[WEB4LIB] Screen captures

[Michael Brown]

On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Cathy Cox wrote:

> I've done screen captures before and inserted them into instructional 
> handouts and webpages - but only on a Mac.  Now that we've converted to 
> PCs, I'm having trouble doing the same thing.
> 
> What I'm looking for is the technique for getting a full-screen capture of, 
> say, searching our catalog via Netscape, with all the toolbars and so on, 
> so that I can show students how to navigate and so on.  I've tried ALT-PRNT 
> SCRN, which captures it to the clipboard, but then when I try to open it in 
> Word all I get is gibberish.  I'm sure that there's an easy way to do 
> this.  Anyone care to enlighten me?

HyperSnap DX is another really good utility I would recommend.  You can
include cursors easily, capture specific regions via drag and click, and
save in jpg, gif, or bmp formats the first time around.


	Michael Brown  <michaelb at multnomah.lib.or.us>
	Network Analyst, Multnomah County Library