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372 Photo Handling

• In Xara Web Designer Premium select "Ctrl + V" to paste, and select "Bitmap" to have
the results pasted onto the page.

You can now crop, add text annotation, resize as required and save the results. It's best
to save this type of image as a PNG file.
Screen capture utility

This utility offers some advantages over the method above, including the option to
capture the mouse pointer in the image. Open it by choosing UTILITIES > SCREEN
CAPTURE.

SCREEN AREA: Here you can choose the screen area you would like to capture. You can
capture the full screen, the active window in its entirety, or just the content of the active
window without the window border.

OPTIONS: Here you can choose whether or not the mouse pointer is included in the
screenshot. Also choose whether you just want to capture one screenshot or whether to
keep the utility turned on for the session so you can take successive shots each time you
press the assigned key shortcut.

The output section lets you choose how to handle the captured screen image. By default
it will be directly inserted into the current Xara Web Designer Premium design.
Alternatively you can also save a BMP (Windows Bitmap) or PNG file for each
screenshot into any folder. The files created are named "ScreenCapture",
"ScreenCapture1", "ScreenCapture2", etc. Choose the TARGET FOLDER for the files using
the BROWSE... button.
You can define almost any hot-key combination (Shift, Alt, Ctrl + key) to trigger the
screenshot. Just click in the key shortcut field and then press the desired key
combination, e.g. “Ctrl+S”. The chosen shortcut appears in the key shortcut field. If it