--- Forwarded Message from John de Szendeffy <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 08:53:42 -0400 >Subject: Re: #7500 Mellel: word processor for OS X >From: John de Szendeffy <[log in to unmask]> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> On Thursday, April 29, 2004, at 03:24 PM, David Kanig <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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. The next version of Office for X, Office 2004, will, reportedly, be Unicode compliant but will not support right-to-left languages. You probably know that TextEdit in OS X is Unicode compliant, but I wouldn't call it a fully functional word processor. -John ___________________________________________ John de Szendeffy Multimedia Language Lab Center for English Language and Orientation Programs Boston University ph 617.353.7957 fx 617.353.6195 lab http://www.bu.edu/celop/mll/ personal http://people.bu.edu/johndesz/