Print Screen Deluxe 3.0 - A product of American Systems 1. Installing Print Screen Deluxe 2. How to use Print Screen Deluxe 3. Product Support 4. Ordering Print Screen Deluxe [1. Installing Print Screen Deluxe] ***** INSTALLATION SUGGESTION **** We suggest that you add Print Screen Deluxe to your 'Startup' group. This way the key will always work everytime Windows runs. This saves you from having to locate Print Screen Deluxe, and run it every time you start Windows. If you would like Print Screen Deluxe to start as an icon, just edit the "properties" of the icon. To do this, single click on the Print Screen Deluxe icon, click on 'File', then 'Properties', check the 'Run Minimized' box, then press . From now on, any time you click on this Print Screen Deluxe icon, it will start up minimized. ***** **** To install Print Screen Deluxe 3.0 run the INSTALL.EXE from Program Manager. Click on 'File' then 'Run' and type the drive, directory and INSTALL to run the installation. For example, if you have the Print Screen Deluxe files on a floppy disk, place the disk in drive A: or B:. If you place the disk in drive A:, type "A:INSTALL". If your place the disk in drive B:, type "B:INSTALL". If you have the Print Screen Deluxe files on your hard disk, type the drive letter, then the directory, and INSTALL (i.e. "C:\MYDIR\INSTALL"). You will be presented with the directory that Print Screen Deluxe will be copied to. Pressing 'Install', will install Print Screen Deluxe into the specified directory. If you have any difficulty, please call or write American Systems. Email: matt@americansys.com www.americansys.com Phone: (817)485-6547 Fax: (817)485-2193 Address: American Systems 5424 Rufe Snow #301 Fort Worth, TX, 76180 Care of Windows Utilities Division [2. How to use Print Screen Deluxe] - TO PRINT THE ENTIRE SCREEN to your printer, press the key. - TO PRINT THE CURRENT WINDOW to your printer, hold the key down and press the key. [File Menu] Open Open a previously saved screen print in a BMP, JPG, PCX, or PNG file. Just type the name of the file you want to open and press , or double click the desired file name to open the file. To change the file type, click the 'Files of type' list and select the new type. These files can be read in by many Windows programs. If you are writing a document or presenation that you would like to import screen prints into, you will want to save them to a file. The program will remember the directory you read your last file from and save the future screen prints there. Note: You may also drag files into the Print Screen Deluxe window to open them. Save As... Save the screen print to a file. Just type the name of the file you want to save the screen print as and press , or double click the desired file name. To change the file type, click the 'Files of type' list and select the new type. These files can be read in by many Windows programs. If you are writing a document or presenation that you would like to import screen prints into, you will want to save them to a file. The program will remember the directory you read your last file from and save the future screen prints there. Print Prints the displayed screen to the printer Printer Setup Displays the list of printers and printer drivers you have installed on your PC. Select any printer and driver and press OK to print your screen prints to. Send Attach the captured image to an email. Once the image is attached to the email, the email will be displayed. You can then enter your regular email text and data and send your email. The Send Mail output option is only supported if you have a MAPI mail client installed (for example, Microsoft Exchange). Exit Exits Print Screen Deluxe [Edit Menu] Undo Undo the last change to the image. Revert back to the previous image. You can undo your changes back to the last time you saved or loaded the file, or pasted, cleared or captured an image. Clear Clear the contents of the Print Screen Deluxe window. Crop Specify a rectangle to keep and delete the contents outside the rectangle. When you click this option, notice that a dotted rectangle appears around the image. Drag the edges of the image and surround the area of the image that you want to keep. Then click the 'Crop' command again to delete the area outside the dotted rectangle. Copy Copies the image in the Print Screen Deluxe window to the clipboard. Paste Paste the image on the clipboard into the Print Screen Deluxe window. [Effects Menu] Sharpen Sharpens the colors of the image. A window will appear allowing you to control how much you would like to adjust the image. Bleed Bleeds colors into the image. A window will appear allowing you to control how much you would like to adjust the image. Bright/Dark Adjust the brightness of the image. A window will appear allowing you to control how much you would like to adjust the image. Rotate A window will appear asking you to specify the number of degrees to rotate the image. Anywhere from 0 to 360. Gamma Correction Apply a general Gamma Correction to enhance the image colors. A window will appear allowing you to control how much you would like to adjust the image. Mirror -> Horizontal Flips the image horizontally Mirror -> Vertical Flips the image Vertically Mirror -> Both Flips the image horizontally and vertically Invert Inverts or 'Reverses' the colors of the image, similar to the negative of the photograph. Gray Scale Converts all the collors colors of the image into shades of gray. [Options Menu] Auto Print Automatically prints the screen to the printer when the screen capture hot key (default is ) is pressed. If this option is not selected, then you must click on Print in the File menu. This option will be restored if selected when the program restarts as long as Save Settings on Exit is selected. Auto Save Automaticaly saves the screen print to a .BMP file when the screen capture hot key (default is ) is pressed. The program will generate a file name like PS000010.BMP. The first file name generated is PS000000.BMP. The file name of each screen print that you want automatically saved after that will be incremented by one, for example, PS000001.BMP, then PS000002.BMP... These .BMP files can be read in by many Windows programs. If you are writing a document or presenation that you would like to import screen prints into, you will want to save them to .BMP files. This feature is very handy if you are documenting a program or system. You can move through the program you are documenting, screen by screen, pressing the screen capture hot key (default is ), saving them to .BMP files. Auto Invert Automatically performs the 'Effects'..'Invert' command on the image when it is captured. Inverts or 'Reverses' the colors of the image, similar to the negative of the photograph. Auto Gray Scale Converts all the collors colors of the image into shades of gray when the image is captured. Auto Start Configures Print Screen Deluxe to start when Windows starts. (Only available in the 32 bit version of Print Screen Deluxe). Stretch to fit Window Stretches/Squeezes the displayed screen into the size of the Program's Window. This option will be restored if selected when the program restarts as long as Save Settings on Exit is Selected. Print Date/Time When checked on the program will print the date and time the printout is printed below the screen print. Print Page Header When checked on the program will print the file name at the top of the page. Capture Text When checked, Print Screen Deluxe will capture all text that passes through the clipboard and captures it as an image. This is very handy if you wish to capture full screen DOS sessions. It is only availble if you have 'Capture'..'Clipboard' selected. Short Icon Title The program will use an abbreviated program title when iconized. This will save you screen real estate. Fast Printing Use a method of printing that sends your screen print the printer faster than normal. You sacrifice a little print quality, but the screen print will be sent to the printer faster. The original version of Print Screen Deluxe used the slower method of printing to ensure the highest quality printout. This feature allows you to control how fast you need your screen print to print out. Capture -> Entire Window When you press the screen capture hot key (default is ) the currently active window is captured in the Print Screen Deluxe window. For more information see Capture a screen or capture a portion of the screen or window Capture -> Full Screen When you press the screen capture hot key (default is ) the entire screen is captured in the Print Screen Deluxe window. For more information see Capture a screen or capture a portion of the screen or window Capture -> Rope When you press the screen capture hot key (default is ) the you can rope off an area of the screen to capture. Use the mouse (shaped liked cross-hairs) to rope ff the are you want to capture. The selected area is captured in the Print Screen Deluxe window. For more information see Capture a screen or capture a portion of the screen or window Capture -> Clipboard Anytime a bitmap passes through the clipboard it is captured in the Print Screen Deluxe window. So, anytime you copy or cut in bitmap in another program such as Paintbrush, a copy of it will appear in Print Screen Deluxe. And any 'Auto' options you have set such as Auto Print will be executed. For more information see Capture a screen or capture a portion of the screen or window Capture -> Window Client Area When you press the screen capture hot key (default is ) the mouse cursor changes to a hand. Point to the window that you want to capture, and the client area of that windows will be captured in the Print Screen Deluxe window. For more information see Capture a screen or capture a portion of the screen or window Time Delay Allows you to specify a time delay that will occur before the screen is captured. For example, if you have a time delay set to 3 seconds and you hit the screen capture hot key (default is ) 3 seconds will pass before the screen capture starts. This will allow you to get your screen just right before capturing starts. Print Scale Allows you to scale the size of the image when you print it. Between 0 and 100%. Hot Key Allows you to select the hot key that will initiate the screen capture. If you do not wish to use the key to capture a screen, select this option and follow the on screen instructions. (Only available in the 32 bit version of Print Screen Deluxe). Save Settings on Exit Saves the state of the Options when the program exits. The Options will be restored when Print Screen Deluxe is started again. This option will be restored if selected when the program restarts as long as 'Save Settings on Exit' is selected. Command Line Options /h Run Print Screen as a hidden application. You will not see a Window or an icon on the desktop when the program is running. 'AutoPrint' is the only option activated. Therefore whenever you press the screen capture hot key (default is ) your screen or window will automatically print to your printer. [3. Product Support] American Systems provides user support to registered versions via mail, and/or telephone. American Systems will answer questions and resolve serious bugs for the first three months after registration. For problems involving a specific hardware or software environment or feature, we may choose not to modify the program. In that case, if a problem is reported within three months after purchase, then we shall offer to refund the user's purchase price. If a bug prevents you from evaluating Print Screen for Windows during the first 30 days (prior to purchase), American Systems will attempt to assist but is not under obligation to resolve issues beyond our control. Internet: Email: matt@americansys.com WWW: www.americansys.com Phone: (817)485-6547 Fax: (817)485-2193 CIS: 74364,20 Address: American Systems 7016 Thomas Pl. Fort Worth, TX, 76148 Care of Windows Utilities Division Please share the evaluation version of Print Screen Deluxe with others for the purpose of evaluation as long as it is unaltered and distributed in its entirety. [4. Ordering Print Screen Deluxe] Print out the ORDERFRM.TXT file in the directory with your American Systems product, fill out the information requested and send $29.95 per copy to American Systems 5424 Rufe Snow #301 Fort Worth, TX 76180 Care of Windows Utilities Division Be sure to specify disk size and quantity. Amex/Visa/MC welcome! Make checks and money orders payable to 'American Systems.' *** P.O.'s OVER $100.00 ARE WELCOME! BULK PRICES AVAILABLE! *** You may also select 'How to Order/Register' menu item under the 'Help' Menu.