Creating publications
Corel Ventura publications are based on templates, which are preset publication layouts. You can create publications using the default template, using a sample template, or using another publication as a template. Templates save you time, especially when you are creating publications such as newsletters and magazines that use the same layout from one issue to the next. When you create a new publication from a template, the stylesheet, publication properties, formatting, and layout, such as text...
Whats new in Corel Ventura
Corel Ventura has new and enhanced features that let you create professional-looking publications. The following table shows the new features and what they do. Lets you make interface items transparent, including the menu bar, toolbars, and dockers Lets you select from more than 50 new bitmap effects Lets you match colors between various devices, such as scanners, digital cameras, printers, and monitors. You can access this feature by clicking Tools Color management. Lets you specify one-to-one...
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This is an example of Artistic text. You can add Artistic text to your publication, and then edit it by changing the wording of the text or by changing the shape of individual characters. For more information about using the text editing tools on Artistic text, see Setting Artistic text options on page in the online Help. Fitting text to a path is a way to create eye-catching designs for mastheads, brochures, and logos. A path is a line or series of lines that make up a curve object. Fitting...
Updating a tag
If you have changed the formatting of a page, paragraph, frame or table and want that formatting to apply to each item referencing the tag, you can update the tag. Corel Ventura lets you automatically update paragraph tags when you change paragraph formatting options from the property bar, including setting the alignment, font size, font, color, and the bold, italic, and underline styles. If you allow the paragraph tag to be updated automatically, all of the paragraphs in a publication that...
Saving tags and stylesheets
Corel Ventura lets you maintain consistent formatting from one publication to another by letting you save tags to a library file, and access them from any other publication. For more information about using library files, see Using Corel Ventura library files in the online Help. You can also use the navigator to save a page tag to a library file. If you want to use a stylesheet in other publications, you can save the stylesheet to a library file. To save a tag to a library file using the Tag...
Shaping frames or graphic objects
In Corel Ventura, you can shape frames or graphic objects. You can round all the corners of a square or rectangle frame or graphic object at the same time. When you round the corners, each corner node splits into two, and an arc is drawn between the two nodes. The amount of rounding is determined by how far apart you separate the two nodes. You can also shape a circle or ellipse frame or graphic object into a pie shape. Circles and ellipses have only one node, but when you drag the node, it...
To automatically adjust line spacing if the font size changes
2 Click Format Paragraph properties. If the Details button displays, click Details. 4 From the Auto-adjust list box, choose one of the following Percentage lets you change the spacing in proportion to the font size Add lets you change the spacing by an absolute amount for example, if the font size increases by two points, the spacing also increases by two points None makes no adjustment You can change the unit of measurement by right-clicking in a dialog box control that specifies a measurement...
Setting picture display
When bitmaps are output to paper or film they are represented by a dense pattern of dots called a halftone screen. You can adjust the screen settings of individual grayscale images. By default, frames use the publication's picture display settings, however, you can control the resolution and memory settings for a bitmap in a frame. The resolution and memory size settings work in combination and they work best when they are increased or decreased together. For information about setting picture...
Working with color trapping
Trapping intentionally overlaps colors so that minor problems with the alignment of printing plates are not noticed. To overlap colors and create color trapping, one color must overprint the other. Overprinting works best when the top color is much darker than the underlying color otherwise, an undesirable third color may result for example, cyan over yellow may result in a green object . You can choose to preserve overprint settings if you want to trap objects in a document. You can set...
Automatically filling table cells with data
The Corel Ventura autofill feature can save you time and reduce data-entry errors. You can automatically fill rows or columns with exact copies of cell data, sequential data, or data that follows a pattern. The autofill feature automatically recognizes the following patterns months either Jan, Feb, Mar, or January, February, March weekdays either Mon, Tues, Wed, or Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday quarters Q1,Q2,Q3, and Q4 The autofill feature uses the data in the first cell s of a sequence to...
To choose an anchor type
3 Right-click the place in the publication where you want the frame to be anchored. 4 Choose one of the following anchor types In-Line positions the frame on the baseline of the text containing the anchor symbol Above line positions the frame directly above the anchor symbol Below line positions the frame directly below the anchor symbol Column top positions the frame at the top of the text column containing the anchor symbol Column bottom positions the frame at the bottom of the text column...
Adding symbols and special characters
Corel Ventura allows you to insert symbols and special characters in text. Symbols are characters that are neither numbers nor letters for example, special characters are typographic characters for example, copyright , or em and en dashes . Most fonts contain a mixture of symbols and special characters that you can use in addition to the letters, numbers, symbols, and punctuation marks available on your keyboard. Some fonts may not include the same characters as others. The ANSI character set...
Customizing the copy editor
The copy editor view lets you view the text of a publication without displaying frames, graphics, objects, or other formatting. You can customize the copy editor view so that the markup codes are displayed, you can also specify their display color, and modify the amount of space the markup code column occupies. In the copy editor, dots display in the place of spaces by default however, you can choose to hide the dots and only have the spaces display. In addition, you can specify the font and...
Using guidelines
Guidelines are horizontal and vertical nonprinting lines that you can use to align frames, graphic objects, and text on a page. You can create guidelines on a page, and drag them from the ruler. Guidelines are automatically displayed when you create them. If you want the same guidelines to appear on different pages in a publication, you can create guidelines on page tags. For more information about page tags, see Creating page tags on page 239. Corel Ventura provides a script to help set up...
Converting bitmaps to the duotone color mode
A bitmap in the duotone color mode is simply a grayscale bitmap that has been enhanced with one to three additional colors. A duotone bitmap can be monotone, duotone, tritone, or quadtone. You can choose new inks for duotone conversion. This is an example of a bitmap converted to the duotone color mode. You can create interesting effects using the tone curve settings that adjust the distribution of the ink across light to dark values. For more information on tone curves, see Tone curves in the...
Creating hyperlinks in an HTML document
Hyperlinks are spots within the publication that allow you to link to another part of the publication or to link to another document on the Web. If you are creating a hyperlink to another part of the same Corel Ventura publication, then you need to create a marker. A marker acts as a target for the hyperlink For more information about creating markers, see To insert a crossreference to a page or chapter on page 296. You can create a hyperlink using an Internet URL, an e-mail address, a file, or...
To align the last line in a paragraph
2 Click Format Paragraph properties. If the Details button is displayed, click Details. 4 Choose one of the following from the Horizontal list box Justified Last Line Left lets you align the last line at the left margin or the left indent Justified Last Line Centered lets you center the last line between the left and right margins or indents Justified Last Line Right lets you align the last line at the right margin or the right indent Justified Last Line Justified lets you align the last line...
To change the page tag properties of the default template
3 Click Page Page tag properties. 5 Choose a preset page size from the Page size list box. If you want to specify the page size, type values in the Width and Height boxes. 6 Enable one of the following options Portrait sets the height of the page greater than the width Landscape sets the width of the page greater than the height 8 Choose the X Documents and settings username Applic.ation data Corel VenturalO folder, where X indicates the drive where you installed your operating system. 9 Type...
Assigning and applying common tags
Regular toolbar buttons, menu commands, and shortcut keys apply to a Corel Ventura workspace, not to a specific publication. Common tags apply to a specific publication. Therefore, if you open a publication on a different computer, the common tag keyboard shortcut will remain active. There are 10 common tag shortcut keys Ctrl 0 to Ctrl 9 , which Corel Ventura assigns to some of the default paragraph tags. However, you can change those assignments, and you can assign other common tag shortcut...
To manually restore the default template
2 Click Start on the Windows taskbar. 3 Click Search For files or folders. 4 Type Default.vp in the Search for files or folders named 6 Right-click Default.vp, and click Delete. The initial settings for the Default.vp template are created when you first open Corel Ventura. If you delete the file, a new one is created the next time you open Corel Ventura. If you create a new Default.vp template, each new publication you create using will be based on the new Default.vp template.
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This is an example of kerning. The first line of text is proper kerning. The second line of text is poor kerning. Tracking and kerning settings are specific to each publication. Your tracking and kerning settings only change how the font is displayed. They do not change the actual font. You can also import the kerning and tracking values from other publications. Kerning is used to adjust the spacing between pairs of characters. For example WA, when they appear next to one another in a given...
Setting vertical justification for paragraphs and paragraph tags
You can apply vertical justification to paragraphs in a publication. For more effective vertical justification throughout a publication, you can set vertical justification for the paragraph tags that you are using, and have the settings apply to each paragraph using that tag. To set vertical justification for a paragraph 2 Click Format Paragraph properties. 4 In the Vertical justification area, type a value in the following boxes Max above sets the maximum amount of space that can be added...
Printing and saving the shortcut keys list
Corel Ventura lets you print a list of shortcut keys. You can also save a list of the shortcut keys to a file format that applications such as word processors or spreadsheets can open. 2 In the Workspace category, double-click Customize, and click Commands. 2 In the Workspace category, double-click Customize, and click Commands. 6 Choose the drive and directory in which you want to save the file. 7 Type a filename in the File name box.
To delete an index category
1 Click Publication Table of contents index. 3 Right-click the category you want to delete in the Retrieve entries box, and click Delete. Deleting an index category does not delete the index entries belonging to the deleted category. The index entries remain in the publication, but they become stray index entries because they no longer belong to an index. You can delete the stray index entries or you can recover them by associating them with a different category. For more information about...
To modify a tag
1 Click File Publish as HTML. Perform this step only if the HTML Setup area is not displayed. 3 In the HTML setup area, click Text. 4 In the Text HTML formatting dialog box, enable the Enable customization check box. 5 In the Tag name list, click the paragraph tag whose HTML attributes you want to modify. 7 In the Paragraph HTML properties dialog box, click the Custom tags tab. 8 Type the beginning tag in the Open tags box. The open tag displays on the first line of the Formatting details box...
Setting the interline spacing used during vertical justification
You can set the interline spacing based on a paragraph tag or you can choose a custom setting. To set interline spacing based on a paragraph tag to be used during vertical justification 1 Click Publication Chapter properties. 3 Enable the Paragraph tag option in the Interline snap vertical justification setting area. 4 Choose a paragraph tag from the Paragraph tag list box. To set a custom interline spacing to be used during vertical justification 1 Click Publication Chapter properties. 4 Type...
Inserting and displaying footnotes
Footnotes can be inserted in any text, frame, or table in a publication. When you insert a footnote in a publication, a mark displays where you insert the footnote. This mark can be a number or a mark of your choosing. For more information about numbering styles, see Specifying and customizing footnote or endnote numbering styles on page 334. You must then add reference text to accompany the footnote, such as the publication source of a citation. This is an example of how footnotes display on a...
Saving publications as PDF files
You can save a publication as a PDF file. A PDF file can be viewed, shared, and printed on any platform provided that users have Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on their computers. A PDF file can also be placed on an Intranet or the Web. You can also export a selection or all of a publication to a PDF file. When you save a publication as a PDF file, you can choose from five preset PDF styles, which apply settings that are specific to a particular PDF style. For example, with the...
Importing a conversion setup
You can customize an HTML conversion by importing a conversion setup. When you import a conversion setup, you apply the settings you created for another publication to the 1 Click Tools Navigator, and click the name of the publication you want to convert. 2 Click File Publish as HTML. Perform this step only if the HTML setup area is not displayed. 4 In the HTML setup area, click Import setup. 5 Choose the publication you want to use as a model from the Import from Ventura publication list box....
Duplicating and repeating frames or graphic objects
In Corel Ventura, you can duplicate frames or graphic objects and specify the horizontal and vertical distance between the original and the duplicate by changing the offset value for duplicates. The duplicate has all of the original frame or graphic object's attributes but has no lasting connection to it. By placing a frame or graphic object on the publication's page tag, you can have the same frame or graphic object repeat on all the pages of a publication. You can delete a repeating frame or...
Optimizing PDF files
You can optimize PDF files for different versions of Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Acrobat Reader. You can select a compatibility depending upon what kind of viewer the recipients have. In Corel Ventura, you can select one of three compatibilities Adobe Acrobat 3.0, Adobe Acrobat 4.0 or PDF X-1. Different compatibilities have different options for example, the bleed option is only available for Adobe Acrobat 4.0 and PDF X-1. To optimize viewing of a PDF document on the Web, you can linearize a PDF...
To hide or display pictures
Click the picture to select it. Click When you hide a picture, you can specify that the picture's filename be displayed automatically in the frame where the picture is hidden by clicking Tools Options, clicking View in the Workspace category, and enabling the Label hidden pictures check box.
Fixing formatting errors
You can fix formatting errors that occur in frames, tables, or pages that contain text. A red X displays if you try to apply formatting to the text that makes it unable to fit in the frame, table, or page or to flow to a new frame, table, or page. You can fix the formatting error manually or you can let Corel Ventura fix the error for you. Some typical formatting errors include the paragraph formatting does not allow the text to fit or to break a single, large object or a number of smaller...
Assigning deleting and restoring shortcut keys
Although Corel Ventura has preset shortcut keys, you can change these or add your own shortcut keys to suit your working style. You can assign shortcut keys to the commands and text styles that you use the most, and you can delete shortcut keys. When you change keyboard shortcuts, the changes are saved in a file called an accelerator table. Corel Ventura comes with two accelerator tables which can be customized to suit your work habits the main table, which contains all non-text related...
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This is an example of different font sizes. Once you choose a font and a font size, you can apply a wide range of text attributes, including font styles for example, bold or italic , font color, underline, strike-thru, overscore, uppercase, and lowercase. This is an example of the various text attributes you can apply to text.
Grouping and layering frames or graphic objects
You can group an unlimited number of frames or graphic objects. You can also ungroup frames or graphic objects. This is an example of a single object created from three graphic objects. Once you have grouped frames or graphic objects, you can select a single frame or graphic object within the group to make changes to the single item without changing other items in the group. You can change the layering order of a frame or graphic object, or you can reverse the layering order of multiple frames...
Managing tracking and kerning values
If you have defined tracking values for a publication, you can use those settings in another publication by importing the tracking values. This means that you can set tracking values once and import them into other publications. Kerning values that you have set in a particular publication can be used in other publications. You can import kerning values to the current publication, and you can export your kerning values to a text file. This text file can be edited in Corel Ventura or any text...
Inserting text in headers and footers
You can add text to a header or footer. Text that is added in page tag view, will appear on each page with that page tag applied. Text that is added to a header or footer in page layout view will only appear on that page. You can insert the current chapter and page number in headers and footers. When you do this, Corel Ventura inserts a code that will automatically update the chapter or page number if a chapter or page changes position in the publication. For more information about chapter and...
Controlling picture display settings
Corel Ventura lets you control how pictures are displayed in a publication. You can choose to hide pictures, which can significantly decrease the time it takes to scroll through a publication. You can hide all the pictures in the publication or only selected pictures. If you hide a picture, you can display the picture's filename in the picture frame instead of leaving it blank. You also have control over the resolution and memory settings for all pictures in a publication. You can specify to...
Formatting header and footer frames
Header and footer frames can be formatted like any other frame in a publication. You can either format the header or footer frame on the page tag or on individual pages. You can set your header and footer frames to automatically change size to fit the text they contain. You can set this option for header or footer frames on a page tag, and have it apply to each page using that page tag, or you can set it for a specific page. 1 Click the header or footer frame. 2 Click Format Frame properties. 3...
To use a break tag to restart autonumbering
4 Type a tag name in the New tag name box. 5 From the Copy properties from list box, choose the tag on which you want to base the break tag, and click OK. 6 Select the paragraph you want to use to restart autonumbering. 7 Choose the break tag from the Paragraph tag list box on the property bar. When you use a break tag, make sure you do not use it for any formatting other than to restart paragraph numbering.
Autonumbering paragraphs formatted with tags
You can automatically number paragraphs using preset or custom styles. The paragraph numbering begins with the start number you specify. You can use a break tag if you want to restart the numbering or create two or more lists of automatically numbered paragraphs in the same chapter. This is an example of automatically numbered tag-formatted paragraphs. You can stop and restart autonumbering at a specific position. You can also update autonumbering.
Changing page numbering and numbering styles
You can change the page numbering and numbering style in a publication. 1 Click the page on which you want to begin new numbering. 2 Click Page Page numbering. 3 Disable the Increment from last counter check box. 4 Type a value in the Starting number box. 1 Click the page on which you want to begin a new numbering style. 2 Click Page Page numbering. 3 Choose a style from the Number style list box.
Chapter Numbering
You can number chapters, pages, and figures or tables in frames. Numbering is set for each individual chapter in a publication. However, you can continue the numbering from a previous chapter in a publication. You can also specify a starting number and numbering style. numbering chapters and pages changing page numbering and numbering styles numbering figures and tables changing figure and table numbering and numbering styles You can also automatically number paragraphs that have been formatted...
To export text as a Rich Text Format RTF file
1 Select the frame or page that contains the text you want to export. 3 Choose the drive and folder where you want to export the text. 4 Type a filename in the Filename box. 5 Choose Rich Text Format .RTF from the Save as type list box. 7 For each property, in the RTF export options dialog box, choose one of the following options No markup exports the text without markup codes Corel Ventura markup exports the text with Corel Ventura markup codes RTF markup exports the text with RTF markup...
To change interline spacing using a custom format
2 Click Format Paragraph properties. If the Details button is displayed, click Details. 4 Type a value in the Inter-line box. Change interline spacing to fit a larger than normal font Add space above a paragraph only if the paragraph is at the top of a column or frame Enable the Grow inter-line space to fit check box. Enable the Add above space at column top check box. Enable the Above space only at column top check box. You can change the unit of measurement by right-clicking in a dialog box...
Click Format Bitmap Transform Threshold
3 Choose a color channel from the Channel list box 4 In the Threshold area, enable one of the following options To black lets you set the amount of black in the final bitmap To white lets you set the amount of white in the final bitmap Bi-Level lets you divide the bitmap colors between high and low values 5 Type values in any of the following boxes Low-level lets you set the brightness level of the darkest color High-level lets you set the brightness level of the lightest bitmap color Threshold...
To enable automatic hyphenation for a character tag
1 Select text that is formatted with a character tag. 2 Click Format Character tag properties. 4 Enable the Automatic hyphenation check box. 5 Choose a language from the Language list box. You can change the settings for automatic hyphenation. For more information, see To change automatic hyphenation settings on page 92. You can also enable automatic hyphenation for a paragraph by clicking a paragraph, clicking Format Paragraph properties, and clicking the General tab.
Restoring toolbars
If you've modified the toolbars, you can restore all the default toolbar settings. For example, if you've changed the size of the toolbar buttons, you can return them to their default size. You can also restore the default toolbar. 2 In the Workspace category, double-click Customize, and click Toolbars. 3 In the list, choose a toolbar, and click Reset. To restore the default standard toolbar 1 Right-click the standard toolbar, and click Customize Restore to default.
Using toolbars
Toolbars provide quick, one-click access to commands. The Standard toolbar is displayed by default above the publication window. Other toolbars can be displayed by enabling them in the Toolbar dialog box or by dragging a flyout off its toolbar. Toolbars can be docked at the side, top, or bottom of the application window, or left floating in the publication window. This is an example of the Standard toolbar. Flyouts are toolbars that are accessible from a tool on another toolbar. A small black...