Transform Ventura to RTF through a point and click interface!
TagWrite is a product of the ZANDAR Corporation. TagWrite RTF to Ventura transformer was originally licensed by the Corel Corporation of Canada, the owners and publishers of Ventura. The Ventura to RTF EXPORT filter is available only from ZANDAR Corporation. You can order at sales@tagwrite.com or see the information at the end of this data sheet.
Transform Ventura to RTF
Through a point and click Wizard interface you can transform bi-directionally between tagged Ventura files and fully formatted, styled Rich Text Format including fully styled tables.
Transform from @TAGNAME = Ventura files into fully styled and formatted Rich Text Format for import into Microsoft Word For Windows, and any product that reads RTF like Frame.
You can also transform from fully formatted, styled Rich Text Format into @TAGNAME = tagged Ventura files.
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What is RTF?
"RTF" stands for Rich Text Format. RTF is the document interchange standard established by Microsoft Corporation. All Microsoft document processing products permit files to be saved or imported as RTF. FrameMaker imports RTF.
The Wizard
The Ventura<>RTF Transformer functions with a sophisticated but very simple Wizard. Everything is fully menu driven.
You select a Ventura style (.STY) sheet, and the Ventura tagnames are displayed in one column.
You select a Microsoft Word RTF document that contains all the styles and their attributes which you want to equate with the Ventura tagnames. A list of the Microsoft Word style names appear on screen.
You point and click to match the Ventura tagnames with the RTF style names.
When finished, select OK, and the application is built for you--automatically.
You then can select files to run through the application and re-use the application as many times as necessary.
You can build as many transformation applications as necessary.
Supported Features
- Supports Ventura from the first release to the Version 7.
- Tables (with internals table styles) and footnotes supported automatically from Ventura To RTF and from RTF To Ventura. No user setup is required.
- All paragraph level styles. All occurrences of bold, italic, underline, double underline, strikeover, quote marks, superscript, subscript, em\en dashes, hyphens, hidden text, non-breaking space, bullets, date-time, index markers, empty box, filled box.
- Graphic anchors are noted in the output document. Actual graphics must be placed manually.
- We include a pre-processor to correct a line ending corruption that is sometimes introduced into Ventura files. If your files are OK, then you will not need to use the pre-processor, but if you have the "line ending problem", this utility will be a major benefit. Ventura stores .TXT files with two hard new lines only at the end of the paragraph. It never stores styled paragraphs with a hard new line at the end of each line of text. We have found, however, that when Ventura .TXT files are saved in an ASCII editor outside of the Ventura environment, it is a common error to Save As... ASCII with line endings. This choice injects a line ending about every 80 characters and corrupts the Ventura files in a number of ways. The free TagWrite pre-processor will clean up the files at warp speed to prepare them for correct transformation to RTF thorugh the Wizard.
- Limitations: Equations, font family/size changes, and color changes not supported.
Procedure to Use the Application
The Ventura .STY file contains all the style names in your Ventura document. The TagWrite Ventura<>RTF Wizard reads your Ventura .STY file. .You simply point the Wizard to the location of your .STY file. (If you do not have a .STY file for your Ventura documents, then you can build one using any version of Ventura)
You must have a "master" document in Microsoft Word For Windows. This "master" document will contain all of the style names with their attributes. If you already have a Microsoft Word document with the complete list of defined style names, then it will serve as the "master". You simply save it from within Word as Rich Text Format, and select it from within the Ventura<>RTF to display the list of Word style names.
Ventura source documents must be available in .TXT (ASCII) format. The Ventura<>RTF transformer cannot process Ventura files saved in a proprietary word processing format.
Skill Level Required
No special skill. You must know the location of your Ventura Chapter files and the location of the RTF file containing the styles you want to transform.
Fully automated istall. Easy to use instructions are included. ZANDAR Corporation takes pride in having virtually no help calls. Up and running in a few minutes.
System Requirements
Microsoft Windows
Price
$79.00 plus shipping (free by Internet transfer). Payment by check please. Please order by email at sales@tagwrite.com.
You can order by email sales@tagwrite.com. Please provide name, exact shipping information including a telephone number. Normally we ship by return email as a ZIP file attachment.
We will contact you about the method of payment.
Return and Support Policy
Limited Warranty. The Ventura<>RTF transformer has been broadly tested and has been in the market since 1994. The product is actively maintained.
If the product does not perform according to the specifications in this data sheet, please report the problem to ZANDAR Corporation by E-Mail. ZANDAR Corporation, at its discretion, will correct the problem promptly or refund your money. No other warranty is offered. Because any software transformer is likely to encounter file format corruption or situations that are unique, it is impossible to offer an unlimited guarantee. All sales are final under these terms.
ZANDAR Corporation provides services for conversion of large archives of Ventura files. Please contact us for pricing.
Contact Us:ZANDAR Corporation
P.O. Box 445
Essex Junction, Vermont 05453-0445
E-mail: sales@tagwrite.com Phone: 802-662-0556