@1ST PAR PAL = Emulation Technologies Inc. has announced<%0> VProfessional, a new<%0> software package for Ventura users. The program greatly improves the process of importing text into Ventura Publisher. @ARTICLE PAL = VProfessional resides in the GEM operating environment and provides seamless conversion for word processing docu<%4>ments into the typographic<%0> format of Ventura Publisher. The program is accessed from the text load menu of Ventura. @ARTICLE PAL = @ARTICLE PAL = VProfessional approaches the <%8>differences between word<%0> processing and typography with <%6>ACT <197> Advanced Control<%0> <%6>Translation features. ACT<%0> employs a simple mouse-driven menu that addresses the many differences <%8>in document construction<%0> between the word processing and desktop publishing environments. @ARTICLE PAL = @ARTICLE PAL = The program can selectively convert: ASCII quotation marks to the open and closed format; hyphens and dashes to em and en dashes; apostrophes and quotes to appropriate foot <%8>and inch marks; multiple<%0> periods into ellipses, repeating characters into tabs; baseline fractions into piece fractions; typewritten <%8>register, copyright and<%0> trademarks into appropriate typographic symbols; extra spaces into em/en dashes or tabs. In addition, the user can instruct VProfessional to delete extra line returns and/or save headers, footers, footnotes, and index tags as hidden text. @ARTICLE PAL = @ARTICLE PAL = <%6>Emulation Technologies<%0> markets a number of data conversion products, including Xchange, a leading PC File and data manipulation package. <%8>Other products include<%0> WVBridge software for converting Wang documents directly into Ventura Publisher. @ARTICLE PAL = Emulation Technologies, Bulkley Building, 1501 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115 or telephone (216) 241-1140. <188>