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Subject: Ventura Pubilsher 1.1
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Date: Mon, 6-Apr-87 19:05:16 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr  6 19:05:16 1987
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This may be old news to some, but I did get some requests for it:

Aloha,
Jonathan Spangler
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Ventura Publisher Enhances Handling of Small Documents

Eric Lach

CHICAGO  -- Xerox Corp. and Ventura Software have announced an update of their 
Ventura Publisher Edition document composition software, adding more than 80 
features designed to improve the program's handling of smaller documents.
        ...Unveiled last week at the Corporate Electronic Publishing systems 
trade show here, Release 1.1 offers automatic as well as manual kerning, 
support for multicolumn frames for newsletter layouts, improved hyphenation, 
the capability to crop and size line art, on-screen rulers, and automatic 
letter spacing and tracking.
        The new release also makes Ventura Publisher the first desktop 
publishing program to support all three of the leading page-description 
languages, Meyer said. In addition to Adobe's Postscript, the new program will 
allow the printing of files based on Xerox's Interpress and Imagen's DDL.
        Also added to Release 1.1 is increased support for word processing 
and graphics packages, access to more font libraries, and more printer 
drivers, Meyer said. Word processing interfaces for Xywrite, Displaywrite 3 
and 4, and DCA files are now available, as well as graphics conversion for 
more than 500 graphics packages based on a dozen file formats, including 
Macintosh Pict, Mac Paint, and Mac Draw files. Microsoft Windows vector 
graphics are supported through the Windows clipboard, and Postscript 
encase files can also be handled.
        Release 1.1 includes conversion for Hewlett-Packard Soft Fonts and can 
use the entire library of Adobe printer and screen fonts with any Postscript 
printer, officials said.
        Scheduled to ship on May 15, the new version, like the old, is priced 
at $895. Users with Release 1.0 can upgrade to 1.1 for $100 with proof of 
ownership, and those why bought after March 4 can upgrade for $35 until July 
15.