Ventura Publisher

Revision as of 19:55, 4 January 2022

Ventura Publisher was a desktop publication software package original built on the GEM VDI Metafile system by Digital Research. Distributed by Xerox until bought by Corel in 1993.

File Identification

Ventura Publisher versions 3-5 save its documents to the .CHP (Chapters) format, but also uses the following components^[1]:

Version 5 was redeveloped for Windows and included OLE support. Therefore .CHP, .STY, and .PUB formats changed to OLE containers.^[2]

Versions 7-10 use a single .VP file to store the full publication including stylesheets and chapters. .VP is based on the Microsoft Compound File format.

Corel VENTURA versions 3 to 5 save stylesheets externally with the filename extension STY. Versions later than version 5 save the stylesheet as part of the publication file. If you are importing tags from version 3 to version 5 publications, open the stylesheet file. If you are importing tags from a version later than version 5, open the publication file. Frame tags in versions 4 and 5 publications are stored in a chapter file with the filename extension CHP.^[3]

Software

• Corel Ventura 7 Demo
• DOS program to fix CHP files to updated paths

Links

• Wikipedia: Corel Ventura
• Ventura Publisher 1.1 Reference 1987

References

1. ↑ https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_XeroxVentueroxVenturaPublisher2ed1989_36024313/page/183/mode/2up
2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/19961219064854/http://www.corel.com/support/docs/gandp/vent50/5503.htm
3. ↑ http://www.phoenixaerospace.us/downloads/Corel%20Ventura%2010/Documentation/Corel%20Ventura%2010%20User%20Guide.pdf