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Subject:Re: Screen captures from AS400 From:Keith Soltys <ksoltys -at- IO -dot- ORG> Date:Sun, 21 May 1995 16:39:51 -0400
In article <Pine -dot- D-G -dot- 3 -dot- 91 -dot- 950517175103 -dot- 27208C-100000 -at- hopi -dot- dtcc -dot- edu>,
Debbie Exner <exner -at- hopi -dot- dtcc -dot- edu> wrote:
>I am documenting programs that run on an AS400 and am dialing in through
>Windows-based software called ReachOut. I have been trying to use SnagIt
>to capture the screens but they are black background with green and white
>text and if I invert them I get white background with pink and blue text.
>I am writing the documentation in WinWord6. Does anyone know how to get
>readable screen captures from a DOS window with SnagIt or any other graphic
>software?? Help!
I've ran into similar problems. Find a copy of the shareware program
PaintShop Pro (currently at version 3.0). You can change individual
colours in the colour palette -- I've used it to change yellow to dark
green, for example.
It'll handle most standard graphics bitmap formats. You should be able
to find it on most major archive sites -- I think someone may have posted
the exact location here recently.
Regards,
Keith
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