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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Does anybody have any suggestions for CAX/ScreenPrint/SnagIt settings?  Or
> this there a better product/approach to this task?
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> Thanks,
>
> Reeve
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