Vista on fake raid 0 with Ibex dual boot, Help
- Thread starter PogMoThoin
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OK i think I got a solution for the snipper problem...
They were correct in using ctrl+print screen but didn't explain the proccess correctly:
1) Lanuch snipper tool as you normally would
2) Minimize the window
3) Restore the window
4) Without minimizing, give the application you want to get the menu screenshot from focus without re-minimizing the snipper tool.
5) Open the menu you want a screenshot of
6) Press Ctrl+Print Screen. The snipper tool re-appears with the selection tool while keeping the menu you have in the application open.
7) Select the area of the menu you want a screen capture of.
While they may have made the ESC key be used for this purpose, this is the only way I could be able to get a screenshot with a menu remaining open.
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You can even use this for tooltips snapshots too like this:
They were correct in using ctrl+print screen but didn't explain the proccess correctly:
1) Lanuch snipper tool as you normally would
2) Minimize the window
3) Restore the window
4) Without minimizing, give the application you want to get the menu screenshot from focus without re-minimizing the snipper tool.
5) Open the menu you want a screenshot of
6) Press Ctrl+Print Screen. The snipper tool re-appears with the selection tool while keeping the menu you have in the application open.
7) Select the area of the menu you want a screen capture of.
While they may have made the ESC key be used for this purpose, this is the only way I could be able to get a screenshot with a menu remaining open.
Edit:
You can even use this for tooltips snapshots too like this:
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PogMoThoin
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Just use prtscr i posted above, I did use the Vista snipping tool until I found this. Its great to be able to doodle an arrow or underline on the snipped pic before you save, or decide what outline shape the snip should be, even irregular. Try it out, its great
I say the snippers faster. At least to the clipboard anyway cause with paint you'd need to select the area of the screenshot you want, copy into another instance of paint, save the file. They should have made it easier to do this though, or double checked thier steps before putting it into help. I didn't even see a feedback box like there usually is. Oh well, I'm sure its a problem in Windows 7 too, will just report that way 
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No, I did it as stated. Didn't save it, or crop it, or manipulate it at all inside Paint.
Just used Paint (full screen) to paste the frozen prt scn from the clipboard, then used the snipper to sample that frozen image as if it were live. It's only 2 clicks longer than a standard snip, but it manages the freeze of drop-downs, tips, cursor etc.
Just used Paint (full screen) to paste the frozen prt scn from the clipboard, then used the snipper to sample that frozen image as if it were live. It's only 2 clicks longer than a standard snip, but it manages the freeze of drop-downs, tips, cursor etc.
I didn't import into snipper. I just used the paint window in fullscreen to paste the screen image from prt-scr directly from the clipboard. The screen then looked like (and was) a frozen image of what I wanted to snip in the first place.
I then just ran snipper and captured the bit I wanted from the pre-frozen image.
Then I annotated the snipper image as usual, and exited paint without ever modifying or saving anything in it at all.
I just used it as a quick way of displaying the frozen image where I could sample it with snip.
I then just ran snipper and captured the bit I wanted from the pre-frozen image.
Then I annotated the snipper image as usual, and exited paint without ever modifying or saving anything in it at all.
I just used it as a quick way of displaying the frozen image where I could sample it with snip.
Ok now I know why they did the documentation wrong. I just tried ctrl+alt+print screen without snipper or anything and sure enough I was able to capture a window with a menu open and an item selected. The trick is pressing crtl first with the menu you want open in a window and than while holding ctrl down, hit alt+print screen. A useful thing to know if you need to get a quick screenshot without having to fiddle with snipper/paint.