If the window or icon to be snapped is partially obscured by overlapping Make sure the window or icon you want to snap is completely visible. You can take snapshots of windows and icons following these steps: Remember to save your snapshot afterwards. This section describes how to create a snapshot of a window, region, Remember to reset the Snap Delay setting after you turn off the There will be enough time to remove the Snapshot window before the snapshot When the Hide Window During Capture setting is on, Snapshot automaticallyĪdjusts the Snap Delay setting to eight seconds. The Snapshot window from the screen while the snapshot is in progress. Such cases, click SELECT on the Hide Window During Capture setting to remove Screen or of the entire workspace without showing the Snapshot window. Sometimes you may want to take a snapshot of a large portion of the

Hiding the Snapshot Window During Capture Selecting this option turns onĪ beep countdown timer that sounds until the snap is taken. Once a number of seconds is selected, the Beepĭuring Countdown option becomes available. Is especially useful if you are taking snapshots of a menu that you must displayĪfter you start taking a snap. The time you initiate the snapshot and the time it is taken. Snapshot has a timer that you can use to set the number of seconds between Snapshot does not capture the screen pointer. Use the Snap Type: Screen setting to snap the entire Use the Snap Type: Region setting to snap a region Use the Snap Type: Window setting to snap an entire window. Snapshot provides you with three options for creating snapshots: The Snapshot base window, shown in Figure 14-2,Ĭontains all the controls you need to take snapshots. The Snapshot icon is an image of a camera, as shown in Figure 14-1. To open the Snapshot application, choose Workspace -> Programs -> Of the screen you define, or of any window or window pane on the screen. You can take pictures of the entire screen, of any rectangular region

For complete information, refer to Chapter 13, Image Tool. Snapshot works together with Image Tool to allow you to view and manipulate On some color monitors you can run OpenWindowsĪnd the DeskSet in black-and-white, in which case the snapshots created are When you take snapshots on a color monitor, the When you use Snapshot on a black-and-white monitor, the snapshots createdĪre always black and white. Images because they are taken from the screen, which is defined by a grid Pictures are called raster images and can be stored as raster files, withĪ. The Snapshot application allows you to take black-and-white (or grayscale)Īnd color snapshots of regions, windows, or the entire computer screen.

How to use snapshot tool