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From: jwwalker@kagi.com
Subject: MenuCapture 1.0.2 (a free screen snapshot utility)
Once in a while, I need to take a picture of the screen with a menu pulled
down, in order to document one of my shareware programs. If I did this
every day, I suppose I wouldn't mind paying for a screen capture program
with all the bells and whistles, but as it is, I resist. Years ago, there
was a tiny freeware extension called StillDown, by Gregory M. Robbins, that
enabled command-shift-3 screen shots with menus pulled down. But StillDown
doesn't work with Mac OS 8. Therefore, I decided to write a new free
bare-bones menu snapshot program: MenuCapture.
To install MenuCapture, drop it in your Control Panels folder and reboot.
To use MenuCapture, open the MenuCapture control panel and click the
"Enable" checkbox. Then pull down a menu, and briefly press the keys
command, shift, and control simultaneously. What happens next depends on
what version of the system you are running. With System 7.6 or later, the
cursor turns into a cross-hair; let up the mouse button, then click and
drag to select a rectangle to be copied to the clipboard. With earlier
systems, a snapshot of the whole screen is saved as a picture file on your
disk.
Version 1.0.2 makes it more obvious how to capture a contextual menu, by
ensuring that the cursor changes to a cross-hair.