On 9/18/05, A. G. <prothonotar(a)tarnation.dyndns.org> wrote:
> > > Running FC4, I want to capture a screen snapshot of a
> > > displayed window and save it into a word document. I
> > > tried Ctrl-PrintScreen to copy and paste it to Writer
> > > Word processor as I did with Windows XP, but it didn't
> > > work. Please let me know how can I do that?
> >
> > Right click on menu bar, select Add to Panel, select Take Screenshot.
> > This gives you a clickable icon to snap the whole display and then the
> > choice of where to store the png file.
> >
> > Another option, From the RedHat menu button, select
> > Desktop->Preferences->Keyboard Shortcuts. Look for the "Take a
> > Screenshot" and "Take a Screenshot of a Window". Set them and
use them.
> > In all cases you will have to save the png file somewhere, then load it
> > into Writer.
>
> To capture all the screen press PrintScreen and to capture only the
> active window press Alt PrintScreen.
> At least it works for me.
I'm using what I believe to be the default setup, with metacity, and
Cntl-Printscreen takes a screenshot of the active window and lets me
save it to a png. YMMV.
Another alternative is to use ksnapshot, but I am not sure whether it
only works on KDE.
Paul