Ventura Publisher
Ventura Publisher was a desktop publication software package original built on the GEM_VDI_Metafile system by Digital Research. Distributed by Xerox until bought by Corel in 1993.
File Identification
Ventura Publisher saves its documents to the .CHP (Chapters) format, but also uses the following components:
| Document File | Extension |
|---|---|
| Captions | CAP |
| Chapters | CHP |
| Chapter information | CIF |
| Frame tags file | FRM |
| Generated text | GEN |
| Graphics | VGR |
| HPGL converter settings | PRF |
| OLE object file | VPO |
| Publications | PUB |
| Style sheets | STY |
| Width tables | WID |
Later versions use .VP to store the full publication including stylesheets and chapters.
Corel VENTURA versions 3 to 5 save stylesheets externally with the filename extension STY. Versions later than version 5 save the stylesheet as part of the publication file. If you are importing tags from version 3 to version 5 publications, open the stylesheet file. If you are importing tags from a version later than version 5, open the publication file. Frame tags in versions 4 and 5 publications are stored in a chapter file with the filename extension CHP.[1]
