Ventura encoded text files

[Kenneth C. Benson]

The best way to deal with Ventura to Frame is to put RTF in the middle. 
Do you have anything other than text files? Beginning with Ventura 7, 
you would need a .VP file in which to load the text file (and from which 
to export RTF). For earlier versions of Ventura, you would need (at 
least) a .chp file and a .sty file.

Ventura 10 should be able to open your files, provided you have the 
important pieces (.vp or .chp with .sty). Files from the oldest versions 
will have some font substitution problems.

If I had only the coded text files I would bring them into Indesign, use 
GREP to apply styles, export RTF, and bring the RTF into Frame.

BTW, the @REF and @BOOK are paragraph styles, and are easily assigned 
directly in Frame (Find/Replace by pasting style from clipboard). The 
character-level font changes are much harder. This particular sample 
looks like complete nonsense. I understand the numbering, but why are 
there sentence fragments?

Kenneth Benson
Pegasus Type
www.pegtype.com


On 4/23/2012 5:29 PM, David Creamer wrote:
> I have a number of text  files that came from Ventura Publisher that look
> like this:
>
> @REF = 	II.3:2
> The means are<F38978M>e.<F255D>   to understand after the
> @BOOK = T-4
> @REF = 	IV.2:6
> is much<F38978M>e.<F255D>   than trying to think against it.
> @BOOK = T-6
> @REF = 	V.B.9:3
> step is<F38978M>e.<F255D>   than the first because it follows.
> @BOOK = T-19
> @REF = 	III.6:6
> <F38978M>e.<F255D>   to believe that you have been mistaken
> @BOOK = T-23
> @REF = 	II.21:5
> another, nor that return from one is<F38978M>e..<F255D>
> @BOOK = T-24
> @REF = 	VI.13:1
> believe it<F38978M>e.<F255D>   to see your brother's body
> @BOOK = T-25
> @REF = 	VI.2:3
>
> (This is just a random example.)
>
> I have Ventura Publisher 10 and it does not read them properly (although I
> am far from a VP expert--I tried the open and import menus).
> The client has Frame 6; I have Frame 8-10 on my system, but can install 7 on
> an older system.
> I know early versions of Frame has a Ventura import feature, but I don't
> know if it will work with these files.
>
> Is there any way to work with these files? Third-party program suggestions
> are welcome too.
>
> My only other thought is some GREP Find/Change work.
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> David Creamer
> IDEAS Training
>
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