Menus

Menu bar is shown at the top of the application window. It offers access to most program commands and settings. Note that many menu items contain keyboard shortcuts, displayed to the right of the command description, and pictures showing which toolbar buttons perform identical actions.

The menu is organized in the following 6 submenus:

Submenu "File"

File/Save as...

Use this command to save the current captured image in any location, using any file name and picture format. The program remembers last used saving location and suggests it automatically. The command is not active if no image has been captured yet.
Note that captured images can be also auto-saved.

File/Print...

Use this command to print the current captured image to the default Windows printer. After selecting the command a dialog window appears where the user can select printing parameters and define optional headers and footers.

File/Exit

Use this command to terminate the application.

Submenu "Edit"

Edit/Copy

Use this command to put the current captured image on the Windows clipboard for later pasting into any other application. The command is not active if no image has been captured yet.

Edit/Add fixed size

Use this command to add the size of the current captured image to the list of sizes used by the fixed-size rectangle capturing command. The command is active only when the size of the captured image does not appear on the fixed sizes list.

Edit/Flip horizontally

Use this command to flip (mirror) horizontally the current captured image. The result will be immediately visible in the capture panel. The command is not active if no image has been captured yet.

Edit/Flip vertically

Use this command to flip (mirror) vertically the current captured image. The result will be immediately visible in the capture panel. The command is not active if no image has been captured yet.

Edit/Rotate left

Use this command to rotate the current captured image by 90 degrees counterclockwise. The result will be immediately visible in the capture panel. The command is not active if no image has been captured yet.

Edit/Rotate right

Use this command to rotate the current captured image by 90 degrees clockwise. The result will be immediately visible in the capture panel. The command is not active if no image has been captured yet.

Submenu "Capture"

Capture/Fixed-size rectangle

Use this command to activate fixed size rectangular areas snapping. After a predefined pause (usually 0.6 s) necessary for hiding MWSnap and stabilizing the system a rectangular frame appears on the screen. In order to capture a part of the screen the frame should be dragged to the proper location. After clicking using the left mouse button or pressing <Enter> key the image within the frame will be captured and displayed in the preview panel.

While dragging the frame the area near the cursor is additionally magnified within the zoom box for higher accuracy. Cursor keys allow pixel-wise cursor pointer movement. <F6> key allows hiding/showing the zoom box.

Capture/Area

Use this command to activate any size rectangular areas snapping. After a predefined pause (usually 0.6 s) necessary for hiding MWSnap and stabilizing the system the user is asked to define the first, and next the second vertex of the area. After defining the second vertex, the image within the frame will be captured and displayed in the preview panel.

While defining the area the image near the cursor is additionally magnified within the zoom box for higher accuracy. Cursor keys allow pixel-wise cursor pointer movement. <F6> key allows hiding/showing the zoom box. While defining the second vertex, <Space> key allows toggling activity of the first/second vertex for eventual area adjustment.

Capture/Window

Use this command to automatically capture contents of applications' windows, or their menus. After a predefined pause (usually 0.6 s) necessary for hiding MWSnap and stabilizing the system the user is asked to show which window he wants to capture. When the cursor is placed within a recognizable windows, its borders get highlighted. After selecting the window, its image will be captured and displayed in the preview panel.

Note that this capturing mode can be used for capturing applications' menus. In order for the menus not to disappear, the command must be invoked using its keyboard shortcut (usually <Ctrl+Shift+W>). If you redefine the hotkey activating the window capturing mode, be sure not to use <Alt> key as it causes menus to be closed.

Capture/Full desktop

Use this command to automatically capture contents of the whole desktop. After a predefined pause (usually 0.6 s) necessary for hiding MWSnap and stabilizing the system the image will be captured automatically and displayed in the preview panel.

Capture/Repeat last capture

Use this command to repeat last capturing using the same coordinates. The command is especially useful when making a series of captures of the same part of the screen that can change.