Tip on using Snagit

Well, my sp4 and other patches went ok tonight, so I have some time on my
hands... (hopefully someone out there doesn't know this tip already)

If you need to remember those darn screens, error messages, file lists,
etc. as they flash buy - consider using that great product Snagit (no, I
don't have shares in the company).

You can
- take a screenshot of a region or the entire screen/window.
- automatically print it or send it to a file
-or better still, to a catalog folder which is then fully browsable within
the app (great for looking through your last 20 moves e.g. when setting up a
biggie program such as BackupExec
and
- if you set it to 'Text Capture' mode, you can 'capture' a horribly long
text string on screen and immediately convert it to editable text and store
it in the Clipboard, so you can just paste it into e.g. your computer
history databse.

www.snagit.com (no, I REALLY don't have shares in this company, but I really
love their very reasoanably priced product). It saves me literally at least
an hour a week.

This Tip will self destruct in 5 seconds, or if a moderator thinks I do have
shares in the company (no, honestly...)

Susan
Sat Aug 02 00:29:08 CDT 2003

I use SnagIt to build "how to's" for my office for certain applications. I love
it!

jann wrote:

> Well, my sp4 and other patches went ok tonight, so I have some time on my
> hands... (hopefully someone out there doesn't know this tip already)
>
> If you need to remember those darn screens, error messages, file lists,
> etc. as they flash buy - consider using that great product Snagit (no, I
> don't have shares in the company).
>
> You can
> - take a screenshot of a region or the entire screen/window.
> - automatically print it or send it to a file
> -or better still, to a catalog folder which is then fully browsable within
> the app (great for looking through your last 20 moves e.g. when setting up a
> biggie program such as BackupExec
> and
> - if you set it to 'Text Capture' mode, you can 'capture' a horribly long
> text string on screen and immediately convert it to editable text and store
> it in the Clipboard, so you can just paste it into e.g. your computer
> history databse.
>
> www.snagit.com (no, I REALLY don't have shares in this company, but I really
> love their very reasoanably priced product). It saves me literally at least
> an hour a week.
>
> This Tip will self destruct in 5 seconds, or if a moderator thinks I do have
> shares in the company (no, honestly...)

--
"Don't lose sight of security. Security is a state of being,
not a state of budget. He with the most firewalls still does
not win. Put down that honeypot and keep up to date on your
patches. Demand better security from vendors and hold them
responsible. Use what you have, and make sure you know how
to use it properly and effectively."
~Rain Forest Puppy
http://www.wiretrip.net/rfp/txt/evolution.txt

jann
Sat Aug 02 06:00:30 CDT 2003

Me too - remember the days when you had to do PrintScreen, whack it into
Paint, crop and save? - I practically ended up with Repetitive Strain Injury
;O)

The Camtasia thing they do (video capture of screen) is a bit more
expensive, but very good for training CDs etc.

J