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by macsailor
Thu May 30, 2019 8:10 pm
Forum: The Nitty and the Gritty
Topic: Sluggish Typing in iOS App
Replies: 4
Views: 8710

Re: Sluggish Typing in iOS App

I've got the same problem after the update to 12.3.1. The app gets sluggish both while typing, scrolling within a document and scrolling in the Mellel folder located at iCloud.

Really hope for a quick fix.
by macsailor
Thu May 30, 2019 7:01 pm
Forum: The Nitty and the Gritty
Topic: Hyphenation on iPad
Replies: 2
Views: 7418

Re: Hyphenation on iPad

One year later and sadly no sign of any improvements regarding these features that are more or less essential to a word processor today. When will the iPad version of Mellel come up to the same level as the macOS version?
by macsailor
Fri May 17, 2019 10:47 am
Forum: The Nitty and the Gritty
Topic: After editing note attributes, unnecessary scrolling to the beginning of a document
Replies: 5
Views: 18267

Re: After editing note attributes, unnecessary scrolling to the beginning of a document

Let's say, I'm somewhere in the middle of a Mellel document when I open the note attributes pane in order to check/change some note formatting attributes (Insert –> Note –> Edit note attributes.) When I click on the OK button to close the pane, Mellel always scrolls to the beginning of the document...
by macsailor
Fri Apr 12, 2019 12:24 pm
Forum: The Nitty and the Gritty
Topic: Embedding fonts in a PDF
Replies: 3
Views: 6388

Re: Embedding fonts in a PDF

The only answer I can find regarding this topic is quite old. It's from 2009 and can be read here in the Mellel forum (click on the link).

I do not know if this has changed during the last 9-10 years. If it has, hopefully to the better. :-)
by macsailor
Mon Mar 04, 2019 7:08 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: Just for fun, what is your longest Mellel document...
Replies: 8
Views: 15791

Re: Just for fun, what is your longest Mellel document...

My Master thesis reached nearly 29,000 words altogether. No problems at all during the writing process. Worked like a charm together with Bookends.

Forgot to mention it included a lot of cross-references and footnotes as well.
by macsailor
Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:07 pm
Forum: The Nitty and the Gritty
Topic: iPad Keyboard Shortcuts
Replies: 1
Views: 3241

Re: iPad Keyboard Shortcuts

Hello, as far as I can tell, some of the system wide iOS keyboard shortcuts (iPad 3rd Gen and iOS 12.1.1) are not available on Mellel, but are available on Pages, Notes, Scrivener, etc. Just a couple of examples: (1) Holding Command while in the App doesn’t bring up a list of keyboard shortcuts. Te...
by macsailor
Fri Dec 21, 2018 9:18 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: A Mellel PDF becomes unintelligible
Replies: 13
Views: 15293

Re: A Mellel PDF becomes unintelligible

Thanks, all (esp. Eyal) for the advice. I've sent both 'versions' of PDF to the publishers, whose printers are now telling them their software doesn't recognise the font. It's Palatino Linotype. Any (polite) suggestions as to what I might suggest the publisher advises the printer to do would be wel...
by macsailor
Thu Dec 20, 2018 7:44 am
Forum: Mellel
Topic: A Mellel PDF becomes unintelligible
Replies: 13
Views: 15293

Re: A Mellel PDF becomes unintelligible

1. How did you produce the PDF? Did you use File->Export->PDF or did you use File->Print and then produced a PDF? Try using the opposite method and see if that makes a difference Which is the recommended and prefered way to create a pdf file from within Mellel using the two methods mentioned above?
by macsailor
Mon Dec 17, 2018 2:13 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: How Mellel has failed me
Replies: 12
Views: 25983

Re: How Mellel has failed me

Why not just use MS Word? If this is the format you need at the end of the day, then why not just use MS Word? It's just not my cup of tea. I have to use MS Word sometimes, but if I can avoid it, I rather not use it. Has nothing to do with that MS Word is from Microsoft, more than MS word is not my...
by macsailor
Wed Dec 05, 2018 2:31 pm
Forum: The Nitty and the Gritty
Topic: examples of layout
Replies: 1
Views: 3204

Re: examples of layout

Even Mellel is not primarily an application you should use if you want to work with layouts, but it's more of a word processor, it's possible to some extent to work with layouts. The closest to your request I can think of is to create a new document from within Mellel and select the template »Newsle...
by macsailor
Mon Nov 05, 2018 3:47 pm
Forum: The Nitty and the Gritty
Topic: Feature request: split view
Replies: 35
Views: 210125

Re: Feature request: split view

+1
by macsailor
Thu Nov 01, 2018 7:24 am
Forum: The Nitty and the Gritty
Topic: Keyboard text shortcuts in system preferences
Replies: 7
Views: 7066

Re: Keyboard text shortcuts in system preferences

I use Typinator myself and I can recommend it as well.
by macsailor
Tue Oct 30, 2018 9:20 pm
Forum: The Nitty and the Gritty
Topic: Keyboard text shortcuts in system preferences
Replies: 7
Views: 7066

Re: Keyboard text shortcuts in system preferences

Could be that Mellel doesn't use the built-in text engine provided by Apple?
by macsailor
Tue Oct 30, 2018 7:03 am
Forum: The Nitty and the Gritty
Topic: Keyboard text shortcuts in system preferences
Replies: 7
Views: 7066

Re: Keyboard text shortcuts in system preferences

I made a test after I read the question, and I was surprised it didn't work. I use Typinator and before that, I used to use TextExpander, so I never really used the built-in version of macOS.
by macsailor
Wed Oct 10, 2018 7:32 am
Forum: Mellel
Topic: Margin/indent numbers slightly off
Replies: 4
Views: 5480

Re: Margin/indent numbers slightly off

Have you contacted the support at Mellel?