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Capturing an image

The image you capture can be sent to the Clipboard, a file, or a printer. You can also capture an image to another application by using object linking and embedding. Once it has been captured, you can set a file path for the image.

You can capture specific parts of an image by defining your own capture area. For example, you may only want to capture the top half of a window to show all menu bars and toolbars. Or, if you want to identify a font, you can capture a sample of the font and send it to the WhatTheFont.com Web site.

You can also capture a series of images. Each image is assigned a value and placed in order, which you can open in a graphics or word processing application.

To capture an image Back to Top
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Click the Source tab and enable the button that corresponds to the element you want to capture.
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Click the Activation tab and choose a hot key and enable the check boxes that correspond to the capture settings you want to apply.
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Click the Image tab and specify the image attributes you want to apply.
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Click the Options tab and specify the options settings you want to apply.
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From the Destination tab, enable any of the following
File — captures an image to a file
Clipboard — captures an image to the clipboard
Printer — captures an image directly to a printer
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Click Capture.
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Set up the image you want to capture, and press the hot key.
Before capturing an image to a file, make sure the file path is correct. If a new file path is not specified, you send the captured image to the location used previously.
Images captured to the Clipboard can be pasted into other applications.
To set printer options, click Setup.
To set a file path Back to Top
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Click the Destination tab.
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Enable the File check box.
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Click Browse.
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In the Capture as dialog box, choose the drive and folder where you want to save the file.
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Choose a file type from the Save as type list box.
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Type a filename in the File name box.
If you want to compress a file, choose a compression format from the Compression type list box.
The file types you can compress are Corel PHOTO-PAINT (CPT), Targa Bitmap (TGA), TIFF Bitmap (TIF), and Adobe Photoshop (PSD).
To capture an image to an application Back to Top
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Click the Source tab and enable the button that corresponds to the element you want to capture.
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Click the Activation tab and choose a hot key and enable the check boxes that correspond to the capture settings you want to apply.
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Click the Image tab and specify the image attributes you want to apply.
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Click the Options tab and specify the options settings you want to apply.
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From the Destination tab, enable the OLE automated application check box, and choose an application from the list box.
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Click Capture.
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Set up the image you want to capture, and press the hot key.
To capture a user defined area Back to Top
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From the Source tab, enable the Area capture button and choose an area from the list box.
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Apply any settings or options you want.
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Click Capture.
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Set up the image you want to capture, and press the hot key.
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Position the cursor where you want to anchor the user-defined area drag to create a rectangular or an elliptical area capture.
If the Show editable marquee check box is enabled, you can fine tune your capture by moving the sizing handles. After making any adjustments, click anywhere inside the capture area (the cursor has a check mark at the bottom of the arrow) to finish the capture.
For freehand area captures, the cursor becomes a cross-hairs cursor. Click around the image to capture only what you need.
To capture a series of images Back to Top
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Click the Source tab and enable the button that corresponds to the element you want to capture.
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Apply any settings or options you want.
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Click the Destination tab and enable the File check box.
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Click Browse and do the following:
Set the file path.
Enable the Use automatic naming check box.
Type a value in the Start naming at box.
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Click Save.
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Click Capture.
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Press the hot key when each successive image is ready to be captured.
For example, if you give the filename Arrow to a series and assign the initial value as “1", your first capture is saved as Arrow001, your second capture is saved as Arrow002, and so on.
To capture a font for identification Back to Top
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Click the Source tab and enable the Area Capture option.
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Click the Destination tab and enable the WhatTheFont.com option.
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Click Capture.
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In the Ready to capture dialog box, click Continue.
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Press the hot key.
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Drag the marquee around the font that you want to identify.
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Click inside the capture area, or press Enter to complete the capture.
To cancel, press Esc.
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A dialog box appears telling you when the capture is complete. Click OK.
On the WhatTheFont?! Web site, the font you captured is displayed.
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Follow the directions on the WhatTheFont?! Web site to complete the font identification.
The ideal letter height for the best search result is about 100 pixels. Capture only uppercase or lowercase letters, not numbers or special characters. Make sure that the captured text is horizontal and that the letters do not touch.

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