RedleX updates Mellel 2.0 word processor

RedleX today released Mellel 2.0, a major update to its word processor for Mac OS X. Mellel 2.0 offers over 30 new features and improvements, including page layout application functions. Version 2.0 also includes several features enhancing ease of use and writing and managing long document, such as support for multiple columns, enhanced hyphenation, widows and orphans control, keep with next, and improved RTF import/export. The company also said that Mellel 2.0 brings improved support for tables: "To solve the perennial problem of positioning graphics and tables in columns and still keep the columns completely parallel, Mellel 2.0 supports image and table height 'rounding' which rounds the height of the table or graphics based on the line spacing in the surrounding text." Mellel is available immediately for $50 (single-user license) or $35 (education).

"Mellel 2.0 is a huge step forward for us," says Eyal Redler, CTO at RedleX. "Our mission with Mellel was always to provide the ideal word processor for scholars and writers. Now, with the current version, we're making a significant move to also fill the void left when FrameMaker for the Mac was abandoned by Adobe," he adds. The unique thing about the new features, he claims, is not the features, but the level of sophistication and control Mellel 2.0 offers with them. "Those are things you could only find in a page layout application until now," he adds.

Mellel 2.0 also adds several new features and enhancements tailored to the requirements and needs of writers and scholars. "When you run forward, it's easy to forget that the main task of a word processor is to cater to its user's needs," claims Guy Hivroni, cofounder and chief GUI designer for Mellel. "We pay special care to never forget that: new features such as background colour for documents, dashed borders and lines and, first and foremost, a vastly improved RTF export and import support are tribute to that."

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