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Subject:Re: Translating Ventura From:"Carl Young (Lookout Mountain Communications)" <carl -at- INDIRECT -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 27 Oct 1993 14:15:51 MST
>Beth,
>There are filters that translate from Venture to Frame, but my experience
>(going from Interleaf to Frame) has been that the graphics don't exchange
>well. Try Bret Riner at DocuMedia (602) 460-4738 if you want to talk to
>an expert on Frame imports. He used to be the Frame SE for Arizona.
>See you.
Carl
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Our company has inherited some doc from a co. (or software feature) we bought
> out, and this huge doc is in Ventura. We would like to put it in either
> MS Word or FrameMaker. I am to investigate the possibilities of translation,
> so I thought I'd ask you all if you are aware of whether (and how completely)
> Ventura docs can be transformed into Word/Frame. It has lots of graphics.
> Thanks in advance!
> Also, thank you very much for the interesting responses on the on-line
> vs. online matter. I am compiling your thoughts and making them available
> to our entire TW staff here. Keep 'em coming!
> ecs -at- alpha -dot- sunquest -dot- com
> Beth C. Staats
> Sunquest Information Systems, Tucson
