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These screen-capture tips provide built-in and add-on solutions to just about anything you might wish to snap.
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Capturing good screenshots in Mac OS X requires some experimentation. If you simply want to capture the screen for reference later on, you can do it easily with the built-in screen-capture tool. However, if you are a professional writer or a student preparing that term paper and need great-looking screen shots, you have to spend a little more time exploring your options.
These screen capture tips provide built-in and add-on solutions to just about anything you might wish to snap.
Built-Ins
Mac OS X Jaguar comes with a built-in capability for capturing screenshots. To capture the entire screen, simply press command-Shift-3 and a PDF grab of your current view will appear on your desktop. Screenshots are numbered sequentially, such as Picture 1.pdf, Picture 2.pdf, and so on.
To capture a particular region of the screen, type command-Shift-4 and highlight � using click-and-drag � whatever portion of the screen you'd like.

Figure 1. Capturing a portion of the screen
An extension to region grabbing is snagging a picture of a particular window or dialog box. Press command-Shift-4, then the spacebar; any window you run your mouse over will be highlighted. Click to capture it. You can toggle back and forth between region and window modes by pressing the spacebar.
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To change your mind and cancel screen capture, press the Escape (Esc) key on your keyboard.
While the built-in screen-capture tool is good enough for just about all purposes, it has a couple of drawbacks. It doesn't capture the mouse pointer in any of the screenshots � not even optionally. This is a bust for technical writers explaining the operation of menus,"