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RedleX Releases Mellel 2.6

20, Jan 2009 07:28 Filed in: Software
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RedleX released and update to Mellel today. According to RedleX the new 2.6 version includes 25 new features and many enhancements. Some of the new features include:

1. Automatic update:
  • Check for updates can be done automatically or manually.
  • When updates are available, details of the update are viewable from within the application.
  • Mellel determines users eligibility to the update and informs the user about his/hers status.
  • Update is automatically downloaded and installed, integrated with the payment.
2. QuickLook plug-in - allows QuickLook and Finder previews of Mellel documents.
  • Very accurate rendering of the documents, giving a very precise preview and QuickLook (except hyphenation).
  • Preferences option to limit number of pages in QuickLook previews.
3. Added "Match Style Attributes" when switching style sets.
4. "Smart Style Application" - when applying character styles, Mellel maps overrides to their closes matching variation in the style.
5. The more traditional "Wipe all overrides" style application is also available by holding the option key while applying the style.
6. "Export PDF" option.
7. Re-Arranged "Statistics" palette.
8. "Spread view" options: One up, Two up, Four up and Spread.
9. Added the following encodings for plain text export and import: Japanese (Mac), Japanese (Windows), Japanese (Shift-JIS), Japanese (EUC), Traditional Chinese (Mac), Traditional Chinese (Windows), Simplified Chinese (Mac), Simplified Chinese (Windows), Chinese (GB18030), Korean (Mac), Korean (Windows), Korean (ISO2022-KR), Korean (EUC).
10. Added support for Japanese and Chinese to RTF, this improves compatibility with word and text edit for importing and copying Japanese and Chinese texts.

“Mellel is an advanced word processor for Mac OS X designed especially for scholars, creative and technical writers, and anyone seeking a feature-rich and reliable word processor.”


Mellel 2.6 is a free upgrade for anyone that bought it after December of 2006. Users that purchased Mellel prior to December 2006 can upgrade for $19 (USD). A full regular license is $49(USD) and RedleX offers a boxed version for $64( USD). Downloadable version for educators and students is $35 (USD)

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