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by laup
Mon Dec 16, 2024 4:38 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: Import word into Mellel 6
Replies: 5
Views: 13956

Re: Import word into Mellel 6

I repeated the experiment this morning with the same results. Starting point: 10 year old Word document in .odcxwith dozens of graphics and lots of equations. When imported into Mellel, nearly everything came through fine, but perhaps 10-20% of the figures came through with just question marks. Also...
by laup
Sat Dec 14, 2024 6:43 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: Import word into Mellel 6
Replies: 5
Views: 13956

Re: Import word into Mellel 6

Correction. I can go through Pages as noted, saving me a lot of manual work.
by laup
Sat Dec 14, 2024 6:42 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: Import word into Mellel 6
Replies: 5
Views: 13956

Re: Import word into Mellel 6

I had the same experience. I importaed a .docx file. The figures came through as boxes with question marks. If instead I imported the .docx file into Pages and then exported to .docx, and then imported that file to Mellel, the figures came through. This would seem to be a fixable bug. It's an import...
by laup
Fri Dec 13, 2024 12:23 am
Forum: Mellel
Topic: Typing in Style Names
Replies: 2
Views: 3504

Typing in Style Names

I should know, but...Is there a way to apply a style by, e.g., selecting the passage, typing something (like CMD S), and then typing one's name for the style in question, such as Normal? Similarly, applying auto-titles?
by laup
Tue Aug 27, 2024 9:22 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: MathMagic and Mellel
Replies: 5
Views: 42308

Re: MathMagic and Mellel

Once MathMagic proved adequate to my needs, I plunged forward. I vaguely recall having tried Equation Maker and finding something to complain about. I didn't want to get into the LaTeX world, although that may be due to tubbornness on my part.
by laup
Tue Jul 30, 2024 10:10 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: Join Mellel for iPad beta
Replies: 4
Views: 10922

Re: Join Mellel for iPad beta

Is there a user manual or tutorial for the new Mellel on iPad beta? It's been some years since I played with the previous iPad versions of Mellel or Bookends, so I'm having trouble with basics (other than opening an existing document). Also, my intuition for using these apps on iOS is poor since I o...
by laup
Sat Dec 16, 2023 6:58 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: MathMagic and Mellel
Replies: 5
Views: 42308

Re: MathMagic and Mellel

I bought MathMagic Personal (Education) for $49. I can "Copy as PDF" and paste to move a MM equation into Mellel. I can use copy and paste to move the equation back to MM for editing. So, that's a biggie. 2. The equation's baseline is wrong but can be adjusted upward by editing the Mellel ...
by laup
Thu Dec 14, 2023 9:16 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: MathMagic and Mellel
Replies: 5
Views: 42308

Re: MathMagic and Mellel

I missed the "Personal Edition," which is $59.00. Sorry for the misinformation originally. I'll test the Personal Edition within a day or two.
by laup
Thu Dec 14, 2023 5:17 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: MathMagic and Mellel
Replies: 5
Views: 42308

MathMagic and Mellel

The Mellel Guide now has a sentence saying that one can copy and paste equations from Mellel back into MathMagic for editing. It doesn't say what version of MathMagic. The Lite version is freee. The advanced versions are hundreds of dollars, and are intended for users of InDesign. I tried MathMagic ...
by laup
Mon Aug 29, 2022 4:25 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: Location of Endnotes amd bibliographies
Replies: 6
Views: 37012

Re: Location of Endnotes amd bibliographies

Icelander, yes, I'm getting old and sometimes forget things. However, I remembered posting the issue of chapter endnotes "years ago" and hoped that the matter had been addressed. After all, Mellel has had a lot of major imprvements in the last decade. Unfortunately, that seems not to be th...
by laup
Fri Aug 26, 2022 5:43 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: Location of Endnotes amd bibliographies
Replies: 6
Views: 37012

Location of Endnotes amd bibliographies

Is it possible to specify that endnotes appear at the end of a section, page range, or some other unit corresponding to a book chapter, and that the numbering of said endnotes restarts thereafter?

Similarly, is it possible--using Bookends--to have separate bibliographies chapter by chapter?
by laup
Wed Sep 29, 2021 10:03 pm
Forum: The Nitty and the Gritty
Topic: Why do people ask questions and then never bother to read the answer(s)?
Replies: 7
Views: 26452

Re: Why do people ask questions and then never bother to read the answer(s)?

Icelander, I don't know the answer to your question, but I've certainly benefited from your suggestions on the forum. I've tried to pass along my own suggestions now and then, seldom with any feedback. I agree, that we'd benefit from a more active forum.
by laup
Wed Sep 29, 2021 10:00 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: MathType and Catalina
Replies: 12
Views: 86099

Re: MathType and Catalina

So far, I've not found a good work flow using Word 365 with its MathType add-in as intermediates. This process works and the add-in provides adequate functionality, although it is still crummy software at this point, but the process for me is tedious, Perhaps others have figured out how to do it smo...
by laup
Wed Sep 29, 2021 2:09 am
Forum: Mellel
Topic: MathType and Catalina
Replies: 12
Views: 86099

Re: MathType and Catalina

Any new and successful experience with MathType, even working via Word 365?
by laup
Sat Jul 10, 2021 6:48 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: Looking for your input regarding Mellel's Factory templates
Replies: 7
Views: 42009

Re: Looking for your input regarding Mellel's Factory templates

The set of templates should prioritize being useful to Mellel users. My sense, which might be quite wrong, is that the focus should be on "serious" writers who prepare technical and nontechnical books and reports, including dissertations, and journal articles. If so, then I would look to w...