@HEAD 16 L/A = Publishing @HEAD 24 L/A = Exchange @SUBHEAD 9(2) = A SHORT STORY @BODY 9 LEFT = Stored in it's own frame, this column is designed to hold a single short story. To differentiate itself as such, the text file (nwslttr3.txt), uses special tags to display a different subhead and body style. @BODY 9 LEFT = A page packed with type is forbidding. To provide an illusion of air, a <169>blank<170> Column Break tag was placed after the source paragraph below. (If you can't see it, use the tabs and returns button on the ribbon to toggle them on and off. @BODY 9 LEFT = In effect, this break tag forces the next paragraph to the top of the next column, or in this case, the next assigned frame <196> the Q&A column on the right. @SUBHEAD 9(2) = SOURCE: Nancy Bargine Impressa Systems @COLUMN BREAK = @HEAD 12 L/A = NEWSMAKER @HEAD 44 = Q&A @SUBHEAD 10 = Nancy Bargine @SUBHEAD 8 = is the President of Impressa Systems, Inc. She is an experienced Ventura user. @SUBHEAD 8.5 = When I open your Ventura text files in my word processor I see a lot of strange symbols and characters. What do they mean? @BODY TEXT 8.5 = Ventura can read special style attributes in the text file. These include kerning codes that increase or decrease letterspacing, and attribute overrides that can change the point size and/or style of a word within the paragraph. Further, the International Character Set (shown in your Ventura Quick Reference Guide) allows the use of characters, such as the long dash and copyright symbol, not available through the keyboard. @BODY TEXT 8.5 = Personally, I use Microsoft Word to type my Ventura text files. But instead of saving my text files as Microsoft Word-formatted files, I save them in ASCII format (American Standard Code For Information Interchange). This allows me to send and receive text files through my modem, or to exchange diskettes with other writers who use different word processors. @BODY TEXT 8.5 = ASCII files, in any word processor, look confusing at first. But if you can get beyond the stray line-endings, you'll find that it's an efficient way to move text in and out of Ventura. @COLUMN BREAK = @BODY TEXT 8.5 = Next column