SnagIt

Open the window you want to capture. Capture images from web browsers or from other windows such as error dialog boxes, email programs and more.

Follow the procedure to open SnagIt. Under the Input menu, select "Auto Scroll Window." Open the "Options" window. Specify a scroll direction.

Click the "Capture" button. Go to the window, SnagIt outlines the area in red. Move the mouse around the page to view choices. Consider the suggestions for a few different possible ways to capture areas.

Hover your mouse over the area and double-check that the correct area is outlined in red. Left "Click" to capture the window.

Return to the SnagIt program screen to edit your capture. Options include trimming the edges, shrinking or enlarging the size of the final image, alter the colors, add links or add notes. Click the "Done" button to save the capture as a file.

Know that the default hotkeys for SnagIt are "Control" "Shift" and "P" regardless of what type of capture used.

Click on "Control" "Shift" and "X" to hide the SnagIt window, regardless of the window you currently work in. This leaves the program running, but hides the window and it hides SnagIt on the taskbar at the bottom. Use the same hotkeys to unhide the program.

Use "Control" "Shift" and "R" to repeat the last capture. This is useful when using multiple screen shots. The repeat function doesn't simply make a copy of the previous image; rather it repeats the same sequence that you requested before. It remembers what window you selected or if you chose the entire screen. Hitting the repeat hotkeys will use the same preferences to capture an image.

Change the hotkeys for capturing, hiding or repeating by selecting "Options" from the top toolbar and choose "Program Preferences." This brings up a window with three tabs. Choose the tab "Hotkeys."

Select which hotkey to change by checking or un-checking the boxes for the Control, Shift and Alt buttons. Change the default letter key to another letter, number or one of the function keys. Clicking "OK" saves the changes or click "Default" to restore back to the settings described above.

Open SnagIt.

Select a capture profile from the "Basic Capture Profiles" presented in the various windows on the screen.

Drop down to "Output" under the "Capture Settings" heading.

Choose an output setting from the list provided. This tells SnagIt where to send the content it captures.

Change your capture settings at any time by making different selections from the "Basic Capture Profiles" and the "Output" options.

Open the program. A message center may pop up offering updates or additional downloads, but most of the time you can just skip this and head right into the program.

Look at the bottom right-hand corner of the program. There will be a large red circle with a picture in it. The camera is “Still Mode,” the large T is “Text Mode,” the Film strip is “Video mode” and the World is “Web Mode.” Click on the arrow next to the red button and select the picture of the camera from the drop-down menu.

Select one of the capturing profiles. The easiest to choose is the “Region profile.” This allows you to select any section of your screen. Click onto the “Region Profile” and then press the Red button in the bottom right-hand corner.

Wait until the Snag It screen disappears and a small magnified view of your desktop appears in the upper left-hand corner. Click on and hold the left mouse button to start the region capture.

Drag your mouse across the area that you wish to capture. A small red box will appear over the area that you want captured. Press the “ESC” key to cancel the capture or let go of the mouse to complete it.

Crop and edit your capture in the Snag It capture preview. Use the tools on the left to further enhance the capture and those on the top toolbar to save or send your capture. Press the “X” button in the top right-hand corner to cancel the capture.

Press the arrow once again to switch to the Video Capture. The Video Capture is great for computer tutorials. Select the regional setting and then press the large red button of the film strip.

Highlight the selected area that you want recorded by clicking the left mouse button, dragging and letting go. A pop-up box will display the video properties. Press the “Start” button in this box to start the capture. Press the “Print Screen” button to end the recording.

Open Snagit and open the Tools menu. Select "Snagit printer capture settings" to open the printer settings for Snagit. Click "Properties" next to the Input setting.

Select the "Snagit Printers" tab in the input properties screen and click "Properties" to open the document properties dialogue.

Configure the document properties. You can choose page orientation, order and format from the "Layout" tab. Select the "Paper/quality" tab to choose whether Snagit will save files in black and white or color.

Click "Ok" in the document properties screen and click "Ok" to close the input properties screen.

Click "Properties" next to the Output setting in the Snagit printer settings screen. Choose the output file format in the "Image File" tab.

Select the "Program" tab and choose which program the Snagit printer will output to. Under the "Store files in" section, choose what folder you would like output files to be saved to.

Open the program you would like to use the Snagit printer from; select the file you would like to capture multiple pages from and choose the program's print option.

Select "Snagit" from the drop-down in the Print screen. Click "Ok" to capture the pages of the file using the Snagit printer. Snagit will capture the pages of the document and save them to file.

Close SnagIt 5 if it is currently open. To do this, simply right-click the SnagIt icon on your taskbar and select "Close."

Click "Start > Control Panel." Double-click the "Add/Remove Programs" icon in the Control Panel in Windows XP. If you are running Windows Vista or Windows 7 on your computer, then click "Programs" or "Programs and Features" instead.

Scroll down the list of programs and select "SnagIt 5."

Click "Remove." Click "Yes" when asked if you want to remove the program.

Click "Next" to proceed with the uninstall process. Click "Finish" to complete the uninstall procedure.

Click "Start" and double-click the "My Computer" or "Computer" icon (or click the icon if it is on your desktop). Navigate to "C:\Program Files" using the search bar.

Right-click the "SnagIt 5" folder and select "Delete."

Right-click the "Recycle Bin" icon on your Desktop and select "Empty Recycle Bin."

Click "Start > Shutdown > Restart." After rebooting, SnagIt 5 will be fully removed from your computer.

Open Snagit (click "Start," "All Programs" and choose "Snagit"). Wait for the program to load. Once it does, all of the frames recorded appear on the side of the software in a library window.

Right-click the frame you want to remove from the computer. A pull-down window appears from the frame.

Choose "Delete" and you are asked if you are sure you want to remove the file from the program. Click "Yes" and the frame is removed from Snagit.

Open the program you would like to capture a screenshot of. Leave the item fully open on your computer's screen.

Open the SnagIt software.

Choose which capture profile you would like to use. You may choose a "Region" profile, which will let you drag a box over the area you would like to capture, or you may choose "Window" profile, which will capture everything that is seen on your computer's screen. There is also a "Scroll" feature, which will take a shot of any vertical window, as well as video and web image capture options.

Click "Capture" and SnagIt will take a screenshot of the area you have selected.

Click "OK" if you are satisfied with the screenshot. If you are not satisfied, click "Re-Do" and try "Step 4" again.

Use the edit tool bar to zoom in and touch up areas of the captured image, adjust color, and eliminate or crop out undesired portions. Also, you can insert text, graphics, stamps, clip-art and draw if desired.

Click "Save As" to save the edited image as a .jpg, .gif, .psd or other preferred image file extension.

Launch Snagit from the Start menu, or if it is already running, right-click the blue Snagit icon in the system tray and select "Open Snagit".

Click the "Tools" pull-down menu at the top of the Snagit window, and select "Program Preferences".

Click the "Update Options" tab. Make sure that both "Enable Automated Update Checking" and "Prompt Before Update Check" are enabled. Click "OK" if you would like to wait for Snagit to automatically check for updates, and stop here. You can also change the number of days between update checks to "1" and continue to the next step.

Right-click the Snagit icon, and select "Exit Snagit." Re-launch Snagit from the Start menu. When the program opens, the Snagit updater appears and asks if you would like the program to check for updates.

Click "Yes". If an update is available, the Updater utility downloads and installs it. If you already have the updates for Snagit 9 installed, the window instead prompts you to consider purchasing Snagit 10. Click the "Close" button when the process is complete.

Remove SnagIt from your previous computer. To do this, navigate to the "Start" menu, then to "Control Panel," and finally to "Add / Remove Programs." After the list of programs has populated, find the SnagIt entry. Click on the "Remove" button.

Install a copy of SnagIt on your new computer. This can be accomplished from either the SnagIt software disc, or downloading the trial version directly from the SnagIt website. Follow the installation prompts.

Register your license key when prompted, if installing from the disc version. If you have downloaded the trial version, you can enter your SnagIt license key when prompted to upgrade your copy back to the full version.

Launch Outlook 2010. Click the "Add-Ins" tab at the top of the window.

Right-click "Snagit," and then click "Delete Custom Toolbar."

Click "Yes" to confirm.

Launch Outlook 2007. Click the "Tools" menu at the top of the window, and select "Trust Center."

Click "Add-ins" on the left side of the window.

Click the drop-down menu next to "Manage," and select "COM Add-ins." Click "Go."

Click "SnagIt Add-in," and then click "Remove."

Click "OK" to confirm.

Launch Outlook 2003. Click the "Tools" menu at the top of the window, and select "Customize."

Click "Snagit," and then click "Delete."

Click "OK" to confirm, and then click "Close."

Right-click the SnagIt icon in the system tray next to your clock, and then click "Exit SnagIt." This will disable SnagIt to allow removal.

Click "Start" and select "Computer."

Double-click "Local Disk C" and double-click the "Program Files" folder.

Right-click the "TechSmith" folder and click "Delete." Click "OK" on the confirmation dialog.

Press the "Windows" and "R" keys simultaneously. This loads a Run command box.

Type "Regedit" in the Run box and then press "Enter." This loads the Windows Registry Editor.

Navigate to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\TechSmith" in the left pane. Right-click the "TechSmith" folder and click "Delete." Click "Yes" on the confirmation dialog.

Navigate to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\TechSmith" in the left pane. Right-click the "TechSmith" folder and click "Delete." Click "Yes" on the confirmation dialog.

Insert your installation CD into the computer drive. If the installation doesn't automatically start, click the Windows "Start" button and type "x:\snagit.exe" where "x" is the drive letter for your drive. Press "Enter" to start the process.

Click the "Next" button on the first window. Select any add-ons you want to install. For instance, if you want to use SnagIt with Internet Explorer, check the box with the "Enable SnagIt Add-on for Internet Explorer" label. Click "Next."

Click the "Next" button on the next screen. The software installs to your computer. Click "Finish" to complete the installation process and close the wizard.