Ventura 8

Duration:
2 Days
Who will benefit:
First time and potential users of Corel Ventura 8 or those familiar with an alternative desktop publishing package migrating to Corel Ventura 8
Prerequisites:

Delegates must be proficient in the use of a personal computer running the Windows graphical environment. Delegates will ideally possess a basic knowledge of a word processing package.

Objectives

Learning the concepts and terminology of desktop publishing and how to produce professional-looking publications by utilising Corel Ventura 8.

Course Content:
Introduction
Desk Top Publishing Concepts
The Ventura Screen, Menus and Windows
Using the Help Commands
Typography Overview

Corel Ventura Concepts
Starting a New Publication
Publication and Chapter Types
Stylesheet Basics

Working with Frames
Using the Frame Tool
Manipulating Frames
Formatting Frames
Using the Fill and Outline Tools

Frame Tags
Cutting, Copying and Pasting Frames
The Frame Formatting Dialog

Working with Text
Creating Short Text Files in Ventura
Using Copy Editor
Working with Artistic Text
Importing Text Files
Flowing Text Between Frames
Placing Files on the Underlying Page Frame
Creating and Editing Paragraph Tags
The Paragraph Formatting Dialog
Working with Tabs.
Formatting Overrides
Working with Rotated Text

Working with Graphics
Importing Graphics Files
Graphic Frame Formatting
Adding Captions to Frames
Anchoring Frames
Working with Text Wrap and Auto Wrap

Working with multiple pages
Adding and Removing Pages
Chapter Properties
Page Properties
Working with Page Tags
Page Properties Dialog
Adding Headers and Footers
Working with Multiple Chapters
Using Navigator

Further Techniques
Working with Tables
Hints on Text File Imports
Multi-Tag Paragraphs