QUICKMAN.TXT QUICKMAN.TXT - Capture It! Ver.2.43 Quick Manual - Copyright(C) 1993-1994 CRAFTEC Corporation All Rights Reserved. 1. WELCOME Welcome to Capture It!, an easy-to-use capturing utility for MS-WINDOWS. Among several unique features of Capture It!, the following will surely improve your performance in the daily use of your computer. Capture It! can: - Capture any kind of screen image and transfer it to files, clipboards, printers, etc. - Allow easy handling of images with the use of Picture Menu and View Window. - Be operated at any time even while other applications are running, with the help of Hot Keys. - Flexibly create the prototype of images for other applications by importing from other graphic images. This document briefly describes fundamental features of Capture It! It doesn't necessarily cover the whole functions of Capture It! We recommend you obtain the Complete Manual, in order to make the most of this software. (For CompuServe members, it can be downloaded at WINSHARE and WINUSER forum. The file has been registered as "CIMAN.EXE".) 2. IMPORTANT - REGISTRATION Capture It! is *SHAREWARE* with a TWO WEEK trial period. After the trial period expires, you should either register it or delete it. The following function of this shareware version cannot be used until it has been registered: - Transferring pictures to clipboard. - Printing pictures in magnified/reduced size. - Saving settings when quitting Capture It! - Moving cursor using Arrow keys. In order to activate these functions, you need to personalize your Capture It! For more information, please refer to REGISTER.TXT. 3. INSTALLATION 3.1. System Requirement To make use of all the functions of Capture It!, you should have: - Microsoft MS-WINDOWS Version 3.1 or a later version. - Any computer which is running on the above software. 3.2. Installation Follow the instructions below to install Capture It! in your computer: (1) Make a directory for Capture It! (2) In the Capture It! archive, you will find the following files. Copy these files into the directory: CAPTIT.EXE CAPTIT.DLL CTCTRL.DLL CIUSRSRC.DLL CIJPRSRC.DLL (3) Start MS-WINDOWS (4) From the [File] menu in the Program Manager, select [New] to install Capture It! to your MS-WINDOWS environment. (5) Double-click the Capture It! icon to start it. 4. GETTING STARTED 4.1. Main Window After running Capture It!, a window named "Capture It!" will be brought up. This is the Main Window of Capture It! ,which has five buttons to activate the prime functions of Capture It! They can be activated by clicking them on. Here is a summary of the function of each button: (from Left to Right): - Capturing Button Starts capturing images on the screen - View WIndow Button Brings up the View Window to list the pictures you have captured. - Foregrounding Button Brings pictures to the foreground, when the windows of the pictures are hidden by some other windows of another application program. - Delete All Button Deletes all the pictures you have captured. - Snapshot Button Captures a specified image at a selected time. 4.2. Menu Items The items in the Menu Bar include the following commands: - Run - Capturing - View Window - Foregrounding - Delete All - Snapshot These commands correspond to the buttons in the Main Window. - Exit Exits Capture It! - About Capture It!... Shows Version Information of Capture It! - Setup - Capture It!... - Capturing... - Foregrounding... - Snapshot... Customizes the function of each item in the Run Menu. - Key Assign List... Shows Key Assign List. - Hot Keys... Customizes Hot Keys. - Printer Setup... Sets up printer. 4.3. Introduction to Capture It! o How Capturing Can Be Made? Capture It! lets you capture a portion of a graphic image on your screen. This can easily be done by either using the Capturing or the Snapshot commands. The Capturing command provides you with four modes of capturing, which are Box, Free Shape, Window, and Icon mode. You can select one of them according to your purpose. While operating Capture It!, you have several options to help you perform more precise capturing. This includes Zooming-In, Indicating Coordinates, Showing Guidelines, and some other functions. They can be set up in the Capturing Setup dialog. The Snapshot command is much like an actual camera. First, it is essential to set up the parameters in the Snapshot Setup dialog. Then, unlike the capturing command, after you specify the region to be captured, you can decide when you want to capture any image within it. A convenient feature of Snapshot is the Timer. Sometimes, you will be unable to use the Capturing command, because you are using the mouse for other operations (e.g. bringing up the menu items, dragging windows, and so on.) If this is the case, you can use the Timer to take snapshots of a given region at a specified time. You will see an example of this in the Complete Manual [5.4.] Capturing Windows. o Manipulating Pictures After you capture screen images, they are automatically transferred to the destination(s) you have previously specified. Normally, they will appear in the same place where the original image existed. In this manual, we will call this the Picture of the image. The Picture Menu and View Window of Capture It! will help you perform further operations with these Pictures. The functions of Resizing, Saving, Printing, Trashing, etc. are included in these menus. They will also assist you in creating your own Wallpaper. o Drawing Modes You can customize how Capture It! draws the picture of the image in Drawing Mode Setup. There you have three modes, Overwrite, Semi- Transparent, and Omit Specified Color. Because these modes change how the picture looks, you will find that they can be used for a wide range of applications. An example is given in the Complete Manual ¤5.2. Inserting Letters into Pictures. o Hot Keys Once you assign Hot Keys for the prime functions of Capture It!, they can be activated at any time even while you are using other application programs. It will save you from spending your time switching the current application back to Capture It!, or missing the very picture you want to capture. Detailed descriptions are given in the Complete Manual [4.5.] Hot Keys Setup. 5. USING Capture It! 5.1. Capturing You can get into the Capturing Mode by following the general instructions below: (1) Turn Capturing Button On Either click the Capturing button in the Main Window or select the Capturing command in the Run Menu. (By defining Hot Keys for the Capturing mode, it can be activated by pressing Hot Keys even while other applications are running. For more, refer to the Complete Manual [4.5.] Hot Keys Setup.) (2) Select Mode Capture It! has four modes for capturing, one of which you can select according to your purpose. Here is the function of each mode: Capturing Mode Function ------------------------------------------------------------- Box Captures the rectangular area you specified. Free Shape Picks out only the required area of the image. Window Captures the window itself on your screen. Icon Picks up the icons registered to the window you specified. Press the SPACE bar until the icon of the mode you want comes up. The shape of the cursor will tell you which of the capturing modes you are currently in: (3) Detailed instructions for each capturing mode are given in the following three subsections. 5.1.1. Box, Free Shape Capturing o Instructions (1) Start Capturing Using the mouse or Arrow keys, move the cursor to the area you want to capture, then press the Left mouse button or RETURN key to start capturing. (To cancel the operation up to this step, press either the Right mouse button or ESC key.) (2) Specify the Area Mark the area of your choice by pressing the Left mouse button and moving the cursor around the object until the outline is fixed. NOTE: You can do this operation by using the Arrow keys. (3) Execute After specifying the area, release the mouse button or press RETURN key again to finish capturing. You will see the frame brought up at the same place where the original image was located. This is the Picture of the image you have just captured. Further operation for the pictures is explained in 5.2. Picture Menu. o Tips for Precise Capturing (1) Fixing Cursor's Horizontal and Vertical Position While holding the X or H key, the horizontal cursor position will be fixed. The vertical cursor position will be fixed with the Y or V key. Together with the Cursor Guidelines, they will help you perform more precise capturing. (2) Zooming Into Cursor Location Press SHIFT key while specifying the area. You will then zoom in on the cursor area. (3) Indicating Cursor Coordinates and Box Size (Box Capturing Mode only) By marking the Show Size item in Capturing Setup, the cursor coordinates will appear on the screen at the beginning, and the box size will remain on the screen until capturing is completed. (4) Showing Cursor Guidelines You can show horizontal and vertical cursor guidelines to confirm the capturing area. To activate this function, mark the Show Cursor Guidelines item in Capturing Setup. 5.1.2. Window Capturing o Instructions (1) Specify the Window Using the mouse or Arrow keys, move the cursor to the window you want to capture. The border of the window beneath the cursor will be highlighted, so you can easily recognize the window to be captured. (2) Execute After choosing the window, press either the Left mouse button or RETURN key. You will see the frame brought up at the same place where the original window was located. This is the Picture of the window you have just captured. Further operation for the pictures will be explained in 5.2. Picture Menu. 5.1.3. Icon Capturing o Instructions (1) Specify the Window Using the mouse or Arrow keys, move the cursor onto the window that contains the icon you want to capture. When the List Icons item is marked in the Capturing Setup, Capture It! lists all the icons registered to the window, and you can select the desired icon. (2) Execute After choosing the icon, press either the Left mouse button or RETURN key. You will see the frame brought up inside the window to which the captured icon was registered. This is the Picture of the icon you have just captured. Further operation for the pictures will be explained in 5.2. Picture Menu. 5.2. Picture Menu In this section, we will learn how to manipulate the pictures you have captured. o Basics (1) Dragging Pictures You can freely drag the pictures by using the mouse. (2) Resizing Pictures The picture can be resized by dragging one of the corners of the frame. If you want to keep the aspect ratio of the picture, hold SHIFT key during the operation. Note that you should customize the type of frame before resizing pictures. (See the Complete Manual [4.1.] System Setup) (3) Showing Picture Scale While holding CTRL key, press the Right mouse button to show the dimensions of the picture. They will continue to be shown until the button is released. o Picture Menu By pressing the Right mouse button while the cursor is inside the picture, the window will come up near the picture. This is the Picture Menu, which has five buttons to help you perform further operations. These commands are activated by selecting the icon while pressing the Right mouse button. Below are the functions of each command: (from Left to Right / from Top to Bottom) - Trash Deletes the picture. You cannot undo this operation. - Clipboard Transfers the picture to the clipboard by DDB or DIB format. - Save Saves the picture as a file. You will see the Save Picture window come up. Using this dialog, fill in the drive, directory, and file name of the picture. The file type can be chosen from bitmap (*.bmp), RLE (*.RLE), and icon (*.ico). If not specified, the type will be set automatically. When you choose the icon type, the saved picture will be 32x32 pixels. - Print Prints the picture. Use the following dialog to determine the rate of magnification of the picture (30% - 300%). If the Adjust to Paper Size box is marked, the picture will be printed to match the size of the paper. - Picture Setup Using this dialog, you can set the following items for *each* picture you captured. - Picture Size Changes the dimensions of the picture. Capture It! will redraw the picture to match the size specified in Width and Height boxes. - Magnification If you want to keep the aspect ratio of the picture, use this item and find desired magnification rate. - Icon Size If you click this button, the picture captured will be shrunk into the icon size (32x32 pixel). This button will be useful, especially when you are creating an icon. - Original Size Clicking this button reverts picture to the original size. Unless you specify following parameters at this time, the default value set in the System Setup will be used. For more detail, see the Complete Manual [4.1.] System Setup. - Shade Frame - Drawing Mode - Selected Picture Background Transparent 5.3. View Window Click the View Window button to bring up the window, which makes a list of all the pictures you have captured. The images can still be captured while the View Window is on the screen. In this case, the picture you capture will automatically be set in this window. o Buttons By clicking buttons located under the title bar, you can perform further operations for the pictures. Below is the function of each button: - Trash - Clipboard - Save - Print These buttons have the same function as those in the Picture Menu. - Normal View Shows the picture in its original dimensions. - Entire View Reduces the size of picture to that of the View Window. - Close Clicking this button exits the View Window. 5.4. Foregrounding As you capture several images, your screen might be filled with a lot of windows. Click the Foregrounding button to bring all the pictures to the foreground. 5.5. Delete All Pictures If you want to delete all the pictures you have captured, click the Delete All button. Then, in the following window, you will be asked if the operation is really what you need. Click [Yes] to continue, or [No] to abort it. 5.6. Snapshot Snapshot is another way to capture screen images on your screen. Unlike the Capturing mode, the Snapshot mode "takes a picture" of the specified region at any time you want. o Instructions (1) Setup Before using Snapshot, you need to set the following parameters: - Where to Capture - When to Capture (Timer Setting) - Destination - If the Cursor should be included See the Complete Manual [4.4.] Snapshot Setup to understand how to customize it. (2) Take a Snapshot After determining these parameters, click the Snapshot button. The specified area will be captured. (It will be very useful to use Hot Keys for this mode. See the Complete Manual [4.5.] Hot Keys Setup for more detail.) (3) Manipulate the picture You will see the frame brought up where the specified image was located. This is the Picture of the image you have just captured. Further operation for the pictures has already been described in 5.2. Picture Menu. 5.7. Key Assign List As we have seen, Capture It! has a special set of keys, each of which corresponds to specific operations. You can see the list of those settings by selecting the Key Assign List in the Setup Menu. 5.8. Exit To exit Capture It!, select either Exit command in the Run Menu or Close command in the System Menu. A dialog will appear asking you if the changes in settings you have made should be saved: The default is to save all changes, in order for them to be in effect the next time you use Capture It! If you do not wish to save them, cancel it by clicking the Save Settings box, and the "X" mark will disappear from the box. (The wallpaper set during the operation will also be discarded and revert to the original one.) Also, in the case where you have not saved the pictures, you will be asked if it is okay to exit. Click [OK] to exit, or [Cancel] to get back to the Main Window. Note If there are no changes in settings and no pictures captured at exiting, this dialog will not be brought up. 6. Capture It! SETUP You can flexibly customize the performance of Capture It! using the following six Setup commands in the Setup menu: - System Setup - Capturing Setup - Foregrounding Setup - Snapshot Setup - Hot Keys Setup - Printer Setup The detailed instructions for each Setup command are given in the Complete Manual [4.1.] - [4.6.] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LICENSE AND DISTRIBUTION The program Capture It!, its look, feel, and its related documentation are copyrighted by CRAFTEC Corporation. This software may be distributed freely under the following circumstances. When distributing, all accompanying files are to be distributed with the main program. Capture It! is not to be included with any commercial software or any public domain/shareware package sold for profit without proper written consent from CRAFTEC Corporation. LIMITED WARRANTIES CRAFTEC CORPORATION MAKES NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WITH RESPECT TO THIS SOFTWARE, ITS QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT WILL CRAFTEC CORPORATION BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM ANY DEFECT IN THE SOFTWARE OR ITS DOCUMENTATION. SUCH DAMAGES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF PROFIT, LOSS OF PROGRAM, AND LOSS OF DATA. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE ABOVE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR SUCH DAMAGES, BUT CRAFTEC CORPORATION'S LIABILITY WILL NOT EXCEED THE COST OF REGISTRATION OF THE SOFTWARE. HOW TO CONTACT US If you have any questions, problems, comments, suggestions, or complaints, please do not hesitate to contact us by e-mail, postal mail, or FAX. When reporting a problem, please give us detailed information about the type of hardware and software you are using. Our Address is: (E-MAIL) 100204.3073 (@compuserve.com) (POSTAL) CRAFTEC Corporation Toto Bldg. 2F Hyakunin-cho 1-5-4, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169, Japan (FAX) +81(Country Code)-3-3232-2924 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Capture It! is a trademark of CRAFTEC Corp. MS, MS-DOS are trademarks of Microsoft Corp. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corp. - END OF DOCUMENT -