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- SnagIt/32 3.0 README.TXT 5 Jan 1996
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-
- WHAT IS SNAGIT/32?
-
- SnagIt/32 is the Windows NT and Windows 95 version of the popular
- screen capture utility, SnagIt. SnagIt has been providing Microsoft
- Windows users with an easy way to capture and print Windows screens
- since it was first released in 1991. In "Windows 3.1 Secrets," author
- Brian Livingston calls SnagIt "the print utility Microsoft Windows
- forgot."
-
- SnagIt/32 allows Windows users to capture an entire screen, a portion of
- the screen, or a single window or icon. SnagIt/32 also accepts input
- from the Windows clipboard, or a Windows bitmap (BMP) file.
-
- Once captured, SnagIt/32 sends the image to the printer, the clipboard,
- or a file, depending on the output option specified.
-
- Captured images can be pasted into other Windows applications such as
- word processors and desktop publishing programs via the Windows
- clipboard, or by saving the image to a graphic file and later importing
- the file into the desired application.
-
- SnagIt/32 functionality can easily be added to other Windows applications
- since SnagIt/32 provides full DDE support.
-
- SnagIt/32 also provides MAPI support which allows captured images to be
- sent easily in an e-mail message.
-
-
- SNAGIT/32 EVALUATION PACKAGE FILES
-
- Included in the SnagIt/32 archive file (SNAG3230.ZIP) are
- the following files:
-
- file_id.diz Describes the contents of the SNAG3230.ZIP file
- readme.txt This file.
- register.txt SnagIt/32 registration form, in DOS text file format.
- setup.exe SnagIt/32 installation and setup program.
- snagit32.exe SnagIt/32 executable program.
- snagit32.hlp SnagIt/32 Windows Help file.
- snagww.doc Macro for incorporating SnagIt/32 into Microsoft Word
- for Windows 2.0 and 6.0.
- vendinfo.diz Product information for distributors.
-
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- SNAGIT/32 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- In order to run SnagIt/32, your system must meet these specifications:
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- o An IBM PC or compatible that meets the minimum hardware requirements
- of Microsoft Windows NT or Windows 95;
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- o Microsoft Windows NT 3.5x or Windows 95;
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- o A mouse or other pointing device;
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- o For printed output, a Windows-supported printer that can print
- bitmaps. (This includes most of the laser, dot matrix and ink jet
- printers that Windows supports. Plotters cannot print bitmaps, and
- so cannot print images captured with SnagIt/32.)
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- o For Mail output, a 32 bit MAPI mail client (e.g. Microsoft Exchange)
- must be installed and running.
-
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- USING SNAGIT/32'S ON-LINE HELP
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- SnagIt/32's on-line Help system is compatible with the Windows Help
- subsystems. The SnagIt/32 Help file contains all of the information
- you'll need to use SnagIt/32, except for the SnagIt/32 installation
- procedure. This (README.TXT) file describes how to install SnagIt/32.
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- To access SnagIt/32 Help, select Help from the SnagIt/32 menu bar, then
- Help Index from the drop-down menu.
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- To get a quick overview of SnagIt/32 essentials, select Quick Help from
- the Help menu.
-
- To acquire information about your screen mode and printer type, select
- System Info from the Help menu.
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- When you register SnagIt/32, you will receive a software key that will
- disable the evaluation time-limit and remove all registration reminder
- screens.
-
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- SNAGIT/32 SUPPORT
-
- TechSmith is committed to providing a reliable, high-quality product
- that is easy to use. If you have any problem installing or
- using SnagIt/32, we want to know about it.
-
- You can contact TechSmith by mail, phone, or fax; Techsmith also
- provide electronic support through Compuserve, the World Wide Web and
- e-mail.
-
- In any communication with TechSmith regarding a problem with SnagIt/32,
- please clearly state the following:
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- o The product name and version number (SnagIt/32 3.0).
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- o Your name, address, e-mail address and telephone number.
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- o Your hardware configuration.
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- o A description of the problem, and what you were trying to do when
- the problem occurred.
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- SNAGIT/32 FIXES AND ENHANCEMENTS
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- 3.0 Windows NT and Windows 95 version. Added JPEG file support,
- compressed BMP file support, MAPI output, Print Screen Key
- activation.
-
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- SNAGIT/32 KNOWN PROBLEMS OR LIMITATIONS
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- o SnagIt/32 hangs on mail output on Windows 95 if only 16-bit MS
- Mail has been configured (i.e. MAPI is in use, but neither MS
- Exchange or any other 32-bit MAPI mail client has been configured).
-
- o The captured cursor type is always the arrow cursor.
-
- o One viewer (LView Pro 1.C/32) complains when loading a JPEG
- file output by SnagIt. The viewer says "premature end of JPEG file"
- but will still view the file successfully.
-
- o The Include Cursor option is not active for the Last Active Window
- input selection.
-
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- INSTALLING SNAGIT/32
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- The SnagIt/32 installation program SETUP.EXE is a Microsoft Windows
- application. You must have Windows NT or Windows 95 installed prior
- to installing SnagIt/32. To install SnagIt/32, perform the following
- steps:
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- 1. Start Windows, if you haven't already done so.
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- 2. Insert the SnagIt/32 diskette into a floppy drive.
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- For Windows 95 users:
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- 3. From the Start menu, select Run
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- For Windows NT users:
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- 3. From the Program Manager menu bar, choose File, and select Run from
- the drop down menu.
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- For all users:
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- 4. In the dialog box, enter:
- a:\setup
- (If you are installing SnagIt/32 from a diskette drive other than the
- A drive, you will need to change the drive letter in the command
- line above.)
-
- 5. Click on the OK button.
-
- 6. When you have finished entering the setup information, click on the
- Install button to install SnagIt/32.
-
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- UNINSTALLING SNAGIT/32
-
- If after installing SnagIt/32, you find it necessary to remove SnagIt/32
- from your computer, perform the following steps:
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- 1. Start Windows, if you haven't already done so.
-
- For Windows 95 users:
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- 2. From the Start Menu, select Settings and then Taskbar. Now configure
- your Start Menu Programs by clicking on the Advanced button.
-
- 3. Find the program group that SnagIt/32 was installed in. Click once on
- the SnagIt/32 filename to highlight it. Press the delete key. Confirm
- that you wish to delete the program item.
-
- 4. If you selected "Start SnagIt/32 when Windows Starts" when installing
- SnagIt/32, delete SnagIt/32 from the Startup group.
-
- Follow step #2 and then find the Startup group. Click once on the
- SnagIt/32 icon to highlight it. Press the delete key. Confirm that
- you wish to delete the program item.
-
- 5. Run Windows Explorer and change to the directory that you installed
- SnagIt/32 in. Delete the files SnagIt32.EXE and SnagIt32.HLP.
-
-
- For Windows NT users:
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- 2. In Program Manager, find the program group that SnagIt/32 was
- installed in. Click once on the SnagIt/32 icon to highlight it.
- Press the delete key. Confirm that you wish to delete the program
- item.
-
- 3. If you selected "Start SnagIt/32 when Windows Starts" when installing
- SnagIt/32, delete SnagIt/32 from the Startup group.
-
- In Program Manager, find the Startup group. Click once on the
- SnagIt/32 icon to highlight it. Press the delete key. Confirm that
- you wish to delete the program item.
-
- 4. Run File Manager and change to the directory that you installed
- SnagIt/32 in. Delete the files SnagIt32.EXE and SnagIt32.HLP.
-
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- STARTING SNAGIT/32
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- To start SnagIt/32, double-click on the SnagIt/32 icon in the Accessories
- group. (If you specified a group other than Accessories during SnagIt/32
- installation, look in that group for the SnagIt/32 icon.)
-
- Double-clicking on the SnagIt/32 icon will execute SnagIt/32 and bring
- it to the foreground in its maximized form. When SnagIt/32 is maximized,
- you may change any of the setup options (input, output, format, etc.)
- from the SnagIt/32 menus.
-
- You can also invoke SnagIt/32 (that is, instruct SnagIt/32 to capture an
- image) while it is maximized, though it will usually be more convenient
- to minimize SnagIt/32 before doing your screen captures.
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- If you selected the "Load when Windows starts" checkbox during
- installation, SnagIt/32 will start automatically the next time you start
- Windows.
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- SNAGIT/32 DEFAULT SETTINGS
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- When you install SnagIt/32, it uses the following default options:
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- o Input is set to Screen. This means that when SnagIt/32 is invoked, it
- will capture the entire Windows desktop.
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- o Output is set to Printer. This means that when SnagIt/32 is invoked,
- it will send the captured image to the Windows default printer for
- printing.
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- o Format is set to Color. This means that SnagIt/32 will capture the
- image with the screen colors intact. (In most cases you can print
- images using this format setting, even if your printer is not a color
- printer. For additional information about SnagIt/32 format options,
- see the Format options topic in the SnagIt/32 Help file.)
-
- o Scale is set to 1.00. This means that SnagIt/32 will output the image
- at the same pixel size as it appears on the Windows screen. This
- setting may result in a smaller printed image than you want; to
- adjust the image size, see the Scale topic in the SnagIt/32 Help file.
-
- Refer to the SnagIt/32 Help file for additional information on setting
- SnagIt/32's input, output, format and other options.
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- You can tell which settings SnagIt/32 is using by looking at the bottom
- of the SnagIt/32 window when the program is maximized.
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- INVOKING SNAGIT/32 WITH <CTRL><SHIFT><P>
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- Once you have SnagIt/32's parameters set as you want them, you are ready
- to perform screen captures with SnagIt/32.
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- The default hot-key sequence for invoking SnagIt/32 is <Ctrl><Shift><P>.
- When you press these keys, SnagIt/32 will capture an image (determined
- by the input parameter you selected), and send that image to the output
- device you selected. To invoke SnagIt/32 using a different hotkey
- combination, see the Change Hotkeys topic in the SnagIt/32 Help file.
-
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- USING THE MOUSE TO SELECT IMAGES
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- You will need a mouse or other pointing device with SnagIt/32.
- The left and right mouse buttons work as follows:
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- Left Button Selects SnagIt/32 menu options, and selects screen
- regions and windows to capture.
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- Right Button Cancels a region or window selection, if you press it
- before you finish making the selection (that is, before
- you release the left mouse button).
-
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- REGISTERING SNAGIT/32
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- To Begin Registration:
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- 1. Select the Help menu.
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- 2. Select Begin Registration from the menu.
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- 3. In the registration dialog box, enter the requested information in
- the fields provided.
-
- NOTE: You must specify a name or company name when you register. Your
- registered copy will be personalized for that name ONLY. You
- will NOT be able to change that name after you have registered
- the software.
-
- 4. When you are finished, select OK. This will create a text file called
- REGISTER.TXT in the SnagIt/32 default directory. This is your
- registration and order form. It includes a current price sheet.
-
- 5. Windows Notepad will now open REGISTER.TXT automatically, allowing you
- to edit and or print the registration form. While you are editing,
- please complete any blank items, including quantities, totals, and
- payment information.
-
- 6. Return the registration form, with payment, to TechSmith Corporation
- by any of the methods described on the form. Upon receipt of your
- order, TechSmith will generate your registration key. The key will
- then be sent to you by the method of your choice, either email, fax
- or postal delivery.
-
- To complete the registration process when you receive your key:
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- 1. Select the Help menu.
-
- 2. Select Finish Registration from the menu.
-
- 3. Enter your registration key, exactly as it is shown, in the field
- provided.
-
- 4. Press OK.
-
- Your software is now registered! All the registration reminder screens
- and software expiration dates will be removed. If you have any additional
- questions or comments, contact TechSmith by email at
- snagit@techsmith.com.
-
-
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-
-
- If you would like information on SnagIt/32 multi-user licenses,
- please contact us:
-
- TechSmith Corporation Info : info@techsmith.com
- P.O. Box 4758 WWW : http://www.techsmith.com
- East Lansing, MI 48826-4758 USA Sales : snagit@techsmith.com
- 517-333-2100 x129 (tel)
- 517-333-1888 (fax)
-
- Thanks for your interest in SnagIt.
- TechSmith Corporation