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Hi,
Regarding reducing the size of screen captures:
I have two methods, which depend on the program you are using to write the
manual.
When I am capturing a screen shot for PageMaker, I capture the image with
painshop pro, bring it into Photoshop, up the resolution and save as a
.tiff. This reduces the size of the graphic without losing clarity.
When I am capturing a screen shot for Word 97, I increase the resolution on
my screen to the highest that my monitor can accept,and then capture it with
PaintShop Pro. I save it as a .bmp and fiddle with size in Word. This is the
best solution I've found with Word.
Hope this helps
Kim Forbes
Techinical Writer
Children's Hospital
Boston, MA 02188
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