
by shades
Wed Feb 26, 2014 9:41 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: 3.3.1 does not keep preferences
Replies: 10
Views: 8969

3.3.1 does not keep preferences

Since updating, when I open a new document the hidden margins and header/footer do not “take”; that is, with every document I have to reinstate those criteria. I have even tried to do that with a file then saved as template, and still those preferences do not stick.
by shades
Sun Feb 16, 2014 11:51 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: What's next for Mellel 3.4?
Replies: 48
Views: 261872

Re: What's next for Mellel 3.4?

ahankinson wrote:The ability to anchor captions and figures is a big one in my books.
This would be my primary need in the next version.

Word exchange would be a distant second.
by shades
Thu Jan 16, 2014 8:20 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: Unable to stay logged in
Replies: 6
Views: 5620

Re: Unable to stay logged in

Still does not stay logged in if I shut down the computer.
by shades
Tue Jan 14, 2014 4:28 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: Unable to stay logged in
Replies: 6
Views: 5620

Re: Unable to stay logged in

I made the change you indicated. But the change worked last night when I would close windows. But this morning when I started up, I was no longer logged in.
by shades
Mon Jan 13, 2014 6:18 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: Unable to stay logged in
Replies: 6
Views: 5620

Unable to stay logged in

Since the maintenance on this forum, I am no longer able to stay logged in. I’m okay until I close the window, then I have to sign in again. This is the only forum I have a problem.

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