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       SnagIt






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                TechSmith Corporation
             1745  Hamilton Road Suite 300
                 Okemos Michigan 48864




                        SnagIt

       Overview

       SnagIt is the print utility that
       Microsoft Windows forgot.  SnagIt is a
       screen print and capture program for
       Windows.  With SnagIt, you can:

       o  Capture screens, windows, and icons
          and send them to your printer, the
          clipboard, or a write them out to a
          file.

       o  Cut and paste captured images into
          word processors or desktop publishing
          programs.

       o  Perform color enhancement, color to
          monochrome conversion or gray scaling

       Potential users:

       o  Developers will want to use SnagIt to
          print program screens, and windows.

       o  Documentation writers can use SnagIt
          to import screens and windows into
          manuals, marketing literature, and
          other documents.

       o  Advanced users can use Dynamic Data
          Exchange (DDE)  to control SnagIt's
          printing functions from other Windows
          applications.







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       (c) Copyright 1991, TechSmith Corporation
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       TechSmith Corporation Overview

       The TechSmith Corporation is a
       computer consulting and software
       development company located in Okemos,
       Michigan.  We provide a full range of
       services to organizations assessing or
       implementing Windows or OS/2
       applications for use in distributed
       systems.  We concentrate our services on
       those areas that are most likely to
       complement the capabilities within our
       customer's organizations.  We offer
       assistance during the assessment and
       design and development phases.  We offer
       an extensive background in the
       successful implementation of distributed
       applications on Windows and OS/2
       platforms.  Our experience includes
       projects using all major network
       topologies, protocols, LAN operating
       systems, and many LAN-based commercial
       products.



















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       Table of Contents


       Introduction .....................4

       Installation .....................5

       Getting Started ..................6

       Feature Reference
          Mouse Controls.................9
          Input..........................9
          Output........................11
          Format........................12
          Options.......................13
          Save Setup....................14

       Advanced Topics
          Monochrome Conversion.........15
          Color Boost...................16
          Gray Scaling..................16
          DDE Usage.....................16

       Appendix A
          DDE Command Reference.........17

       Appendix B
          Other Products................19













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       Introduction

       This manual is divided into three
       sections.

       The first section contains:

       o  Installation instructions.

       o  Getting Started, directions on how to
          create basic screen prints with
          SnagIt.

       The second section, Feature Reference,
            contains:

       o  Snagit menus

       o  Explanations each of the options and
          its use.

       The third section, Advanced Topics,
            contains:

       o  Discussions on how to use the
          advanced features of SnagIt such as,
          color boost, and gray scaling and
          using Dynamic Data Exchange.

       o  Dynamic Data Exchange features.








       This document was created using SnagIt
       and Microsoft Word for Windows

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       Installation

       o  System Requirements:

                 Microsoft Windows 3.0
              .  printer that supports Bitmaps
            such as an HP Laserjet or a
            Postscript Printer
       o  Installation Steps

               1.     Copy the file SNAGIT.EXE
            to your windows directory.

            Example:
            COPY A:SNAGIT.EXE C:\WINDOWS

               2.     Start Windows.

               3.     Select the Accessories
       Group.

               4.     Create a new program item
            for SnagIt with the Program
            Manager.  (Consult your Windows
            Users Manual if you need help with
            this operation.)

       o  To load SnagIt automatically each
          time you start Windows:

               1.      dit your WIN.INI file in
            the windows directory


               2.      dd SNAGIT to the load
            line.

            Example:
            Load=CLOCK, SNAGIT


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            This will load the Clock and SnagIt
       as icons.








































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       Getting Started
       Printing a Screen

       In this section you will:
               o Learn how to use some of the
            basic features of SnagIt
               o Create your first screen print

       Loading SnagIt

       1. Start Windows.

       2. If you configured your WIN.INI to load
          SnagIt automatically, you will
          see the SnagIt icon displayed
          at the bottom of your screen.

       3. If SnagIt has not been automatically
          loaded, activate SnagIt by double
          clicking on the SnagIt icon in the
          Accessories Group.

       Selecting the Print Area

       SnagIt can print the entire screen, a
       selected region of the screen or a
       single window.  Select the print option,
       by first double clicking on the SnagIt
       icon to restore SnagIt to a window.











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              SnagIt Restored to a Window

       The SnagIt window will display the
       current settings.  Click on the Input
       menu item to view the list of options.
       Select one of the following options:

       Screen:        Prints the entire
                      screen.

       Entire         Prints a single window.
       Window:

       Client Area:   Prints only the window
                      client area.

       Region:        Allows you to select a
                      rectangular region
                      anywhere on the screen.

       If you selected Entire Window, Window
       Client Area or Region from the Input
       menu, SnagIt will ask you to pick a
       window or region when you print.

       Printing


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       To print press [Ctrl][Shift]P.

       Your mouse pointer will change to a
       pointing finger for selecting a window
       or to scissors for selecting a region.

       If you selected Entire Window or Window
       Client Area as the input area, position
       the pointer on the title bar of the
       window you wish to print and press the
       left mouse button.

       If you selected Region as the input area
       position the pointer at the upper left
       corner of the region you wish to print.
       Hold down the left mouse button and drag
       the pointer to the lower right corner of
       the region and release the mouse button.

       You can cancel the selection process by
       clicking the right mouse button.

       While SnagIt is printing the following
       message box will be displayed.












       To cancel the printing operation, click
       on the Cancel button in the message box.
       The portion of the image already sent to
       the printer will print.


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       Feature Reference
       Mouse Controls

            Left Button - The left mouse button
            is used to select SnagIt menu
            options and to select screen
            images.

            Right Button - The right mouse
            button is used to cancel a
            selection operation.

       Keyboard Controls

            [Ctrl][Shift]P - Activates SnagIt


       Input















                   SnagIt Input Menu

       The Input menu is used to select the
       image type that SnagIt will print.  The
       currently selected option is marked by a
       check mark.  The different input options
       work as follows:

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            Screen - Select Screen to print the
            entire screen.

            Window Client Area - Select this
            option to print only the client
            area of a single window.  The
            client area is the area surrounded
            by the window borders.  The client
            area does not include the borders,
            title bar, scroll bars or the
            caption line.

            After you press [Ctrl][Shift]P,
            select the client area you want to
            print by positioning pointer
            anywhere in the client area then
            clicking the left mouse button.

            Entire Window - Select this option
            to print an entire window.

            After you press [Ctrl][Shift]P,
            select the window to print by
            positioning the pointer over the
            title bar then clicking the left
            mouse button.

            Note: Always select the window you
            want to print by clicking on the
            title bar.  Items within a window,
            such as OK and Cancel buttons, are
            actually small windows. Icons are
            considered windows as well.
            Clicking on one of these items will
            result in that item printing, not
            the entire window.

            Region - Select this option to
            print a rectangular region of the
            screen.

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            After pressing [Ctrl][Shift]P,
            select a region by positioning the
            pointer over the upper left corner
            of the region.  Press and hold the
            left mouse button.  Then drag the
            pointer to the lower right hand
            corner of the region and release
            the mouse button.

            Bitmap File - Select this option
            to print an image stored in a
            bitmap file.

            When you press [Ctrl][Shift]P,
            SnagIt will display a dialog box
            requesting the file name.

            Bitmap files are graphics files
            generated by some paint programs,
            SnagIt or other Windows programs.
            Bitmap files have a file extension
            of .BMP.

            Clipboard - Select the clipboard
            option to print the contents of the
            Windows clipboard.  Items are
            placed on the clipboard by using
            SnagIt or the cut and copy commands
            in other Windows programs.













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       Output















                  SnagIt Output Menu

       The Output menu is used to select the
       output device for the images captured by
       SnagIt.  SnagIt supports the following
       output devices:

            Printer - Select Printer to send
            the output to the currently
            selected Windows printer.

            Bitmap File - Select BMP File to
            write the captured image to a BMP file.

            After you select an input image
            SnagIt displays a dialog box asking
            for a file name.

            TIFF File - Select TIF Mono File to
            write the captured image to a TIFF file.
            After you select an input image
            SnagIt displays a dialog box asking
            for a file name.

            Clipboard - Select Clipboard to
            send the input image to the Windows
            Clipboard.





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       Format















                  SnagIt Format Menu

       SnagIt supports three different format
       options:  Mono-chrome, Color, and Gray
       Scale.  Select the format option with
       the Format Menu.  The currently selected
       option is identified by a check mark.
       The format options work as follows:

            Monochrome - The input image is
            converted to monochrome before it
            is sent to the output device.  The
            intensity threshold level
            determines the amount of black and
            white that will appear in the
            output image.

            When you select Monochrome, the
            following dialog box is displayed
            for setting the Intensity
            Threshold.





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               Intensity Threshold Dialog Box

            Color - All color information for
            the selected image is sent to the
            output device.

            Gray Scale - When Gray Scale is
            selected, colors are represented by
            up to 256 shades of gray.

            Note: Gray scaling large images may
            take a while to complete.

       See the Advanced Topics Section for
       further discussion on formatting
       options.

       Options













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                  SnagIt Options Menu

       Alert - Set the alert options to have
       SnagIt signal you with a beep(s) when it
       has completed processing.  There is an
       alert option for both input and output
       processing.  The values entered for
       these fields determine the number of
       beeps.  This feature is particularly
       useful when using the gray scale option.

       Clipboard Chain - Clipboard Chain - Setting the clipboard
       chain option causes SnagIt to print each
       time the clipboard changes.

       Clipboard chaining is useful for doing a
       print screen from a DOS session.  When
       you press the Print Scrn key in a DOS
       box, Windows copies the screen to the
       clipboard.  If you have the clipboard
       chain option set, SnagIt automatically
       copies the image to the printer for you.

       Note: To select Clipboard Chain, the
       input device must be set to Clipboard,
       and output device must be set to
       Printer.

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       Color Boost - Color boost is used to
       adjust the color intensities for Red,
       Green, and Blue.  When Color Boost is
       selected, a dialog box is displayed for
       color boost values.



















                Color Boost Dialog Box

       You may control the intensity for each
       pixel two ways:

          1. Add or subtract intensity levels
            (hue) for each color range by
            entering a value from -255 to 255.

          2. Increase or decrease intensity
            levels by a percentage (saturation)
            by using the slider bar.

            The default value for each additive
            range is zero and the percentage
            bar is 100%.

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       To activate color boost, click on the
       "Use Color Boost" check box.  Color
       boosting, if enabled, is applied to the
       input image before it is sent to the
       output device.  For further discussion
       on the use of color boost, see the
       Advanced Topics Section.

       Scale - This option allows you to enter
       an integer scaling factor to be applied
       to the input image.  A scaling factor of
       2 will double the size of the input
       image.

       Save Setup

       SnagIt can save all of the currently
       selected options.  The Save Setup option
       is located under the system menu.  The
       system menu is accessed by pressing Alt
       Space or by clicking on the minus sign
       in the upper left corner of the SnagIt
       window.  When you save the setup, SnagIt
       writes all of the current settings to
       your WIN.INI file.  SnagIt will read the
       saved setup each time it is loaded















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       Advanced Topics


       Monochrome Conversion

       When Windows converts a color image to
       monochrome, it converts the background
       color to white.  All other colors are
       converted to black.  This usually
       results in a most of the image getting
       converted to black.  SnagIt uses an
       intensity threshold to control the level
       of black and white resulting from the
       conversion process.

       SnagIt looks at the intensity level of
       each pixel and converts higher
       intensities (lighter colors) to white
       and  lower intensities (darker colors)
       to black.  This conversion process
       usually results in a more even balance
       of black and white in the output image.
       The amounts of black and white are
       controlled by adjusting the Intensity
       Threshold value under the Monochrome
       setting of the Format Menu.  You may
       also use the color boost values to
       adjust color intensities before
       conversion to monochrome.

       You will get different results
       converting images to monochrome if you
       use the Windows Setup program to
       configure Windows for a monochrome
       monitor.  You may need your Windows
       diskettes the first time you do this.

       When configured for a monochrome
       monitor, Windows creates grays as
       patterns of black and white dots
       (dithering), which will print on a
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       monochrome device such as a laser
       printer.








































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       Color Boost

       Color boost is used to change the
       intensity of the colors.  Increasing the
       boost value lightens the output.  Color
       boost is performed before gray scaling
       or monochrome conversion, therefore it
       can be used to lighten or darken the
       output with those options as well.

       Gray Scaling

       Gray scaling is an alternative to
       monochrome conversion.  SnagIt can
       represent colors with 256 levels of
       gray.  The shades of gray are determined
       by the intensity level of the colors.
       You can adjust the color intensity
       levels with the Color Boost option under
       the Options Menu.
       Caution: Gray scaling is a pixel by
       pixel process and can be very slow.  It
       is a good idea to try a small region
       before printing the whole screen.  You
       may also want to enable the Alert
       feature under the Options Menu to let
       you know when the gray scaling process
       is completed.


       Dynamic Data Exchange Usage

       SnagIt supports Windows Dynamic Data
       Exchange (DDE).  You can invoke SnagIt
       from other Windows programs by sending
       SnagIt DDE Messages.  For Example, you
       can print write an Excel macro that will
       print a portion of the screen using
       SnagIt.  See Appendix A  for the DDE
       command reference.


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       Appendix A  -  Dynamic Data Exchange
       Reference

       Initiating a DDE Session

       To initiate a DDE  session with SnagIt,
       send a DDE_INITIATE with the application
       parameter of "SnagIt" and the topic
       parameter of "system".

       Setting SnagIt Options

       All of the SnagIt Menu options can be
       set using the DDE_EXECUTE command.

       Example

            [set ("string")]

       The parameter string must be one of the
       following:
            input screen
            input client
            input window
            input region
            input file
            input clipboard
            scale best
            scale screen
            scale n   (where n is an integer >
       0)
            output printer
            output file
            output clipboard
            chain b     (where b is
       1,True,Yes,0,False, or No)






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            boost red,green,blue     (integer
       value 0..1000)
            add red, green, blue     (integer
       value -255..255)
            inalert n (where n is the number of
       beeps)
            outalert n

       Activating SnagIt

       SnagIt is activated by sending a
       DDE_EXECUTE command with the message:

            [snag("string")]

       The string parameter can be one of the
       following:

            snag (activates menus selected
       input)
            screen
            clipboard
            filename
            x y  (where x,y are coordinates
       within a window)
            client x y
            handle h  (where h is a valid
       window handle)
            client handle h
            tx ty bx by    (where tx,ty,bx,by
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       Appendix B  -  Other TechSmith Products

       Other Software Available from TechSmith.

       DDEWatch

       DDEWatch is a Windows DDE monitoring
       utility. Each message that DDEWatch
       displays consists of decoded bit fields,
       command/data strings and atom names  DDE
       also supports file logging, allowing DDE
       conversations to be captured and written
       to a file.

       DDELib

       DDELib offers Windows programmers an API
       that significantly reduces the effort
       required to write fully functional DDE
       compliant applications.  Client and
       server demonstration programs are
       included.

       Table Update

       Table update is an end-user Windows
       front end for the Microsoft SQL Server
       and Gupta's SQLBase.  It facilitates
       data entry into a set of hierarchically
       related tables.  Table update is
       dynamically driven by the database
       schema, including primary and foreign
       keys, so no programming is involved.
       Table update features a Basic style
       macro language, ad-hoc table queries,
       Dynamic Data Exchange, Multiple Document
       Interface and on-line help facilitie






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       The print utility that Windows forgot!
       Use SnagIt to print screens, windows,
       and icons from any Microsoft Windows
       applicatio







































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       Use SnagIt to capture a window and
       import it into your favorite Windows
       word processor or desktop publishing
       progra


                TechSmith Corporation
             1745 Hamilton Road  Suite 300
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                    (517) 347-08
































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