On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 16:49:25 +0000, Tim Smith wrote:
> In article <2077397.Mr1Ah8nobc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> The article describes about half a dozen methods, most of which are
>> GUI-based. Macs may still have some 'magic' shortcuts (I last used OS 9)
>> whilst Windows needs a program like Paint, which is counter-intuitive.
>> Linux is _NOT_ hard. But people are hard-minded.
>
> Mac: cmd-shift-3 takes a shot of the whole screen, saving it as a .png file
> on the desktop. Cmd-shift-4 lets you select a rectangle to take a shot of.
> Cmd-shift-4 then space lets you select a window, menu, the dock, etc., to
> get a shot of. Adding ctrl to the above takes the shot to the clipboard
> instead of to a file. There's also a Grab application if you need something
> a little fancier.
Yea.
Roy does have a point, the Windows way is a bit counter-intuitive.
I didn't know about it for the longest time, mostly because I had no need
to do it.
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