RE: Capturing display file images for documentation

That works fine for text; I'm going for a true graphic to preserve colors
and other display attributes.

-rf

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Franz
> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 4:28 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: Capturing display file images for documentation
> 
> On a very basic level, green screen Client Access
> can be cut & pasted into Word if you adjust the Word doc
> to font Courier New, size 10.
> jim
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Reeve" <news@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-
> l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 2:39 PM
> Subject: Capturing display file images for documentation
> 
> 
> > I'm trying to capture display file images with "real" data for
> > documentation.  My results are lousy: the JPG images, when pasted
> into a
> > Word document, look pasty (slightly fuzzy) even though they're 200K
> or
> more.
> >
> >
> >
> > Client Access uses the IBM3270 font (8 x 18).  I'm using both
> ScreenPrint
> > Platinum 4.8 and SnagIt 7 to capture the images: they're both good
> products,
> > although SnagIt appears to have more tools.  I'm not using progressive
> > encoding on ScreenPrint.
> >
> >
> >
> > The images seem to be sharper when I go to monochrome and reverse
> color.
> > The Client Access color scheme is the standard black background, and
> I
> > wonder if this isn't causing the problem.  I'm not planning on printing
> the
> > document, so I don't have to worry about black toner.
> >
> >
> >
> > Does anybody have any suggestions for CAX/ScreenPrint/SnagIt
> settings?  Or
> > this there a better product/approach to this task?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Reeve
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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