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Corel Ventura 8: Faster, Fine-Tuned Publishing

Desktop publishing program adds speed-enhancement features and Web authoring tools for $589.

By PC World staff   

Thanks to improved performance and some new features, Corel Ventura 8 (which costs $589) impressed me far more than the previous version of this veteran desktop publishing program. Current Ventura users should find this complete 32-bit rewrite for both Windows 95 and NT a worthy $199 upgrade.

But Ventura 8 still isn%squott special enough to make PageMaker or QuarkXPress users switch. My experience with a prerelease version of Ventura 8 indicates that the new version offers such speed improvements as faster file loading and saving, printing, and screen redrawing. Corel also bolstered Ventura%squots Internet features, with new options for including hyperlinks, HTML frames, and image maps in Web documents.

Like earlier Ventura versions, Ventura 8 includes other Corel applications (such as Photo-Paint 8), fonts, and clip art. But some older Ventura components such as CorelWeb.SiteBuilder and CorelDepth are no longer bundled.

If you need a professional desktop publishing package, Ventura 8 remains a good choice. But its high price means casual users are better off with a cheaper and easier-to-use program such as Microsoft Publisher.

For the complete story, see Richard Jantz%squots %dquotCorel Ventura 8: Faster, Fine-Tuned Publishing%dquot in May%squots PC World magazine.

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