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@HEADLINE 1 = Ventura Publisher<191> Tutorial To see different parts of the screen, use the mouse to point to the vertical scroll bar (shown to the right), press and hold the left mouse button, and move the scroll bar up or down. The horizontal scroll bar at the bottom of the screen works the same way. Point to the top of the screen to enable any of the menus. To clear a menu that has dropped down, point to a blank part of the screen and push the left mouse button. Only the left mouse button is used by Ventura Publisher. To go to the next page, press the Pg Dn<D> key on the keyboard. To go to the previous page, press the Pg Up<D> key. Press Pg Dn<D> now. @NEW PAGE = The Function Selector<D> changes between the four major functions of Ventura Publisher. The Frame Setting<D> function lets you draw frames (boxes) on the screen which hold either computer drawings, scanned images, or text. The Paragraph Tagging<D> function lets you quickly and simply change the typographic attributes of an entire paragraph. The Text Editing<D> function is a built-in wordprocessor. The Graphic Drawing<D> function is a built-in drawing package. Press Pg Dn.<D> @NEW PAGE = @HEADLINE 1 = Tagging Makes Publishing Easy Enable the Paragraph Tagging<D> function by pointing to the paragraph tagging icon <MI>in the upper left corner of this screen<D>, and then pressing the mouse button once. Select the paragraph below (<169>Tagging Makes Publishing Easy<170>) by pointing to it with the mouse and then pushing the mouse button once. Then, point to the name Headline 1<D> in the Assignment List<D> and press the mouse button once. Then move the mouse cursor to an empty area on the screen and press the mouse button. The one line paragraph below should then look identical to the paragraph above. Tagging Makes Publishing Easy Press Pg Dn.<D> @NEW PAGE = @SUB HEAD 1 = Text Editing<197>Introduction Ventura Publisher has a built-in wordprocessor. All changes made within Ventura Publisher are saved back to your own wordprocessor. To use Ventura Publisher's wordprocessor, select the Text Edit function (the Text icon in the upper left corner of this screen). Then move the mouse cursor to the point in the text where you want to make changes and press the mouse button. The text cursor will appear and you can begin typing. You can change the font or style of any text. Place the mouse cursor at the beginning of the text whose font or style you wish to change. Press <MI>and hold<D> the mouse button, and then move the mouse to the end of the text you wish to change. The text should look like this: @Z_SELECTED = Selected text You can then use the mouse to point to any of the styles shown in the Assignment List. Press the mouse button to select a style. Select the Set Font<D> button to change the font of the selected text. Go ahead and add text anywhere on this page. Select Normal<D> to return the text to its original state. Press Pg Dn. @NEW PAGE = @SUB HEAD 1 = Text Editing<197>Special Characters Ventura Publisher can create and print many characters not available to wordprocessor users, including:<R> @BULLET = Greek symbols: (e.g. <F128>p, g, e, m, W<F255>) @BULLET = Mathematical symbols: (e.g. <F128><133>, <155>, <170><F255>) @BULLET = Typographic symbols: (e.g. <195>, <191>, <169>) @BULLET = Foreign characters: (e.g. <153>, <130>, <156>, <165>)<R> Enter these characters by holding the ALT key and then typing the numeric equivalent of the character on the keyboard numeric keypad. For instance to type a copy<->right symbol (<189>) while using the Text Edit function, hold the ALT key, type 189, and then release the ALT key. These characters are stored back into your word<->processor file as numeric codes (e.g. the copyright symbol would appear as <<189>><D>). Select the Text Editing function (third function from the right), and insert a copyright symbol anywhere in this paragraph. Press Pg Dn.<D> @NEW PAGE = @SUB HEAD 1 = Text Editing<197>Continued You can force lines to end prematurely, without creating a new paragraph. Press and hold the Ctrl key and then press the <<Enter>> key. This creates the following effect: This is a line<R> but this is another line,<R> and yet all four lines<R> are part of the same paragraph. This is very useful for tables, headings. You can also select text and shift it horizontally to the left. This is known as kerning. In the following headline, the o<D> in Together and the e<D> in Ken have been moved to the left (kerned). Go to the next page to see how this is done. @HEADLINE 1 = T<BK12>o<DK0>gether with K<BK8>e<DK0>n Press Pg Dn<D> @NEW PAGE = @SUB HEAD 1 = Text Editing<197>Continued To move a letter to the left (kern), make sure the Text Edit function is enabled. Then select the letter you wish to kern, and then select the Set Font <D>button, located above the Assignment List.<D> The Dialog Box that appears (shown here) has a Kern option at the bottom of the box. Enter the amount of left-shift (kern) you desire. You can change the measurement units by pointing to the measurement unit name and pressing the mouse button once. This affects only this setting. Press Pg Dn<D>. @NEW PAGE = @SUB HEAD 1 = Tabs and Simple Tables Simple tables can be quickly formatted using the tab key, and selecting a paragraph Tag which sets the tab stops. The paragraphs below have tab characters in them. If you tag them with a paragraph tag for which tab stops have been set, the text will be formatted into a table. Change to the Paragraph Tagging function and tag each paragraph below with the Table <D>tag. (Use the scroll bar in the Assignment List to get to the Table tag). Widget 1 283.23 287.34 295.99 Widget 2 1256.55 1289.55 1301.11 Widget 3 34.33 52.97 110.11 Press Pg Dn.<D> @NEW PAGE = @SUB HEAD 1 = Automatic Section Numbering You can automatically number paragraphs in your manual. For instance, this style sheet has Auto-Numbering turned on for the tags called Number Head 1<D>, and Number Head 2<D>. Select the three paragraphs below and tag them with Number Head 1<D> and Number Head 2<D>. Then, select Renumber Chapter<D> in the Page Menu<D>. If you later re-tag these paragraphs, select Renumber Chapter to remove the section number. This paragraph will be numbered when properly tagged. Tag this as Number Head 1. This is another paragraph that will be numbered with the automatic section numbering. Tag this as Number Head 2. Here is one more paragraph. Tag this as Number Head 2. Don't forget to select Renumber Chapter (in the Page Menu) in order to make the section numbers appear. Press Pg Dn<D>. @NEW PAGE = @SUB HEAD 1 = Special Function Keys Paragraph Tag names can be assigned to special function keys. In this style sheet, the special function keys are assigned as shown below. Tag each item in the list below as a Bullet in order to make them more readable. (Note: If you press and hold the shift key while you select each paragraph, you can select them all, and then <MI>simultaneously<D> change the tag for the each paragraph in the group ). F1 Headline 1 F2 Sub Head 2 F3 Headline 2 F4 Sub Head 2 F5 Headline 3 F6 Sub Head 3 F7 Bullet F8 Table F9 New Page F10 Body Text <R> Press Pg Dn<D>. @NEW PAGE = @SUB HEAD 1 = Pictures You can add a picture any place, on any page in your document. Enable the Frame Setting function (first icon on the left in the Function Selector). Then, move the mouse cursor anywhere within the frame (box) below and push the mouse button. The frame will be selected. Then, point to the file name <->COLUMBIA.GEM<D> in the Assignment List. The picture contained in that file will appear in the frame below. Press Pg Dn<D>. @NEW PAGE = @SUB HEAD 1 = Load New Pictures If you want to add a new picture to the Assignment List and place it in the frame, move the mouse cursor to the File <D>menu (at the top left of the screen) and select the Load Text/Picture<D> option. Then select the Line Art<D> and GEM options and select OK. When a list of files appears, select NOZZLE.GEM<D>. Then select OK. The file named NOZZLE.GEM will appear in the Assignment List, and can be place in the Frame below in the same way as you did on the previous page. Press Pg Dn<D>. @NEW PAGE = @SUB HEAD 1 = Add New Frame To add a new frame, first enable the Frame Setting function (first icon in the upper left corner of the screen). Then, point to the box that says Add New Frame<D> and press the mouse button. Place the mouse cursor at the point that says Start Here<D>, press and hold the mouse button, and then move the mouse cursor to the point that says End Here<D>. Release the mouse button. You now have a new frame! Place another copy of NOZZLE.GEM into this frame. To move the frame, place the mouse cursor inside the frame, press and hold the mouse button, and move the frame. Press the Del key to delete the selected Frame. @NEW PAGE = @SUB HEAD 1 = Graphic Drawing Once a frame is drawn, you can use the Graphic Drawing function (the far right icon in the upper left corner of this screen) to add callouts and annotations, and also create tables. You must first create a frame as described on the previous page (or select a frame that already exists). Then, enable the Graphic Drawing function, select from the menu of shapes shown in the Assignment List, and draw the shape in the same manner that you drew a frame on the previous page. Enable the Frame Setting function, select the frame below, change to the Graphic Drawing mode, and practice. Note that graphics can be inside or outside the frame. Press Pg Dn<D>. @NEW PAGE = @SUB HEAD 1 = Have Fun This concludes this ten minute introduction. Experiment with the text in the remainder of this short chapter. Add and delete text; cut, copy, and paste text. Explore the options contained in the menus above: @BULLET = Try different Views. @BULLET = Enable the Paragraph Tagging function, select a paragraph, and then experiment with the options in the Paragraph menu. You will actually be changing the typographic attributes for that paragraph and any others that have been tagged with the same Tag. When finished, use the Open<D> option in the File<D> menu to look at other chapters contained in the TYPESET<D> directory. For instance, open the chapter called DEMO<D>. This chapter shows some of the document types that Ventura Publisher can handle. To return to DOS, select the Quit<D> option in the File menu. Press Pg Dn<D>. @NEW PAGE = <MI>Insight magazine<D> caught up with Ken Jones, President and COO of Acme Corporation, for a few minutes between meetings Thursday at the convention center. He consented to answer a few questions about the past year, the conference, and the future for Acme. INSIGHT: What do you hope this year's conference will achieve? KEN Jones: Cohesiveness and togetherness in the Acme network. I'd like franchisees to come away with an understanding of our long-term strategy and how we can all be strong together. Attendance here is excellent, and I think this will help us re-establish the strength of our network, world-wide. In the next few days, we will discuss our long-term plans and show how they'll lead us to further market dominance. INSIGHT: Acme has just come through a tough year. How would you characterize the past nine months, since you and Jack Smith came back to top management posts at the company? Marketing Desktop Publishing The potential market for desktop publishing hardware and software is probably much larger than commonly believed<197>and this market will continue to expand as DTP becomes more familiar and penetrates businesses. The most visible applications that DTP addresses are: Newsletters Direct mail pieces Catalogs Price lists For many businesses that regularly produce print communications, DTP offers important advantages, replacing costly outside agencies, freelancers, and consultants. Typesetting services and design can be brought in-house; the result is faster communication, greater involvement in communications, and more communication.