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Subject:Re: Importing Ventura Files into Other Apps From:"Wilcox, John (WWC, Contractor)" <wilcoxj -at- WDNI -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 24 Nov 1997 13:14:00 -0800
> I create all my docs in Ventura 4.2 and 7. I've got a colleague who
> wants to cobble together parts of my docs for one product and then add
> his own parts to create a training manual for that product. He wants
to
> be able to import or open my Ventura files in another application,
such
> as Frame or PageMaker. I told him I didn't think this was possible,
but
> that I'd look into it. So, does anyone know of an app that can open a
> Ventura file in its entirety, graphics and all?
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There is or was a company that had a product called MasterHelp. It
could turn Ventura docs into Windows Help files. From there, you could
convert them into (ugh) Word files.
Regards,
John Wilcox, Documentation Specialist
Timberlands Information Services, Application Delivery Group
Weyerhaeuser, WWC 2E2, Box 2999
Tacoma, WA 98477-2999 USA
253-924-7972 mailto:wilcoxj -at- wdni -dot- com
(I don't speak for Weyerhaeuser, and they return the favor.)
