Transferring the current on-screen image to a graphics file or the clipboard. In Windows, pressing certain keyboard commands copies either the current window or entire screen to the clipboard, the contents of which has to be pasted into an application to view or print it (see Win Print screen). The Mac has key commands for copying a window, a selected part of the screen or the entire screen either to the clipboard or a new file on the desktop (see Mac Print screen).
There are also numerous screen capture (screen grabber) programs that offer many more sophisticated capabilities such as extracting only the text from a window. Some programs can capture the contents of scrollable windows.
Capture Beyond the Screen
TechSmith's sophisticated SnagIt program for Windows (www.techsmith.com) was used to capture more terms in this application's index window than were visible. SnagIt captures the content while the window is scrolled by the user.
There are also numerous screen capture (screen grabber) programs that offer many more sophisticated capabilities such as extracting only the text from a window. Some programs can capture the contents of scrollable windows.
Capture Beyond the Screen
TechSmith's sophisticated SnagIt program for Windows (www.techsmith.com) was used to capture more terms in this application's index window than were visible. SnagIt captures the content while the window is scrolled by the user.
 | Reproduced with permission from Computer Desktop Encyclopedia. Copyright (c) 1981-2008 The Computer Language Company Inc. All rights reserved. |
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