Productivity Tip

If you have a dual-monitor display the window you are capturing and Help & Manual must both be in the same monitor for captures to work. On some systems captures may only work correctly in the primary monitor.

1.Make sure that the program containing the element you want to copy is on the screen, then click in the editor in the place where you want to insert the captured image.

2.Select Screen Capture in Project > Tools.

3.Select A Window, Control or Menu option and click on Start Capture.

4.Help & Manual minimizes and now you can move the mouse to select what you want to capture. The selected element is indicated by a red outline.

You can also click to select and deselect windows and elements and open menus and dialogs, this will not activate the capture.

5.When you are ready to capture hold down Ctrl and click. This will display the Save Image dialog, in which you can choose where you want to save the graphic, the filename and the color depth (or grayscale).

When you select Save the screenshot file will be saved and simultaneously inserted in your topic.

You cannot click on elements to activate them while capturing with this method so arrange everything as you want to have it for the capture before you start. If you want to capture something in a program select it briefly and then return to Help & Manual, this will ensure that its window is active when you capture.

1.Click in the editor in the position where you want to insert the screenshot.

2.Select Screen Capture in Project > Tools.

3.Select A free region of the desktop and click on Start Capture. Help & Manual minimizes and a cross-hair pointer is displayed along with a lens window that helps you to see exactly what you are selecting.

4.Position the cross-hair pointer at the top left corner of the area you want to select. Press the left mouse button and drag down and to the right to define the area to select.

5.Release the mouse button and then click inside the selected area. This will display the Save Image dialog, in which you can choose where you want to save the graphic, the filename and the color depth (or grayscale).

When you select Save the screenshot file will be saved and simultaneously inserted in your topic.

Capturing a fixed-size region is very similar to capturing a window or control. However, instead of automatically selecting elements on the screen the red outline remains the same predefined size. This can be useful for selecting elements that are otherwise difficult to "grab" and elements that all need to be exactly the same size (like icons).

1.Make sure that the program containing the element you want to copy is on the screen, then click in the editor in the position where you want to insert the screenshot.

2.Select Screen Capture in Project > Tools.

3.Select A fixed-size region option set the size of the region you want to capture (in pixels). Then click on Start Capture.

4.Help & Manual minimizes and now you can move the mouse to select what you want to capture. A fixed-size red rectangle showing the area to be captured is displayed.

You can also click to select and deselect windows and elements and open menus and dialogs, this will not activate the capture.

5.When you are ready to capture hold down Ctrl and click. This will display the Save Image dialog, in which you can choose where you want to save the graphic, the filename and the color depth.

When you select Save the screenshot file will be saved and simultaneously inserted in your topic.

All three capture methods can be combined with a selection of options to automatically resize your screenshots and enhance them by adding shadows, applying shapes and other effects while the capture is being made. See Screen Capture in the Reference section for explanations of the individual options. Experiment!

•Before making your screenshot click on the Extended >> button to display the available options. All the options you select here are applied automatically when the screenshot is made.

•For even more screenshot power try TNT, the combined screen capture and graphics editor tool from EC Software: TNT Screen Capture Page