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Apple iWork 09 9.0.4 Update – Adds ePub Support

Posted on August 26, 2010 by admin

While I’ve recommended Apple’s productivity suite, iWork to to plenty of people doing family newsletters or related documents, I normally don’t mention it here except in passing, but iWork 09 9.0.4 fixes some issues in all three apps – Keynote, … Continue reading →

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Mellel Word Processor – Universal Binary

Posted on March 15, 2006 by admin

The developers at RedleX have sent out word that Mellel word processor will soon be a Universal Binary.

As always you can check the list at guide.apple.com/universal for a full listing of Universal Binaries – as of today, the list is over 1100 applications. Of course iWork ’06 from Apple is already a Universal Binary, and Nisus Writer Express is as well.

Rumors are (and they are probably fairly accurate) that Apple will have Intel machines across their full desktop and notebook lineup by August of 2006. Continue reading →

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iWork ’06

Posted on January 10, 2006 by admin

iWork ’06 was released with some major enhancements to Pages and Keynote. Although a spreadsheet application was not added, spreadsheet functionality was increased. Among the changes:
* Ability to create more sophisticated/compex documents and presentations, including spreadsheet-like tables
* 3D Charts
* Image editing (similar to iPhoto)
* Masking tools added
* New ways to view the documents as you create them, as well as the ability to control the viewing angle for presentations
* Improved Mac OS X Address Book compatability
* Dozens of new themes

iWork ’06 is available now for $79 through the Apple Store. Continue reading →

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Mellel 2.0.1

Posted on November 16, 2005 by admin

In an update to Mellel 2.0, a Mac OS X word processor ( read about it here), Mellel 2.0.1 addresses a problem with running on older versions of Mac OS X – Mellel 2.0.1 will run on Mac OS X 10.2. Continue reading →

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Mellel 2.0 and Mellel Spotlight Plugin

Posted on November 15, 2005 by admin

Mellel 2.0, the word processor from RedleX, has been released. Mellel is one of the leading word processors for Mac OS X, with a special focus on scholars, writers, technical writing and multilingual word processing. A lot of genealogists use it because of the above advertised features -if you’re writing formal genealogy documents/books, the formatting, footnote/endnote, citation, and layout features are a big plus. Version 2.0 is a major update, and requires Mac OS X 10.2.

The Mellel Spotlight Plugin is just that – a plugin for Mac OS X 10.4′s Spotlight, that makes Mellel documents searchable. Continue reading →

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