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Subject:Re: The Burden of Screen Captures From:dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 22 Nov 2002 10:58:18 -0800
"Broberg, Mats" wrote:
>
> 1. Is there an easier way to do this...?
Not that I can think of.
> I can't imagine that Adobe or Microsoft or any other large
> software company have 10 persons sitting in a room all day
> doing screen captures for their manuals, in 25 different
> languages?
I wouldn't be surprised if they do. In fact, I hope they do,
'cause that would be ten entry-level positions for budding
young tech writers.
>
> 2. ...does anyone know if there is there a screen capturing
> software around that creates an autonumber when you save the
> image?
I know HyperSnap and Paint Shop Pro have such a feature.
I imagine most of them do.
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