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>Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 14:18:11 -0600
>From: Derek Roff <[log in to unmask]>
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum
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>Subject: Re: #7500 Mellel: word processor for OS X
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I have been using Mellel for about six months.  I like it pretty
well.  I have profited from the Unicode support, but I don't have
personal experience with non-Roman character sets.  Spell checking
options are varied and fairly flexible.  I don't know how many
languages/dictionaries are available for spell check.  Document
formatting is great is some areas, good in most, and weak or missing
in some things.

One of the advantages is an active discussion list, in which the
developers participate.  And respond.  Bug fixes reported to the list
are sometimes corrected within a few days.  Features supported by
many comments from list members often appear in the next update, a
month or two after the suggestion.  Many of the people active on the
list are using non-Roman character sets, and answer questions from
new users about issues specific to a given language.

Mellel is a young program, so it is evolving quickly.  It is small,
quick and inexpensive.  Most features are well thought out, but in
some cases, sufficiently different from a Word-user's expectations,
that reading the manual is necessary.  It's worth a look.

Derek

>> From: David Kanig <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Mellel: word processor for OS X
>
> Greetings from Providence,
>
> Has anyone had any experience with a word processing package for Mac
> OS X called Mellel?  It's Unicode compliant, unlike Word for OS X.
> I'd be especially interested to hear how well it functions in
> non-Roman character sets, spell checking and document formatting.
>
> Information from the publisher can be found at:
> http://www.redlers.com/mellel.html .
>
> David Kanig

Derek Roff
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