RedleX has released Mellel 2.6, an update to its word processor for Mac OS X. A free update for all registered users who have purchased Mellel after Dec. 2006, Mellel costs $49 for a single user license.
Aimed at scholars, writers, and others, Mellel is a Mac OS X-native word processor that features multilingual support, including support for right-to-left languages like Hebrew, Arabic, Persian and Syriac.
New to Mellel 2.6 is QuickLook support for Mac OS X 10.5 “Leopard” users. “Spread View” is also new — it lets you view facing pages together. Automatic update, better statistics, direct Save as PDF improved Chinese, Japanese and Korean encoding, smart style matching and other changes have also been made.