atw: Re: SnagIt and screen dumps
- From: "Rebecca Caldwell" <rebecca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:15:24 +0800
I think its actually called a (*.snag) file if you haven't saved it?
Its just called a (Snagit Capture File). Only ust starting to use it ,
so could be wrong?
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From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Christine Kent
Sent: Monday, 15 September 2008 3:10 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: SnagIt and screen dumps
Very informative thankyou Michael, but you haven't answered my question.
This is a question specifically relating to SnagIt.
I AM using SnagIt, and I AM pasting as an embedded graphic into Word (so
not linking), with as few keystrokes as possible. I want to cut out the
save and insert steps by inserting directly into Word.
So what type of file am I pasting into Word if I don't save it? You
have assumed it is a bitmap. However, I doubt that, given I have
hundreds of them in a file, and given that the file had not become an
unmanageable size. I have assumed it is something else. But what?
Maybe it gives the file type that is selected for the default save - but
I'm not sure if this is even possible.
Christine
From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Write Ideas
Sent: Monday, 15 September 2008 4:04 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: SnagIt and screen dumps
Well Christine (K)
Regardless of what tool you use to create your bitmap, once included /
embedded in the Word file, what is there becomes saved as part of the
Word file / RTF itself. I find that it is best to save out the grabs
externally as separate bitmap files, so you have a backup or, when
linking, a master file that you can update that, in turn, shows up as
changed in your linked MS Office documents as you refresh their image
hyperlink fields.
You will find that MS Wordpad, which handles graphics like old Word 6
(sans spell checker) is the best generally available Windows tool if you
just want to simply cut and dump into a document on the fly, rather than
save out the images. Although those Wordpad files do save at huge sizes,
like the RTF on which its format is based, they are essentially lossless
and can be used as a sequentially grabbed master file that shows your
workflow progress, from which those bitmaps can then be copied and
pasted into tools such as MS Paint or direct to Word itself.
To run Wordpad:
1. Press Win (flag) + R.
The Run prompt displays.
2. Type wordpad and press Enter.
Wordpad displays.
To run MS Paint:
1. Press Win (flag) + R.
The Run prompt displays.
2. Either type pbrush or mspaint and press Enter.
An untitled - Paint window displays.
MS Paintbrush tip.
Make your default new image size (press Ctrl+E for Image > Attributes)
tiny, say 6x6 pixels.
Whatever you paste in will stretch to fit, requiring no editing to match
the size of your pasted image.
Hope that helps a little more.
Cheers,
Micky G.
P.S. I don't use Snagit.
At 15:42 15/09/2008, you wrote:
Another, possibly very dumb, question about screen dumps.
You are using SnagIt. SnagIt is set to save as .png, and to display the
capture direct in the selected location in Word.
You do your capture, it displays first in the SnagIt Capture Preview
window, you click Finish to put it into Word. You DO NOT save it.
What kind of file is it?
Once a picture is embedded is there ANY way of seeing what file type it
is?
Christine
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