kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr) (09/01/90)
"> I'm looking for a way to do a screen snapshot that includes pull-down ">menus. Any recommendations? " "What you need is a screen capture utility (I use Capture 2.0) and a little init "called MenuSaver. MenuSaver allows you to select the pull-down menu you want to "capture and then you use the screen capture keyboard sequence you would "normally use and you have your pull down menu. " Capture 2.0 is a commercial screen capture utility, I also understand that "Exposure is very good. You can get a shareware screen capture utility from "anonymous FTP from sumex (36.44.0.6) called screensnap 2.2 in the "/info-mac/utils directory. I haven't tried the combination of screensnap "and menusaver so I'm not certain it will work. Menusaver is shareware/PD "I can't remember which. If people want it I will track down the exact source. " " Hope that helps. " " Allan Burton Capture Version 3.0 is all you need, though an extended keyboard makes it easier. I reassign the hot-key to a function key that you can type with one hand. The other hand is on the mouse holding down the menu. Now touch the hot key and the cursor becomes a cross-hair that you use to draw the area of the screen you want to capture. It's really spooky letting go of the mouse button and seeing that menu stay down. I really think you could do that in Version 2.0 as well. In the current version (3.0) you can choose to have the cursor included. In version 2.0 you had to paste it in from the scrapbook they gave you. I use it more than I thought I would (since I've never had a job writing Mac documentation). It's great for training and style guides though, not to mention lots of other neat stuff you can capture (like your Tetris scores). Shirley Kehr