unable to read a possible ventura file
lynda Kaye
Hi
I received a CD today, the contents of which are a catalogue. I am
unable to open it, and the file extension is .pub. A quick look into
what this is tells me it was either created by MS Publisher or Corel
Ventura. MS Publisher doesnt have a reader program for Publisher, and
unless the author transforms the file into something else to begin with,
people without Publisher are unable to read it.
On the off chance that it is a Ventura publication, I was wondering if
there is a reader available for the viewing of documents written with
it. I have searched all over the Corel site, I looked at Eric Webers
very informative FAQ site, but have not been able to find this info out.
Any help will be much appreciated.
Cheers
Lynda
Brian Smithson
Lynda
Sorry to say that there is no Reader program for Ventura either.
If this file had been created recently, it would not have the .pub
extension, it would have a .vp extension for Ventura 7, 8 and 10. It is
more likely to be a Microsoft Publisher file.
If the file is not too large, you could email it to me and I could
(hopefully) create an Acrobat PDF file, which is easily viewable by just
about anyone. The Reader program is usually on most PCs but is easily
(and freely) available from Adobe's website.
Get rid of the uppercase letters in my email address if you send it to me.
Brian
Allan Shearer
Hi Lynda
The only PUB file that Ventura would generate would be from older versions
.... and it shouldn't be very big, since it's really just a mapping file
pointing to all the other component files, e.g., *.CHP, *.STY, *.CAP, *.VPO,
etc.....
If you have all of these other files too ... then, you most likely have a
Ventura publication in your hands. Else, if you have only a single file
with a .PUB extension, it's likely MS Publisher.
If the file isn't tooooo big, try opening it in a text processor, such as
WordPad, TextPad, etc... See if you can read any of the garbbly-gook code.
Sometimes there'll be readable bits (near the very top) that might give you
a hint as to the creator of the file.
Hope this helps.
Allan
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"lynda Kaye" <lyn...@ecite.net.au> wrote in message news:40ee9cf6_3@cnews...
Mac
As suggested, this is a PUB file.
As in Microsoft Publisher. Ventura used the pub extension in version 5. in
that case the pub file was pretty much a reference file that referenced
component chp files and such...before they moved to a single file format
(and boy, the controversy about that!).
That decided, there still are a number of other issues. What version. And is
all you have the PUB file (no external bits). Opening earlier version in the
most recent version can be a real problem if Norton Antivirus is lurking
arounfd (the process requires macros that NAV prevents frm running).
What is it that you are supposed to do with this file?
As a Service Bureau (and MS Publisher MVP) I support Publisher for output
and manipulatiopn. It cannot, however, be changed to a Ventura file without
tedious rebuilding.
Mac
Here's a tip that can be quite valuable when faced with a curious file. In
this case it would have identified the file as MS Pub in a few seconds (but
not the version.)
Using a text editor (not Word). Notepad would do but it cannot open a big
file. Get something like TextPad (or one of dozens of others)
Drag the curious file onto the text[pad icon. Bam. It is open as text.
Almost all programs will identify themselves in the first part of the file
(often identying the fonts needed as well).
In the case of a MS Pub file, it will say Microsoft Publisher 3.0 (what the
3.0 means, I don't know. since most of the pub files I've seen will say this
regardless of whether it was pub 00, 02, or 03 that created it).