Adobe RoboHelp 6 HTML: Screen Captures Made Robotically Simple

RoboScreenCapture Makes Screen Shots Easy

RoboScreenCapture (RSC) is a screen capture utility that allows you to capture images of anything on your computer that you want to include in your Help system, manuals or Web site. The program is similar to SnagIt and FullShot–except RSC is included for free among the tools on the RoboHelp Tools pane.

Here are some of the top RoboScreenCapture features:

• 10 capture modes including Free Hand, Virtual Screen, and Multi-Region
• Assign custom keyboard shortcuts to capture modes
• Save screen capture in more than 20 image formats
• Add enhancements to captures such as callouts, image stamps, frames and drop shadows

Start RoboScreenCapture

1. Click the Tools button at the bottom left of the RoboHelp window
2. Double-click RoboScreenCapture to start the program

Configure RoboScreenCapture

1. Choose Capture > Capture Settings
   
2. Select the Copy & Print tab
3. Select Copy each capture to clipboard

The Copy each capture to clipboard will work well with screen shots intended for RoboHelp since the pasted image becomes an image you can rename in RoboHelp. If you intend to import the screen shot into other programs, you set each screen shot to become a file (the options can be found on the Quick Save tab).



4. Click OK
5. Choose Options > Configure Hot Keys

Notice that the shortcut for capturing a region is Ctrl + Shift + R. The shortcut can be changed easily enough (by clicking the existing shortcut button and entering your own), but this will work fine for the next activity.



6. Click Close

Use RoboScreenCapture to pull a screen shot

1. Minimize RoboScreenCapture
2. Open a program or window you would like to capture
3. Press [ctrl] [shift] [R]

RoboScreenCapture starts.

4. Position your mouse above and to the left of what you would like to capture
5. Drag over the object you would like to capture (until you have drawn a rectangle that covers your target)
6. Press [enter] to capture whatever is inside the rectangle shape that you just drew

The captured window appears in the RoboScreenCapture editing area, and the capture is on your clipboard.

7. Close RoboScreenCapture and return to the RoboHelp Project
8. Click inside any open topic and choose Edit > Paste

   The screen shot you created appears in the topic.

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