A New Use for Preview - Window/Screen Captures!

mac57 · Mar 13, 2007

I took two backlogged MacFormat magazines with me on my recent travels to those "little lattitudes" and read them through. I did find one real gem: did you know that you can do Window or screen captures with Preview? I had never noticed this before.

Open Preview, select File -> Grab and then select one of Selection, Window or Timed Screen. Really neat!

Thought I would pass this on, as screen shots are a common question here at M-F. Enjoy!

mathogre · Mar 13, 2007

Hey, welcome back mac57! Hope you had a fun trip.

Neat tip! Thank you. This machine continues to amaze me at what it can do.

gtg622r · Mar 13, 2007

mathogre said:
Hey, welcome back mac57! Hope you had a fun trip.

Neat tip! Thank you. This machine continues to amaze me at what it can do.

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My parents still oh and ah at the "light up" keyboard!

mac57 · Mar 13, 2007

mathogre, somehow you don't look as ...attractive... as you used to before I left... or is it just your avatar??? :dive:

mathogre · Mar 13, 2007

Well, yeah, my avatar sorta morphed. HAL just sorta fit. ^_^ Let's call it a bad day. Whereas some might get cynical, my mood just darkens.

Carol247 · Mar 14, 2007

mac57 said:
I took two backlogged MacFormat magazines with me on my recent travels to those "little lattitudes" and read them through. I did find one real gem: did you know that you can do Window or screen captures with Preview? I had never noticed this before.

Open Preview, select File -> Grab and then select one of Selection, Window or Timed Screen. Really neat!

Thought I would pass this on, as screen shots are a common question here at M-F. Enjoy!

Thanks, I needed that...rep follows!
Also, glad to have you back. Several of us wondered how you were doing. You were missed!
And...I agree, Mathogre has completely morphed. Hardly knew who he was.

mac57 · Mar 14, 2007

Thanks Carol247 - nice to be back. I was away on Spring Break with my kids. We had a GREAT time. I could easily have handled another week for sure, but home does have its comforts... oh, and unfortunately my job too!! :-( ... but that is another story!

mathogre · Mar 14, 2007

Carol247 said:
And...I agree, Mathogre has completely morphed. Hardly knew who he was.

It's still the same me, just from a different side. :yinyang:

mac57 · Mar 14, 2007

mathogre said:
It's still the same me, just from a different side. :yinyang:

Wow mathogre, you must be really scary in profile then!! :dive:

mathogre · Mar 14, 2007

mac57 said:
Wow mathogre, you must be really scary in profile then!! :dive:

Like a Picasso painting.

yogi · Mar 15, 2007

I still prefer Option-Shift-4.

Odin_aa · Mar 15, 2007

Neat little bit of information