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This support section includes additional guides, tutorials and tips for Mellel and additional files that might help you using Mellel.

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.
Auto-titles	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).

Tutorials and guides

Tutorial for beginners (updated for Mellel 2.7.2)	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 2.7 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. PDF \| Mellel format (October 18, 2009)
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

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