Using RoboScreenCapture

Introduction

RoboScreenCapture is a screen capture tool that can be used for capturing and editing images. You can use these images in your help systems like online tutorials, manuals, training handouts, presentations, marketing materials, and web pages.

Integration of Adobe FrameMaker with Adobe RoboScreenCapture helps you do the following:

• Open RoboScreenCapture from FrameMaker.

• Insert images created in RoboScreenCapture into FrameMaker.

• Edit images imported by reference into FrameMaker using RoboScreenCapture. You can use the right-click option Edit with RoboScreenCapture for an image to launch and edit the image in RoboScreenCapture.

Changes made to the image are reflected in FrameMaker after the image is saved and closed in RoboScreenCapture.

You can use RoboScreenCapture to perform the following tasks:

• Capture screens in 10 modes, including freehand, virtual screen, and multi-region

• Capture screens using a drop-down list, assign your own keyboard shortcuts, and even control RoboScreenCapture with voice commands

• Capture difficult-to-grab screens such as DirectX, Direct3D, 3Dfx, Voodoo, and Glide mode games

• Capture more than is visible on the screen, such as long Web pages

• Edit images

• Save your screen capture in over 20 image formats

• Automatically save screen captures to image files

• Quickly add image stamps, frames, drop shadows, and more

• Change image colors, flip or rotate images, and crop images to a smaller size

• Add identifying stamps to each screen capture, such as a company name or logo

• Call-out specific areas of your capture with shapes, shadow effects, and more.

Capturing and inserting images

You can use RoboScreenCapture from FrameMaker to capture a screenshot from an application running on your computer, and save it in RoboScreenCapture. You can then import the file into an open FrameMaker document.

1. Open the FrameMaker document into which you want to insert images.

2. Choose File > Launch RoboScreenCapture. The RoboScreenCapture application opens.

3. From RoboScreenCapture, capture a screenshot of the desired application using the various options in the Capture menu.

4. Save the file, and close RoboScreenCapture.

5. In Adobe FrameMaker, choose File > Import > File or Insert > Image.

   The Import dialog box appears.

6. Select the file created in RoboScreenCapture.

7. Select Import by Reference from the Import dialog box.

8. Click Import.

Editing imported RoboScreenCapture images

You can use RoboScreenCapture to edit images inserted by reference into FrameMaker documents.

1. Open FrameMaker.

2. Choose File > Open, and open a document with the image you want to edit.

3. Select the image you want to edit.

4. Right-click the image, and select Edit With RoboScreenCapture. The RoboScreenCapture application opens with the image open for editing.

5. Edit the image.

6. Choose File > Save.

7. Choose File > Exit to close the RoboScreenCapture application.

The edited image is updated in FrameMaker and is ready for use in the document.