Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.graphics,comp.sys.mac.hardware.video,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Screen capturing on Retina Macs... Date: 15 Oct 2015 22:21:25 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: <7u2dnfxKc87SeoLLnZ2dnUU7-Yf46u6z@earthlink.com> X-Trace: individual.net L4CGMFp1fFXyv5lnU7bo0QRb7um3vfGtsK2pxa4jwKS0nsk7Ko Cancel-Lock: sha1:1NUC1wGl4sqcsu3urQkFN1dcxuY= X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:32689 comp.sys.mac.graphics:363 comp.sys.mac.hardware.video:253 comp.sys.mac.system:83541 On 2015-10-15, Ant wrote: > ... >> >>> Is there a way to resize in memory without saving as files? Like always >> >>> set 50% of the screen captures I take? I usually screen capture and then >> >>> paste directly into Word 2011 documents. >> >> >> >> Nope. You'll have to take a screen shot to a file and resize it. Again, >> >> this can easily be automated with tools built into OS X. >> >> >> >> BTW, I'm not sure what your reasoning is behind pasting graphics into >> >> Word documents; but you should know you may very well be making life >> >> harder than need be for whoever you happen to be sending these Word >> >> files to. Word screws up images pasted into Word documents such that it >> >> is often impossible to get anything but a low-resolution copy of the >> >> image out of the document, which can be especially bad if there is text >> >> or other fine details in the image that someone needs to be able to read >> >> easily. I hope you aren't using Word needlessly for this purpose. >> > >> > Good point. For some of my classes I have students send me screenshots... >> > and some INSIST on doing it in a Word document no matter how much I tell >> > them not to. > >> Yes, usually they are completely ignorant of the issue. > > Interesting. What's the best way to collect screen shots in a document > file to share with others (Windows and Mac users)? Basically, I screen > capture into a document with texts for each image online. :) What's wrong with opening TextEdit, pasting them there? TextEdit creates RTF documents by default. All platforms can view RTF files. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR