Tutorial for Capture ScreenShot Pro

Starting Capture ScreenShot Pro and Taking the first ScreenShot

Starting Capture ScreenShot Pro

Click on Start.

Select "Programs" then the "Capture ScreenShot Pro" Group.

Start the program clicking on the Capture ScreenShot Pro icon.

If you're using the trial version you will have to click on "yes" to enter the program. Before you do this you can read the license agreement . As soon as you entered the program, the Capture ScreenShot camera symbol appears in your traybar.

Capturing a ScreenShot

To take a picture of the current situation on your computer monitor, there are three possibilities:
    You can press the Print Screen key on your keyboard The Print Screen key can be found on most keyboards next to the Scroll Lock key and above the Insert key. OR
    Press the right button of your mouse down above the camera icon in the traybar and select "Take ScreenShot" OR
    Double click on the camera icon in your traybar.

Navigation with ScreenShot Wizard

After having initiated a screen-shot in one of the ways described above, a window with the ScreenShot wizard appears.

Navigation with the ScreenShot Wizard:
"Buy/Support" button: Use this button to go to the product homepage.
"Setup" button: Use this to select some general options and to reactivate previously hidden steps of the wizard.
"Back" button: Navigate to the previous step.
"Next" button: Open the next wizard step and executes all "Auto Click" options from the current step.
"Minimize" button: Minimizes the wizard and executes all activated "Auto Click" options.

The ScreenShot Wizard step-by-step guide

Step 1 (You made a ScreenShot)

The wizard introduces itself... Click on "Next" to go to step 2.

Step 2 (Use ScreenShot Editor/Autocropping)

The tool offers you two different methods to modify screenshots. You can decide for one of these methods for every screenshot taken.
    1. The ScreenShot Editor:
    The ScreenShot Editor allows you to add borders, paint areas and change the color depth of specific areas. With the ScreenShot Editoryou can select many more areas than just full-screen or active window.
    2.Autocropping:
    If you have to make repetitive screen-shots form always exactly the same screen coordinates and the same size, then you can automate this by using autocropping. Autocropping only supports full-screen, active window or manual selections.

Step 3 (Select Special Effects)

Here you can stretch, rotated, invert and mirror the whole screen-shot. Use the "preview" button to see how different settings affect the screen-shot.

Step 4 (Saving to File)

Enter the filename in "Automatic filename:". The program will add a number to the name if the file already exists. The next valid filename and its path are displayed below the directory list. If you need to delete files or want to create folders, press the "Explorer" button and a new Windows-Explorer window of the current directory appears. If you select "Open last saved picture" your standard program for the selected picture format is loaded. If you want to open the picture by another program you have to change the standard application for the appropriate filetype in Windows. (Explorer/View/Options.../Filetype) If you select the checkbox "compress picture into zip-file" the current screen-shot will be saved into a zip archive when clicking on "save". Standard zip archives created Capture ScreenShot pro can be opened by Windows or any ZIP program. If you have to send a zip-file to someone who does not have one of these utilities you can check the checkbox "Make zip-file self-executable". If you now click on "save" awindows application is created that contains your screenshots. The user will be able to unpack all files in it by starting this application.

Step 5 (Copy to Clipboard)

Use this step to copy the current screen-shot to the clipboard and to preview the clipboards content.

Step 6 (Print)

Use this step to print the current screen-shot. Additional settings can be found by clicking on the "Printer options..." button.

When you've finished, the "Next" button disappears and the wizard closes after you click on "Minimize".

Tips for Capture ScreenShot:

Use "Do not show this dialog anymore": If you do not need one of the wizard steps, activate this checkbox. You can skip every step you want. If you need to reactivate a step, press the right button of your mouse down above the camera icon in the traybar and select "Setup". Now you can see which steps are hidden and reactivate them by clicking the X away.

Let the program start with Windows: You find this option in the "Setup" window. (How to get the "Setup" window read: "Use Do not show this dialog anymore")

Use "Auto Click": If you have to take a lot of screen-shots and want the program to handle them exactly the same way, you need not click on the same buttons for every ScreenShot. Wherever you find an "Auto Click" checkbox next to a button, the program will click on the button for you when changing to the next wizard step. This is a great thing for example when you want all your ScreenShots have saved or printed.

Combine "Auto Click" & "Do not show this dialog anymore": If you want the program always do exactly the same things you can select the "Auto Click" and the "Do not show this dialog anymore" checkboxes of a wizard-step at the same time. The step will now not be displayed but the program executes the function next to the "Auto Click" checkbox. With combination it is for example possible to take a serie of pictures and save them automatically on disk, or let an unexperienced user print what he sees on the screen without getting involved with cut & paste or printer selection functions.

Use "Include mousecursor on pictures": Great function to display the current mouse cursor on the ScreenShot.