web4lib digest 1732; Screen captures

[Yvonne Parton]

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> I learn something new almost everyday from all of you.

Cathy, regarding Brent's comments below, I will add that by pasting into a
program like MS Paint, and maybe Paint Shop Pro (I've never used it), you
can than cut specific images like icons or buttons off the tool bars to
paste into your manual or exercises.  BTW, I'm testing the advice of
pressing the PrintScreen button only, I have always used Shift-printscreen
and ALT-printscreen (Shift captures the full screen and ALT the active
window.)
>
Has anyone used the program called Screen Shot 2.0?  What is your experience
with this program as compare to Snag It or others?
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> Topic No. 16
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> Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 16:09:14 -0500
> From: "Brent J. Pliskow" <htwd at tln.lib.mi.us>
> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <web4lib at webjunction.org>
> Subject: Re: Screen captures
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> Or, here is an alternative way to capture the screen.  Hit Alt+Print Scrn
> and open the Microsoft Paint program (usually located at Start ->
> Programs -> Accessories -> Paint) and paste it.  Although, I would agree
> that I like Paint Shop Pro much better!
>
> *************************************
> Brent Pliskow
> Huntington Woods Public Library
> Webmaster / Technology Assistant
> pliskowbj at hiram.edu
> http://www.huntington-woods.lib.mi.us/pliskowbj
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> Topic No. 17
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> Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 16:20:42 -0500
> From: Lynn Minor <minorl at libcoop.net>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at webjunction.org>
> Subject: Computer pricing
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> We use www.computerpricing.com.
>
> Lynn Minor
> Chesterfield Twp Library
>
>
> > Our library has recently switched to a new LMS and now has the old
> AT&T
> > Sequent, WYSE terminals, router, bridges, hubs, printers, UPS etc.
> > stacked up in a spare room.  I'd like to sell this stuff but have no
> idea
> > of how to value it.  Does anyone know of a website that provides "blue
>
> > book" pricing for old computers and network devices?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > ---
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> Topic No. 18
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> Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 13:29:27 -0800 (PST)
> From: Bob Rasmussen <ras at anzio.com>
> Subject: Re: Screen captures
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> On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Charles P. Hobbs wrote:
>
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > How are you trying to open it? Hitting Printscreen (for the
> whole screen)
> > or Alt-Printscreen (for the active window only), then going
> into Word and
> > selecting "Paste" (Control-V) works fine for me, on various versions of
> > Windows (3.1, 95, 98) and Word.
>
> When you do a PASTE in Word, or in many other programs, it makes its best
> guess from the available formats in the clipboard. It might not guess
> right. Instead, go to "Paste Special" and choose the bitmap format.
>
> --
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> Topic No. 19
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> Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 16:58:09 -0500
> From: "Lansky, Yale M. (NYC)" <LANSKYY at JacksonLewis.com>
> To: "'cathy_cox at wvmccd.cc.ca.us'" <cathy_cox at wvmccd.cc.ca.us>,
> Subject: RE: Screen captures
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> You may want to try a program from Microsoft called HTML Help Editor which
> includes the HTML help image editor.  It is available free from Microsoft.
> It allows you to create your own online help tool (one of the
> purple books)
> and it also allows you to capture many specific areas of your screen and
> many other useful functions when inserting screen shots into documents.
>
>
> Yale M. Lansky--Electronic Services Librarian
> Jackson Lewis Schnitzler & Krupman
> New York, New York
> 212-545-4058 Fax: 212-687-0228
> LanskyY at jacksonlewis.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cathy Cox [mailto:cathy_cox at wvmccd.cc.ca.us]
> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 3:29 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Screen captures
>
>
> 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?
>
> Catherine Cox
> Electronic Resources Librarian
> Mission College
>
> cathy_cox at wvmccd.cc.ca.us
>
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> Topic No. 20
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> Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 15:22:38 -0800 (PST)
> From: Michael Brown <michaelb at nethost.multnomah.lib.or.us>
> To: Cathy Cox <cathy_cox at wvmccd.cc.ca.us>
> Subject: Re: Screen captures
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> 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
>
>
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> Topic No. 21
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> Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 16:46:16 -0800
> From: Jean Hewlett <hewlett at usfca.edu>
> To: mvanhouten at albion.edu
> Subject: RE: going "back" from sites
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> In my experience, the most common reason why the Back button will
> not work is that the current web page has opened in a
> new browser window. This means that your history and Go menu
> start fresh. The Back and Forward buttons gray out, because
> you have nowhere to go.
>
> The remedy is to close the new browser window, or to shrink it .
> When you close it, the old browser window appears,
> with the previous web page and all of your history intact. If you
> shrink it, you will see the old browser window hiding
> behind it, and it takes only a mouse click to switch between windows.
>
> Jean Hewlett
> University of San Francisco / North Bay Cooperative Library System
> hewlett at usfca.edu
>
> Michael VanHouten wrote:
>
> > I find that using the 'Alt-left arrow' keys more effective
> sometimes than trying to hit 'back' quickly several times.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > Michael Van Houten
> > Assistant Director of Libraries and Head
> >      of Public Services
> > Stockwell-Mudd Libraries
> > Albion College
> > 602 E. Cass St.
> > Albion, MI 49224
> > 517-629-0382
> > mvanhouten at albion.edu
> >
> > >>> "David (David King)" <David at KCLIBRARY.ORG> 02/11/00 11:59AM >>>
> > > I would like to know why with some web pages or sites,
> > > when you click on the browser's "back" button, it will
> > > not let you go back and you are forever stuck in this
> > > web site or page.
> >
> > If the site has changed addresses on a page, and then
> > created automatic, instant forwarding from the old page
> > to the new page, that would create what you're describing.
> > It can be very frustrating! Sometimes, if you click "real
> > fast, many times" you can get that back button to work.
> > Or you can use the History function to move to the page
> > you want.
> >
> > ____________________________
> > David King, david at kclibrary.org
> > Information Technology Librarian
> > Kansas City Public Library
>
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