atw: Re: SnagIt and screen dumps
- From: "Christine Kent" <christine_kent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:31:33 +1000
Strange thing is, I get better resolution when SnagIt is set to save to .png
than when it is set to save to .jpg - and it is beyond me how or way - or
maybe I have been looking at miniscule differences for so long, I am not
seeing clearly any more.
From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rebecca Caldwell
Sent: Monday, 15 September 2008 5:15 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: SnagIt and screen dumps
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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