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                                  VP-EMPTY

                             by Peter Donnelly
                              [CIS 76217,2177]

                       May be reproduced free forever

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This little Windows program is intended to overcome an idiosyncrasy of 
Ventura Publisher that can be bothersome and even dangerous. When VP is 
run, normally it loads the last stylesheet used. This feature, intended as 
a convenience, can lead to a couple of problems, namely:

1. If the stylesheet has been deleted or moved, Ventura constructs a new 
   one using ENVIRON.WID, and goes through the tedious process of 
   constructing the new width table.

2. More important, if the user creates a new chapter and forgets to rename 
   the stylesheet before saving, other chapters may become corrupted.

VP-EMPTY enables the user or system administrator to define a default 
stylesheet that will be loaded whenever VP-WIN is run, regardless of what 
stylesheet was last in use. The program does this by modifying the 
VPWIN.INF file. It then goes on to launch Ventura Publisher.

To set up the program, perform the following steps:

1. Create a simple default stylesheet called EMPTY.STY or some such 
   thing. Make it read-only to ensure that it doesn't get changed without 
   first being "saved as". 

2. Copy VP-EMPTY.EXE to your Ventura directory. 

3. In Windows, add VP-EMPTY.EXE to the appropriate group in Program 
   Manager. When defining its properties, enter as the command line 
   something like this:
   
        C:\VENTURA\VP-EMPTY C:\TYPESET\EMPTY.STY /I=C:\BOB

   The first argument is the pathname of the default stylesheet; this is 
   mandatory. The second is an optional argument giving the location of 
   VPWIN.INF; this is the same argument you would normally pass to Ventura 
   (see the version 4 manual, page A-2). If you omit the second argument, 
   VP-EMPTY and Ventura will both look for VPWIN.INF in the VENTURA 
   directory. If unable to find VPWIN.INF, the program will fail, and you 
   will have to load Ventura in the normal way.  
   
Note that you can set up different "copies" of VP-EMPTY for different 
users, just as you can with Ventura itself. The program will pass on the /I 
argument when it launches Ventura.
   
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                          VP ROUNDUP FOR WINDOWS! 
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Users of VP-WIN will be sure to benefit from this inexpensive but powerful 
stylesheet- and chapter-management utility, which lets you:
 
 - Catalog chapters and stylesheets in selected directories with just a 
   keystroke or mouse click.
 - See the contents of chapters at a glance, including the first 100 lines 
   of text files (except DCA format.)
 - Add permanent annotations to chapters.
 - Copy chapters - and leave the width table behind! VP ROUNDUP even fixes 
   incorrect pointers: for example, you can archive a chapter to drive B 
   and copy it back from A. 
 - Delete a whole chapter with one command.
 - Find and delete unused stylesheets.
 - List paragraph tags in a stylesheet.
 - Find and delete unused tags. (DCA and MultiMate text not supported.)
 - Copy selected tags to another stylesheet.
 - Change the typeface in selected tags.
 - Change the font size in selected tags, and optionally adjust the 
   line-spacing at the same time.
 - Change typographical features such as hyphenation, tracking, and word 
   spacing in selected tags.
 - Get complete on-line help.
 - Work concurrently with Ventura; VP ROUNDUP automatically reloads the 
   active stylesheet if it has been changed in another window.

The program is compatible with all VP-GEM and VP-WIN chapters, version 2 
and up.
 
The Windows edition of VP ROUNDUP is not being distributed as shareware. It 
can be purchased for $69 (U.S.) postpaid directly from:

                              Skookum Software
                              1301 Ryan Street
                                Victoria BC
                               Canada V8T 4Y8
                               
American customers please note:

1. Extra postage is required for letters to Canada.
2. Checks on U.S. banks are acceptable.

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