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Johnny_1
December 6th 03, 05:56 PM
I have used Snagit capture tool from
http://www.techsmith.com
A very inexpensive way to do exactly what you want.

>-----Original Message-----
>I remember several years ago Lotus had a tool that
allowed the user to
>record what they did on their screen (which was helpful
to generate
>low-tech training documentation). In Win98 I've taken
multiple screenshots
>of various projects and made static presentations, but
I'd like to get back
>to capturing short screen "movies", preferably where I
can crop the size
>and only show the part of the screen that I need my
users to see... and
>from there I could paste it into a powerpoint
presentation or something.
>
>Does winXP have any functionality that could help me do
this, or do I need
>to look to 3rd party products? I just upgraded, so I
haven't had any
>exposure to XP at all.
>
>Thanks!
>Keith
>.
>

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