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#VP newsletter

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#6518From: Tim NashJan 28, 1990 10:30 AM
Hi Guys, (and Ladies). I'm new here and thought I'd say hello. I just got stuck with doing a newsletter for the next 4 months while a friend in the same club is going to have an operation and then some recooperation time. I'm the only option available that is familiar with computers and back in the dark ages of clipping and waxing (or glueing) typed up stuff (about 1978) I was a newsletter editor for 2 years for a different organization. I'm going to be using his Ventura Publisher while he's recovering. I just gave it a test drive last night and see that it may be as tough to learn as was modem comunications, which I got into about 5 years ago. (I'm really not looking forward to this.) The sick fellow is in a different state and that makes things tough too. Well, that's about it. You'll probably start getting questions from me in the near future.
#6529From: David SatzJan 28, 1990 12:23 PM
There's a bunch of us who'll be happy to help you any way we can, either here or in the Xerox forum (which directly supports Ventura Publisher users). My bet is that you'll enjoy using Ventura within a reasonably short time, i.e. as soon as the initial disorientation and terror wear off. I assume you've used computers before for word processing. Graphics too? The only basic concept that would be unfamiliar to you in Ventura as compared with a word processor is the concept of the "frame." If you know what that is and how to use it, you'll be fine. If not, ask back. Also, are you familiar with "style sheets?" (Some word processors have them, others do not.)