On 9/18/05, A. G. <prothonotar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Running FC4, I want to capture a screen snapshot of a > > > > displayed window and save it into a word document. I > > > > tried Ctrl-PrintScreen to copy and paste it to Writer > > > > Word processor as I did with Windows XP, but it didn't > > > > work. Please let me know how can I do that? > > > > > > Right click on menu bar, select Add to Panel, select Take Screenshot. > > > This gives you a clickable icon to snap the whole display and then the > > > choice of where to store the png file. > > > > > > Another option, From the RedHat menu button, select > > > Desktop->Preferences->Keyboard Shortcuts. Look for the "Take a > > > Screenshot" and "Take a Screenshot of a Window". Set them and use them. > > > In all cases you will have to save the png file somewhere, then load it > > > into Writer. > > > > To capture all the screen press PrintScreen and to capture only the > > active window press Alt PrintScreen. > > At least it works for me. > > I'm using what I believe to be the default setup, with metacity, and > Cntl-Printscreen takes a screenshot of the active window and lets me > save it to a png. YMMV. Another alternative is to use ksnapshot, but I am not sure whether it only works on KDE. Paul
