<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY kappname "&ksnapshot;"> <!ENTITY package "kdegraphics"> <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> ]> <book lang="&language;"> <bookinfo> <title>The &ksnapshot; Handbook</title> <authorgroup> <author> <firstname>Richard</firstname> <othername>J.</othername> <surname>Moore</surname> <affiliation> <address><email>rich@kde.org</email></address> </affiliation> </author> <author> <firstname>Robert</firstname> <othername>L.</othername> <surname>McCormick</surname> <affiliation> <address><email>c0029131@airmail.net</email></address> </affiliation> </author> <othercredit role="reviewer"> <firstname>Lauri</firstname> <surname>Watts</surname> <affiliation> <address><email>lauri@kde.org</email></address> </affiliation> <contrib>Reviewer</contrib> </othercredit> <othercredit role="developer"> <firstname>Richard</firstname> <othername>J</othername> <surname>Moore</surname> <affiliation> <address><email>rich@kde.org</email></address> </affiliation> <contrib>Developer</contrib> </othercredit> <othercredit role="developer"> <firstname>Matthias</firstname> <surname>Ettrich</surname> <affiliation> <address><email>ettrich@kde.org</email></address> </affiliation> <contrib>Developer</contrib> </othercredit> <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> </authorgroup> <copyright> <year>1997-2000</year> <holder>Richard J. Moore</holder> </copyright> <copyright> <year>2000</year> <holder>Matthias Ettrich</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice> <date>2000-12-12</date> <releaseinfo>1.01.00</releaseinfo> <abstract> <para>&ksnapshot; is a simple applet for taking screenshots. It is capable of capturing images of either the whole desktop or just a single window. The images can then be saved in a variety of formats.</para> </abstract> <keywordset> <keyword>KDE</keyword> <keyword>KSnapshot</keyword> <keyword>kdeutils</keyword> <keyword>nothing</keyword> <keyword>nothing else</keyword> </keywordset> </bookinfo> <chapter id="introduction"> <title>Introduction</title> <para>&ksnapshot; is a simple application for taking screenshots. It is capable of capturing images of either the whole desktop or just a single window. The images can then be saved in a variety of formats.</para> <para>Please report any problems or feature requests to the <ulink url="http://lists.kde.org">KDE mailing lists</ulink></para> </chapter> <chapter id="using-ksapshot"> <title>Using &ksnapshot;</title> <para>This chapter describes the use of &ksnapshot; for capturing screen images.</para> <sect1 id="starting"> <title>Starting &ksnapshot;</title> <para>&ksnapshot; may be started by one of several ways as described below.</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para>You may start &ksnapshot; by selecting it from the <guisubmenu>Graphics</guisubmenu> submenu of the panel.</para></listitem> <listitem> <para>You may start &ksnapshot; by entering the following at the command prompt:</para> <screen width="40"> <prompt>%</prompt> <command>ksnapshot &</command> </screen> </listitem> <listitem><para>The mini command line (invoked with <keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>F2</keycap></keycombo>) may also be used to start &ksnapshot;</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> <para>Once &ksnapshot; starts, you will see a window like the following: <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="window.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> <textobject><phrase>&ksnapshot; Preview Window</phrase> </textobject> </mediaobject> </para> </sect1> <sect1 id="taking-snapshot"> <title>Taking A Snapshot</title> <para> &ksnapshot; grabs an image of your entire desktop immediately after it is started, but before it displays itself on screen. This allows you to quickly create full-desktop screenshot images.</para> <para>The snapshot taken by &ksnapshot; is displayed in the preview window, which is located in the upper left of the &ksnapshot; application window. Below is an example of the preview window from &ksnapshot;. Your preview will differ depending on what you have displayed on the desktop.</para> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="preview.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> <textobject><phrase>&ksnapshot; Preview Window</phrase> </textobject> </mediaobject> <para>The snapshot displayed may be saved immediately by clicking on the <guibutton>Save Snapshot</guibutton> button. </para> <para>When you want to safe the snapshot in a specific folder with a specific filename, use the <guibutton>Save Snapshot As ...</guibutton> button. This opens the standard &kde; save dialog, where you can choose the filename, folder and format your file is saved in. </para> <para> If multiple snapshots are taken, the filename is automatically incremented to prevent you from overwriting previous snapshots. You may however edit the filename to anything you wish, including the name of a previously saved snapshot. </para> <para>To take a snapshot of a single window, enable <guilabel>Only grab the window containing the pointer</guilabel> and then take a <guibutton>New Snapshot</guibutton>. </para> <para>Depending on your <guilabel>Snapshot delay:</guilabel> settings you get either a cross as the mouse pointer or you can work with a program until the delay is over and a snapshot is taken.</para> <para>With <guilabel>No delay</guilabel>, the snapshot is taken immediately when you click in a window.</para> <para>&ksnapshot; will display the new snapshot in the preview area, at which time you can choose to save the new image (by pressing <guibutton>Save Snapshot</guibutton> or <guibutton>Save Snapshot As ...</guibutton>) or to grab a new one, by pressing the <guibutton>New Snapshot</guibutton> button.</para> <para>To take a new snapshot of the entire desktop, uncheck the <guilabel>Only grab the window containing the pointer</guilabel> option. &ksnapshot; will now capture the entire desktop if you press <guibutton>New Snapshot</guibutton>.</para> </sect1> <sect1 id="additional-features"> <title>Additional Features</title> <sect2 id="delay"> <title>Snapshot Delay</title> <para>The <guilabel>Snapshot Delay:</guilabel> box allows you to enter an arbitrary time delay, in seconds, between the time that you press the <guibutton>New Snapshot</guibutton> button and the time that the snapshot is taken.</para> <para>When a delay time has been set, you do not have to click the mouse button to capture a screenshot. This enables you to open a drop down menu, and take a picture of it.</para> </sect2> <sect2 id="window-decoration"> <title>Exclude Window decorations</title> <para><guilabel>Include window decorations</guilabel> is enabled by default.</para> <para>When you only want to capture the application itself without the surrounding window decoration, disable this option and take a new snapshot.</para> </sect2> <sect2 id="print-snapshot"> <title>Print Snapshot</title> <para>When you want to print your snapshot from the preview, just click <guibutton>Print Snapshot</guibutton> and you get the standard KDE Print dialog, from where you can directly print your snapshot.</para> </sect2> <sect2 id="bottom-buttons"> <title>Buttons</title> <para>There are two further buttons located at the bottom of the &ksnapshot; window. There function is described below.</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><guibutton>Help</guibutton></term> <listitem><para>Gives you a menu where you can open the <guimenuitem>&ksnapshot; Handbook</guimenuitem>, report a bug or get some more information about &kde; and &ksnapshot;. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guibutton>Quit</guibutton></term> <listitem><para>Quits the &ksnapshot; application.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> </sect1> </chapter> <chapter id="credits"> <title>Credits and License</title> <para>Program copyright</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para>1997-2000 Richard J. Moore <email>rich@kde.org</email></para></listitem> <listitem><para>2000 Matthias Ettrich <email>ettrich@kde.org</email></para></listitem> </itemizedlist> <para>Documentation based on the original, copyright 1997-2000 Richard J. Moore <email>rich@kde.org</email></para> <!-- TRANS:CREDIT_FOR_TRANSLATORS --> &underFDL; &underGPL; </chapter> &documentation.index; </book> <!-- Local Variables: sgml-minimize-attributes: nil sgml-general-insert-case: lower End: -->
