| Corel VENTURA 8 Readme notes
English Windows (Intel) version, build 559 Corel VENTURA - List of fixes from Service Pack 1 and 2 (Fixes implemented in build 559 - Service Pack 2) Corel VENTURA 8 File I/O Auto convert Double Dashes would not turn off. Paragraph Tags The Paragraph Tag setting "Break Before/Until Right" and "Break
Before/Until Left" now functions as expected. A Paragraph Tag having "Keep With Next" or "Keep With Previous" and "Allow Breaks Within" enabled at the same time now functions as expected. In some circumstances the Paragraph Tag setting "Keep with Next" failed in a
frame or page having Column Balance turned on. This now functions as expected. A paragraph having a Page Break or Column Break property would fail to break when
preceded by a paragraph having a Frame Wide property in a frame or page having Column
Balance turned on. This now functions as expected. In some circumstances rules appeared overlaying paragraphs when preceding paragraphs
having rules broke across a page boundary. A paragraph having a Page Break or Column Break property would fail to break when preceded by a single line paragraph at the top of a column. Text, Import/Export, Fonts Exporting equations using the Export on Save function caused program instability upon
importing the external text files back into the publication (ASCII and ANSI text file
formats only). This now functions as expected. ASCII character 096 would convert to a typographical quote with "Auto convert text
on import" turned off. This now functions as expected. In rare circumstances portions of text at the top of pages would fail to display while
paging backwards through a long publication. This now functions as expected. In some cases Index Entries would lose a digit when a text file was set to Export on
Save (ASCII text file format only). This now functions as expected. Inserting a Variable Marker while having text selected would result in program
instability. This now functions as expected. In some cases Find & Replace would remove special items (Markers, Equations,
etc...). This now functions as expected. Pressing CTRL+F to open the Find & Replace dialog would fail to capture any
characters higher than ANSI 0126. This now functions as expected. Performing a Find & Replace routine looking for all "Table Text" Paragraph Tags and replacing with another Paragraph Tag would correctly retag the paragraphs in a table but would also retag paragraphs following the table which were not tagged with "Table Text". This now functions as expected. Superscript markup codes failed to import correctly. Footnotes containing Cross References failed to export correctly. Hyphenation points were being added to Footnote text when exporting to Rich Text Format
(RTF). If the RTF file was edited in a word processor and then imported back into a
publication the hyphenation points would display at dashes within the words of the
Footnote text. This now functions as expected. In rare circumstances deleting paragraphs
near Footnote markers and then closing the publication with or without saving could result
in program instability. In some cases deleting a paragraph marker close to a footnote marker would result in
program instability. The "Update font list" command in the Publication Properties dialog was
failing to update the fonts list found in the Publication Information dialog (File menu). Characters higher than 0128 found in Index Entries were not importing correctly. In some cases where a paragraph was tagged as Bold and the following paragraph had text
attributes set as Bold these text attributes would be removed from the paragraph upon
opening the publication if the text file had been set to Export on Save as RTF. In some cases applying a Paragraph Tag to an overridden paragraph had to been done a
second time. This now functions as expected. Text properties would fail in the latter half of paragraph which breaks across a column
or page. Kerned pairs would fail in the latter half of paragraph which breaks across a column or
page. In some cases Footnote frames would displace text when printing. This now functions as
expected. In some cases importing text while in Page Tag view would result in program
instability. Kerning codes (markup) were either removed or their values changed when a text file was
set to Export on Save as RTF. This now functions as expected. Updating AutoNumbering followed by switching from Copy Editor to Page Layout view would
result in program instability. After clicking on the Refresh button for the Marker & Cross Reference list in a
docked VENTURA Navigator switching from Page Layout to Copy Editor view would result in
program instability. In some cases inserting an Endnote or Footnote while text is selected in Copy Editor
view would result in program instability. Dragging and dropping a footnote number (tagged with Z_FNOT #) from the Footnote frame
onto the page would result in program instability. While in Page Tag view, importing a text file into the Header or Footer frame using the
option "Insert at cursor" would result in program instability. After setting the Copy Editor "Default tab every: (x) inches" option to = 0,
pressing the Tab key while in Copy Editor view would cause program instability. Graphics/Images The ability to Paste an 'Enhanced Metafile' using the Paste Special command has been
added. Modifying the color palette while no publications were open would result in program
instability. When searching for missing externally linked image files in the VENTURA Navigator the Browse folder kept reverting to a static location. This now functions as expected. Column Balance In some cases the combination of Orphans settings and Column Balance could result in
program instability. Column Balance would fail if a paragraph had 'Allow Breaks' turned off. In come cases Column Balance would place more text in right hand columns than left.
This now functions as expected. Tables Tables would misalign at the top of columns if Cap-Height was used rather than
Inter-Line for the First Baseline settings. This now functions as expected. Merging cells in a table with one or more header rows is now functioning as expected. In some cases typing text in a table which is in a frame on a Page Tag would result in program instability. Running the "TexttoTable" Add-On without any text selected would result in program instability. This now functions as expected. Page Tags In some cases image files could not be added to a Page Tag. This now functions as expected. In some cases imported image files would be added to a Page Tag without a name. This
now functions as expected. In rare circumstances frames on a Page Tag would cause program instability when
switching from Page Tag to Page Layout view. Publish to HTML/PDF In some cases publishing equations to HTML would result in program instability. When publishing to PDF multiple line hyperlinks would fail. This now functions as expected. Hyphenation/Language Issues Hyphenating two words joined together with an apostrophe (common in French, e.g.,
d'abnégation) is now functioning as expected. In some cases text attributes (Bold, Italic, etc...) would prevent a word from
hyphenating. This now functions as expected. Certain Swedish words were not hyphenating correctly. Corrections were made to Spanish, French and German language Page, Chapter, Figure and
Table Counters. In rare circumstances Automatic Spell Check was removing words. This now functions as expected. Hyphenating two words joined together with a dash (manual hyphen) is now functioning as
expected. In some cases switching from Page Layout to Copy Editor view while having the Spell
Checker open would result in program instability. This now functions as expected. Frames / Frame Tags In some cases text would not flow properly around frames. In some cases text in linked frames would disappear. This now functions as expected. The Equal Width button (found on the Column page of the Page and Frame properties
dialog) was not functioning properly for column gutters. In some cases moving and resizing a frame which is spread across two pages would result
in program instability. In rare circumstances a vertical rule between column 1 and 2 would partially disappear
if a frame was placed at the very top of column 1. The portion missing of the vertical
rule was equal to the height of the frame in column 1. This now functions as expected. In some cases tabbed text would fall short of the right margin a distance equal to the
width of the frame directly to its left side. In some cases deleting text while in Copy Editor view from a frame which is currently
reporting a formatting error (a large red X displayed in the frame) would delete the
frame. This now functions as expected. In rare circumstances pressing the Enter key followed by the Backspace key in an empty
frame would result in program instability. In some cases converting two or more vector images to graphic objects at the same time
would result in program instability. In-Line anchored frames generated from DataBase Publisher would result in program
instability if the last frame created was in a right hand column. This now functions as
expected. Associated Rule Tags were not importing correctly when Frame Tags were imported from a stylesheet. Corel SCRIPT 8 The FilePrint command is now functioning as expected. The EditPasteSpecial command now has the ability to paste Enhanced Metafiles. Use
"14" as the 'format' type, e.g., .EditPasteSpecial .Format 14 The FilePublishAsAcrobat command is now functioning as expected. (Fixes implemented in build 433 - Service Pack 1)
Importing RTF files:
Export on Save - RTF format:
Hyphenation - HYPHUSER.DIC While some improvements have been made to hyphenation in SP2 there may be rare exceptions where you may find the hyphenation points unacceptable. If this is the case you can use the HYPHUSER.DIC file (ansi/ascii text file) to define how such words should hyphenate. Corel VENTURA will use any words found in the HYPHUSER.DIC file in lieu of those it currently has listed from the *.HYD files. You will find the HYPHUSER.DIC file in the c:\corel\graphics8\ventura folder. There have been some changes to this file since older versions. Most obvious is that it's empty. If you open this file in Notepad (notepad.exe) to add words of your own, you'll first notice that the file is totally empty. You can begin entering your own words which you wish to hyphenate differently than Corel VENTURA is currently doing (typing them with your preferred hyphenation points), or to prevent any hyphenation on these words at all (typing them without any defined hyphenation points). For example, you might enter: Ventura - Corel VENTURA will not hyphenate this word. teck-en-gra-der - this word will hyphenate at the defined hyphenation points indicated by the "-" symbol. NOTE: You must insert a carriage return after the last word in the list. Simply press the Enter key after typing the last word. Save this file as an ASCII or ANSI file. If you do not add this carriage return to the end of the file the last word in the list will not be processed/read by Corel VENTURA, causing this word to hyphenate as determined by Corel VENTURA's *.HYD files. In older versions it was necessary to insert an asterisk (*) after the 7th character to tell Ventura to 'keep going' to find further hyphenation points, otherwise any hyphenation points beyond the 7th character would be ignored. As a result, the word "considerable" had to be entered in the HYPHUSER.DIC file as "con-sid-e*r-*able". This is no longer necessary. You can simply enter the word "considerable" as "con-sid-er-able" in the HYPHUSER.DIC file. Corel VENTURA 8 will read the entire word without the need for asterisks. Some languages have special needs for hyphenation where compound letters may either have an additional character inserted or changed ... such as the Swedish and German languages. Wherein you may find Ventura's hyphenation algorithms fail to offer the correct hyphenation, you can use the HYPHUSER.DIC file to define what action should be taken with such words. Use the # symbol to add an additional (duplicate) letter where two of the same letters
are to be hyphenated. For example: The Swedish word "tillåta" should be
hyphenated "till - lå - ta" (notice the additional 'L'). So you would need to
type "til#lå-ta" (where the # represents a hyphenation point) in the
HYPHUSER.DIC file. The # symbol will allow *any* duplicate letter combination hyphenate
this way. You could type "glas#strut" to make the word "glasstrut"
hyphenate as "glass - strut" ... however, this particular word (being one of the
fixes in SP2) will hyphenate properly without being defined in the HYPHUSER.DIC file. Here are a few words you may wish to add to your HYPHUSER.DIC file if you are working with Swedish text. til#lå-ta You will need to turn Hyphenation off and then back on for the Paragraphs and/or Paragraph Tags where hyphenation fixes at first fail to appear. That is, if you have applied the patch (SP2) and added words to your HYPHUSER.DIC file, yet you still find words that are not hyphenating according to your expectations, try turning hyphenation off and on for your Paragraph Tag(s) and/or individual paragraphs (where paragraph overrides may prevent tag level changes to reflect any difference). For more information, see the section below entitled "Re-hyphenating text". TIP: Press CTRL+ALT+H on any word to see how Corel VENTURA will hyphenate that word. Re-hyphenating text If you save a file with hyphenation turned on with your text hyphenating properly and then close Corel VENTURA, edit your HYPHUSER.DIC file to change or prevent the hyphenation of one of the words in your document, then restart Corel VENTURA and open your file you'll find that the hyphenation has not changed to reflect your changes in the HYPHUSER.DIC file. This is by design, and is explained below. How to re-hyphenate? The fastest way, is to turn hyphenation off and then on. How else can this be done? If you edit the text, each word can and will be re-hyphenated on a word per word basis. For example: Having the following text (and having your HYPHUSER.DIC file set to modify/prevent the word "wonderful" from hyphenating: ". . . . . . . . . . . something wonder- The first occurance of the word "wonderful" will re-hyphenate only if..... NOTE: If you paste any amount of text (e.g., a word, a character, etc...) in a paragraph, all words within that paragraph will be re-hyphenated by the Writing Tools and the HYPHUSER.DIC file. To recap .... the actions a) thru e) will re-hyphenate a single word at a time .... that is, the 2nd occurance of the word "wonderful" in the above example will not rehyphenate simply because the first occurance did. However, if you were to paste any amount of text in the current paragraph then all words in that paragraph will be re-hyphenated by the Writing Tools and thus both words "wonderful" in the above example will re-hyphenate accordingly. |