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This method would work partially. However, text and graphics which are
linked to the text file would be lost.
If we're talking about big docs, it could also be a huge job.
I see two options for Debra:
1. She can create Acrobat files
2. She can convert the Ventura files to Word or FrameMaker.
I recommend the second option if the files are expected to be updated.
For a program that converts Ventura files for either of these programs
(it creates an RTF file), see MasterHelp from Performance Software at http://mh004.infi.net/~psi/ (No, I do not work for them.)
David Wolicki
New Dimension Software ltd.
davidw -at- telaviv -dot- ndsoft -dot- com
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From: Lisa Higgins
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
Subject: Converting Ventura files. Re: Intranets
Date: Monday, January 26, 1998 1:01PM
I haven't used Ventura for years, but as I recall, it's a markup
language. It should be trivial to write (or get) a simple conversion
filter to convert the Ventura files to HTML. You could even open the
files in any text editor, search for the Ventura tags, and replace
them with corresponding HTML tags.
Unless Ventura's changed wildly since I last used it.
> Becky responded:
> >
> (snip)
> >The Ventura files present a different set of challenges. If
> >you can convert Ventura to WORD, you can go from WORD to HTML. I
> >haven't used Ventura, so I don't know what success you will have
there.
> (snip)
>
> Debra, if you've got Distiller, you can easily convert your Ventura
4.2
> files to PDF format. Just print them to a postscript file, then use
> Distiller to convert the file to PDF. I've done it many times with no
> problem. Feel free to contact me if you have further questions on
doing
> this.
>
> Cindy
> cmetzger -at- dukane -dot- com
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