Download
In this page you'll find various download options for Mellel and useful add-ons.
* Current version is 3.1.3, released February 12, 2013.
Important: Mellel 3.1.3 or later is not compatible with Mac OS X 10.4.x or PPC machines. It is compatible with Mac OS 10.5.x or later.
Mellel Guide
The full guide for Mellel, updated to the latest version: Server 1
Date: January 28, 2013. Size: 16.9 MB.
Note: The guide is embedded in Mellel 2.2 or later - if you have Mellel, you've already got it.
Mellel Hyphenation Lab
Mellel's Hyphenation Lab. For the daring experts: Application | Dictionaries | Guide
Date: July 27, 2012. Size: various, Zip archives.
Tutorials and guides
Video tutorials
Paragraph Styles and paragraph formatting Paragraph styles basics. Explains how to use, edit and create paragraph styles.
Character formatting and character styles Character formatting and character styles made (very) easy. It explains how to create, change and save styles.
Mentions and ToC An introduction to using the Table of Contents (ToC) and the Mentions (dynamic, running headings) in Mellel.
A simple introduction to auto-title, covering inserting headings, editing and changing them.
Outline This simple tutorial will teach you how to use the Outline and what is it good for (a lot).
Written Guides and tutorials
Tutorial for beginners(updated for Mellel 3.0) The purpose of the Tutorial is not only to initiate the complete newcomer to Mellel, as well as switchers from the Windows system, but also to help the more experienced users learn step-by-step how to use features of Mellel that they may not be confident about using. In addition, questions frequently asked on the Mellel forum are also largely addressed. The difference between the Tutorial and the Mellel Guide is the Tutorial's attempt to give detailed instructions, with illustrations, on most matters. It is, in fact, the abundant illustrations that make the Tutorial so many megabytes in size.
The tutorial has been reworked not only to incorporate details about using Mellel 2.9 but also to reflect changes caused by the introduction of Snow Leopard. The chapter on images has been completely rewritten, there has been major rewriting of the chapter on Auto-titles. And a vast number of cross-references has been incorporated. Those who use the Mellel version of the Tutorial can see the details of the cross reference system in action, by looking at the cross-references as explained in the Cross References chapter. The updated version also includes information about Track Changes and Sorting. PDF | Mellel format (June 29, 2012)
Uyghur and English Three ways to type Uyghur and English together in Mellel 2.0. Mellel format
Outlining for beginners Two excellent tutorials about auto-numbering and outlining for beginners. Both tutorials are in Mellel format
Mellel tables for beginners An extensive tutorial for beginners who want to learn how to work with tables. Highly recommended. Part 1 | Part 2
Getting started How to download Mellel, install and update it, uninstalling Mellel, solving common installation problems, running and registering and adding Mellel to the Dock. Zipped | PDF
Arabic, Writing How to start writing in Arabic and Persian Download
Auto-numbers, designing a setup Advanced: And extensive tutorial that will guide you how to create a new auto-numbering setup, how to design it and how to design the table of contents, mentions and outline format. The tutorial folder contains the auto-numbering setup you'll create and an example file Download
Auto-numbers, using Two extensive examples about how to use auto-numbers in Mellel Download
Copying Tables How to copy and move tables Download
Cyrillic, writing How to start writing in Cyrillic Download
Date insertion How to insert dates using different date formats Download
First line indent How to indent the first line in a paragraph using the Tab key or the Indent margin Download
Hebrew, writing How to start writing in Hebrew Download
Importing Davka files How to import plain text and RTF files from DavkaWriter and Davka Judaica files Download
Index creation How to create an index in Mellel (an expert "hack") Download
Language, changing How to set and change the localisation language and some other language tips Download
Language, switching How to activate languages in Mac OS X, switching between languages, activating other language options and entering text using various languages Download
Lists, designing How to create and design list styles, including a numbered and bulleted list and a list mixing both bullets and numbers Download
Lists, working with How to work with lists efficiently and smoothly Download
Outline creation Advanced: How to create and use outlines with new documents, how to adjust the outline appearance and how to use the outline in Mellel as an outliner Download
Page styles for a book Advanced: An extensive tutorial with several examples explaining how to create and use page styles to design a book Download
Spelling tips How to activate the "Learn" option, adding more spell-checkers and spell-checking in Hebrew Download
Styles, creating a set Advanced: An extensive tutorial explaining how to create a set of styles for a guide Download
Syriac, starting with A basic guide to starting to work with Syriac Download
Keyboard Layouts
Keyboard Layouts hosted at RedleX site
The following keyboard layouts can be downloaded directly from this site. The keyboard layouts are a contribution by Mellel users.
Note: RedleX tested and found these layouts to be working correctly. However, RedleX cannot guarantee that they will satisfy your needs, and we will not provide support for them. If you need support using any of these keyboard layouts, please contact its contributor. The keyboard layouts are ordered alphabetically, by language.
- Esperanto Keyboard layout. Courtesy of Donald Broadribb (February 8, 2010)
- Czech keyboard layout. Intended for foreigners learning Czech. (courtesy of Sorin Paliga, PhD, Slavic Department, University of Bucharest) (September 8, 2009)
- Glagolitic and Staroslavjanski keyboard layout Updated to the latest Unicode standard (courtesy of Sorin Paliga, PhD, Slavic Department, University of Bucharest) (September 8, 2009)
- Romanian Keyboard layouts including qwertz, azerty, programmers, legathy, PC and more (courtesy of Sorin Paliga, PhD, Slavic Department, University of Bucharest) (September 8, 2009)
- US Academic keyboard (courtesy of Sorin Paliga, PhD, Slavic Department, University of Bucharest) (September 8, 2009)
- Etruscan keyboard (courtesy of Sorin Paliga, PhD, Slavic Department, University of Bucharest) (September 8, 2009)
- Persian, Urdu and Kurdish keyboard layouts (for Mac OS X, courtesy of Behnam) (August 3, 2007)
- Uyghur-Arabic Unicode Keyboard layout (for Mac OS X)
- Hebrew QWERTY keyboard (courtesy of Menasheh Steiglitz).
- Persian keyboards for Mac OS X (37 KB) (including Persian and FarsiPC keyboard layouts).
- Romanian keyboard (courtesy of Florin Neumann from Romania).
- Other Keyboard Layouts
- Keyboard Layouts for various languages: Biblical Hebrew, Esperanto, Hausa, Manchu, Navajo, Old Persian, Ottoman, Persian, ArabicQWERTY, Brazilian, Canadian French, CroatianCE, Cyrillic-QWERTY, Kotoeri, Lao, Persian (various) Pinyin, Polish, SlovakQWERTY, Tibetan.
- HebrewTrans: Unicode keyboard conforming to the SBL style.
- Latin Keyboard layouts: including keyboard layouts for most Latin languages, CE, and more.
- Quinon Keyboard layouts: including keyboard layouts for ArabicQWERTY, Armenian, Cyrillic-QWERTY, Farsi, Georgian, GreekPolytonic, Hebrew-QWERTY, LatinTL, MacRomanUnicode, extended latin, Thaana, dingbats and more.
- Slovanian and Cyrillic keyboard layouts: are here.
- Syriac keyboard layout (new and very nice indeed)
- New Syriac keyboard layout (similar to Hebrew-QWERTY).
- Syriac/Aramaic keyboard layout. They seem to be moving to Here soon.
- SIL IPA keyboard layout: is here. Other IPA keyboards are here and here.
- Keyboard building tools
- Ukelele: A Mac OS X tool for building keyboard layouts.
- Keyboards for Mac OS X: a fine do-it-yourself Mac OS X keyboard layout builder by Alex Eulenberg.
- KeylayoutMaker: A tool using the Perl language to construct keyboard layouts.
Hyphenation Dictionaries
The following hyphenation dictionaries and are offered here by RedleX as a courtesy service. The Hyphenation dicationaries are for experts only. The Compiled dictionaries are for you to install and use.
If you have created or modified a hyphenation dictionary, please send it to us and we'll upload them to the site and refer to them in this section.
Installing dictionaries: To install dictionaries, quit Mellel and then drag the dictionary into ~/Library/Applications Support/Mellel/Hyphenation Dictionaries (where "~") stands for your user folder, and launch Mellel again. The dictionary or dictionaries should then be available for use via the Edit Paragraph Style dialogue box.
Hyphenation Dictionaries (Updated July 12, 2012)
All the dictionaries, in uncompiled form you can open and edit in Mellel Hyphenation lab. Supported languages: Basque, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Deutsch (traditionell), Deutsch 1.3.2, Dutch, Esperanto, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek (ancient), Greek (Dimotiki monotonic), Greek (Dimotiki polytonic), Greek (Katharevusa), GreekDraft, Hebrew, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latin, Latviesu, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, UKEnglish, Ukrainian, USEnglish. Download
Compiled Dictionaries (Updated July 12, 2012)
Compiled versions of all the dictionaries. You can't edit them, but you can test them in Mellel. Supported languages: Catala, Cestina, Dansk, Deutsch (reformiert), Deutsch (traditionell), Deutsch, Eesti, Espanol, Esperanto, Euskara, Francais, Gaeilge, Greek (ancient), Greek (Dimotiki monotonic), Greek (Dimotiki polytonic), Greek (Katharevusa), Greek, Hrvatski, Interlingua, Italiano, Ivrit, Latina, Latviesu, Magyar, Nederlands, Norsk, Polski, Portugues, Russian, Serbian, Suomi, Svenska, UK English, Ukrainian, US English. Download
Templates
The following templates are offered here by RedleX as a courtesy service. If you have templates you wish to share with other users of Mellel, please send them to us and we'll upload them to the site and refer to them in this section.
Installing templates: To install templates, quit Mellel and then copy the downloaded files or folders into ~/Library/Applications Support/Mellel/Templates (where "~") stands for your user folder, and launch Mellel again. The templates should then be available for opening via File > Open Template....
- APA 6th. A template suitable for the American Psychological Association 6th edition Publication Manual, courtesy of Adam Bowker, Penn State University. (April 2010)
- Students of law schools (swiss) german scientific report. The template is in German, but can be used by all, of course. By Stefan Stumpf (December 2008)
- Business plan template for a sole trader: or individual selling professional services. This has everything in it. Just fill in the blanks. By Chris Reed.
- Social Sciences Political Sciences template: Template created by Dr. Joachim K. Rennstich that includes ready-made outlining and styles. Greared towards starndard paper appearance.
- Book Template: A template for book, complete with styles and a style set. Courtesy of Fabio Sirna.
- SBTS-Turabian: Created following the Turabian Guide (6th edition) by Rick Mansfield
- Scripting template: A simple script writing template by Bruno Hausheer-Novikova.
- APA-Nature template: Created following "Nature" specification.
- Esperanto templates: Default templates for Esperanto.
- Russian templates: Default templates for Russian.
- SBL term paper Template: Courtesy of Danny Zacharias.
Auto-title Setups
The following auto-titles are offered here by RedleX as a courtesy service. If you have auto-title setups you wish to share with other users of Mellel, please send them to us and we'll upload them to the site and refer to them in this section.
Installing auto-title setups: To install an auto-title setup simply copy the downloaded files into ~/Library/Applications Support/Mellel/Autotitle Setups (where "~") stands for your user folder, quit and launch Mellel again. The new auto-title setups should then be available from the auto-ttle sheet setups menu.
- Updated This better work: An auto-title setup designed for academic papers, courtesy of Kerri Russell. It includes the setup, an a style set to match (38KB)
- Esperanto auto-title setups: The default Esperanto auto-title setups.
- German auto-title setups: The default German auto-title setups.
- Rumanian auto-title setups: The default Rumanian auto-title setups.
- Russian auto-title setups: The default Russian auto-title setups.
Fonts
Please see our Fonts page.
