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Snagit 9 Tutorial:

Snagit Add-Ins

Learn how use the Snagit Add-ins within Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Windows Explorer, or Adobe enviroment.

Snagit Add-ins are small, custom toolbars in your Microsoft® Word®, PowerPoint®, Excel®, Internet Explorer®, Windows Explorer®, and Adobe FrameMaker® applications. With just one click of the mouse, Snagit Add-ins make it simple to capture anything on your screen while giving you complete control over every aspect of the screen capture process from within your familiar desktop working environment.

Snagit Add-ins are the perfect one-step, productivity tools for all of your screen capture needs while working within the Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Windows Explorer, or Adobe environment.

The Snagit Add-ins include:

• Microsoft Word Add-In
• Microsoft Excel Add-In
• Microsoft PowerPoint Add-In
• Microsoft Outlook Add-In
• Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer Add-In
• Use the FrameMaker Add-In
• Capture a Window
• Capture a Window (Auto Scroll)
• Capture a Region
• Capture a Region (Auto Scroll)
• Capture Text (Auto Scroll)
• Insert Flash Into Presentations

Use the Microsoft Word Add-In

In Word 2007, the toolbar appears in the Add-Ins tab > Custom Toolbars group. In Word 2003, choose View > Toolbars > Snagit.

1. Within Word, select the capture type from the drop-down menu in the Snagit toolbar.
2. Click the Snagit Capture button. The capture appears in Snagit Editor.
3. Edit or annotate your capture in Editor.
4. Click the Finish button. The capture displays in the Word document.

Use the Microsoft Excel Add-In

In Excel 2007, the toolbar appears in the Add-Ins tab > Custom Toolbars group. In Excel 2003, choose View > Toolbars > Snagit.

1. Within Excel, select the capture option from the drop-down menu in the Snagit toolbar.
2. Click the Snagit Capture button. The capture appears in Snagit Editor.
3. Edit or annotate your capture in Editor.
4. Click the Finish button. The capture displays in the Excel spreadsheet.

Use the Microsoft PowerPoint Add-In

In PowerPoint 2007, the toolbar appears in the Add-Ins tab > Custom Toolbars group. In PowerPoint 2003, choose View > Toolbars > Snagit.

1. Within PowerPoint, select the capture option from the drop-down menu in the Snagit toolbar.
2. Click the Snagit Capture button. The capture appears in Snagit Editor.
3. Edit or annotate your capture in Editor.
4. Click the Finish button. The capture displays in the PowerPoint presentation.

Insert a Flash file into a Presentation

Click the Insert Flash into Presentation button   to insert a Flash file (.swf) into a PowerPoint presentation.

Use the Microsoft Outlook Add-In

In Outlook 2007, the toolbar appears in the Add-Ins tab > Custom Toolbars group. In Outlook 2003, choose View > Toolbars > Snagit.

1. Within Outlook, select the capture option from the drop-down menu in the Snagit toolbar.
2. Click the Snagit Capture button. The capture appears in Snagit Editor.
3. Edit or annotate your capture in Editor.
4. Click the Finish button. The capture displays in an e-mail.

Use the Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer Add-In

The same options are available for Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer.

1. Select the capture option from the drop-down menu in the Snagit toolbar.
2. Click the Snagit Capture button. The capture appears in Snagit Editor.
3. Edit or annotate your capture in Editor.
4. Click the Finish button.  The capture is sent to the selected output.

Use the FrameMaker Add-In

1. Select the capture option from the drop-down menu in the Snagit toolbar.
2. Click the Snagit Capture button. The capture appears in Snagit Editor.
3. Edit or annotate your capture in Editor.
4. Click the Finish button. The capture displays in the FrameMaker file.

What Would You Like to Capture?

Window

Capture an application or browser window.

1. In the Snagit Add-in toolbar choose Window .
2. Click the Snagit Capture button .
3. A red rectangle appears. Move the rectangle to choose a window. Click to complete the capture. 

Window (Auto Scroll)

Capture an application or browser window longer than the screen.

1. In the Snagit Add-in toolbar choose Window [Auto scroll] .
2. Click the Snagit Capture button.
3. A red rectangle appears. Move the rectangle to choose a window. Click to start the capture. Snagit pauses momentarily to configure the capture.
4. The capture area begins to scroll automatically, continuing until the lower edge of the scrolling window is reached.

Region

Capture any area of the screen.

1. In the Snagit Add-in toolbar choose Region .
2. Click the Snagit Capture button.
3. Drag the cursor to create a red border around the area to capture.
4. Release the mouse to complete the capture.

Region (Auto Scroll)

Capture an area longer than the screen.

1. In the Snagit Add-in toolbar choose Region [Auto scroll] .
2. Click the Snagit Capture button.
3. A red rectangle appears. Move the rectangle to choose a browser window. Click to start the capture.  Snagit pauses momentarily to configure the capture.
4. The capture area begins to scroll automatically. Left-click the browser window to end the capture at the desired location.

Text (Auto Scroll)

Capture an area of text and insert into an application. Capture from dialog boxes, web pages, error messages, and more. Paste the text into the Excel document using a tabular data spreadsheet format.

1. In the Snagit Add-in toolbar choose Text [Auto scroll] .
2. Click the Snagit Capture button.
3. A red rectangle appears. Move the rectangle to choose a window. Click to start the capture. Snagit pauses momentarily to configure the capture.
4. The capture area begins to scroll automatically, continuing until the lower edge of the scrolling window is reached.

Insert Flash Into Presentations

The Snagit Add-In for PowerPoint contains an Insert Flash into Presentation button   that allows you to quickly and easily insert a Flash file (.swf) into a PowerPoint presentation.

To insert a Flash file:

1. Click in the slide that you want the Flash file to be on.
2. Click the Insert Flash into presentation button.
3. In the dialog box that opens, browse to and select the Flash file that you want to insert.
4. Click Open to insert the Flash file.

When viewing the slideshow, if you click inside of a Flash item, keyboard control is not available for the slideshow. To regain keyboard control of the slideshow (use the spacebar or arrow keys to advance) you must first click in the slide somewhere outside of the Flash item. This lets you go back to controlling the slideshow and not the Flash item that is on the slide.