[gnome-user-docs] screen-shot-record: Update for changes in 3.4
- From: Shaun McCance <shaunm src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gnome-user-docs] screen-shot-record: Update for changes in 3.4
- Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:09:32 +0000 (UTC)
commit 00c5cedd163b24215c31650015a744dd44a82680
Author: Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org>
Date: Fri Mar 30 10:08:56 2012 -0400
screen-shot-record: Update for changes in 3.4
gnome-help/C/screen-shot-record.page | 71 ++++++++++++++++------------
gnome-help/C/shell-keyboard-shortcuts.page | 6 +-
2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/gnome-help/C/screen-shot-record.page b/gnome-help/C/screen-shot-record.page
index a898909..60fc03e 100644
--- a/gnome-help/C/screen-shot-record.page
+++ b/gnome-help/C/screen-shot-record.page
@@ -7,10 +7,16 @@
<link type="guide" xref="tips"/>
<desc>Take a picture or record a video of what's happening on your screen.</desc>
- <revision pkgversion="3.4.0" date="2012-02-19" status="review"/>
- <credit type="author">
+ <revision pkgversion="3.4.1" date="2012-03-30" status="final"/>
+ <credit type="author copyright">
<name>Tiffany Antopolski</name>
<email>tiffany antopolski gmail com</email>
+ <years>2011</years>
+ </credit>
+ <credit type="author copyright">
+ <name>Shaun McCance</name>
+ <email>shaunm gnome org</email>
+ <years>2012</years>
</credit>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
@@ -21,47 +27,56 @@
<p>You can take a picture of your screen (a <em>screenshot</em>) or record a
video of what's happening on the screen (a <em>screencast</em>). This is useful
if you want to show someone how to do something on the computer, for example.
- Screenshots and screencasts are just normal picture/video files, so you can
+ Screenshots and screencasts are just normal picture and video files, so you can
email them and share them on the web.</p>
<section id="screenshot">
<title>Take a screenshot</title>
- <p>To take a picture of what's on your screen:</p>
<steps>
-<item>
- <p>Go to the <gui>Activities</gui> overview and open the <app>Screenshot</app>
- tool.</p>
-</item>
+<item><p>Open <app>Screenshot</app> from the <gui>Activities</gui> overview.</p></item>
<item>
- <p>In the window that appears, choose what to capture.</p>
- <p>You can take a picture of the whole of the screen
- (<gui>Grab the whole desktop</gui>), the window that you're currently using
- (<gui>Grab the current window</gui>), or an area of the screen you can select
- by dragging a box around it (<gui>Select the area to grab</gui>).</p>
+ <p>In the <app>Take Screenshot</app> window, select whether to grab the
+ entire desktop, a single window, or an area of the screen. Set a delay
+ if you need to select a window or otherwise set up your desktop for
+ the screenshot. Then choose any effects you want.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Click <gui>Take Screenshot</gui>.</p>
- <p>If you selected <gui>Select area to grab</gui>, the cursor will change into
- a cross. Click and drag the area you want for the screenshot.</p>
+ <p>If you selected <gui>Select area to grab</gui>, the pointer changes into
+ a crosshair. Click and drag the area you want for the screenshot.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>The <gui>Save Screenshot</gui> window will now appear. Choose where to save
- the screenshot and click <gui>Save</gui>.</p>
+ <p>In the <gui>Save Screenshot</gui> window, enter a file name and choose a
+ folder, then click <gui>Save</gui>.</p>
+ <p>Alternatively, import the screenshot directly into an image-editing application
+ without saving it first. Click <gui>Copy to Clipboard</gui> then paste the image in
+ the other application, or drag the screenshot thumbnail to the application.</p>
</item>
</steps>
-<note>
- <p>You can also drag and drop the screenshot image into another application,
- to paste it there, or to <app>files</app> to save it in a folder.</p>
+<note style="tip">
+ <title>Keyboard shortcuts</title>
+ <p>Quickly take a screenshot of the desktop, a window, or an area at any time
+ using these global keyboard shortcuts:</p>
+ <list style="compact">
+ <item><p><key>Prt Scrn</key> to take a screenshot of the desktop.</p></item>
+ <item><p><keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>Prt Scrn</key></keyseq> to take a screenshot
+ of a window.</p></item>
+ <item><p><keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Prt Scrn</key></keyseq> to take a screenshot
+ of an area you select.</p></item>
+ </list>
+ <p>When you use a keyboard shortcut, the image is automatically saved in
+ your Pictures folder with a file name that begins with "Screenshot" and
+ includes the date and time it was taken.</p>
+ <p>You can also hold down <key>Ctrl</key> with any of the above shortcuts to
+ copy the screenshot image to the clipboard instead of saving it.</p>
</note>
-
</section>
-
<section id="screencast">
<title>Make a screencast</title>
<p>You can make a video recording of what is happening on your screen:</p>
@@ -71,7 +86,7 @@
<p>Press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Alt</key><key>Shift</key><key>R</key></keyseq>
to start recording what's on your screen.</p>
<p>A red circle is displayed in the bottom right corner of the screen when the
- recording is in progress.</p>
+ recording is in progress. This indicator does not show up in the video.</p>
</item>
<item>
@@ -81,15 +96,9 @@
</item>
<item>
- <p>In your Home folder, a file named <file>shell-%d%u-%c.webm</file> will be
- saved, where %d is the date, %u is a string of letters that makes the file name
- unique, and %c is a counter that is incremented each time a recording is made
- within a single session.</p>
+ <p>The video is automatically saved in your Videos folder with a file name
+ that starts with "Screencast" and includes the date and time it was taken.</p>
</item>
-
-<item>
- <p>You can <link xref="files-rename">rename</link> the file as you wish.</p>
-</item>
</steps>
</section>
diff --git a/gnome-help/C/shell-keyboard-shortcuts.page b/gnome-help/C/shell-keyboard-shortcuts.page
index c970a19..0d450e2 100644
--- a/gnome-help/C/shell-keyboard-shortcuts.page
+++ b/gnome-help/C/shell-keyboard-shortcuts.page
@@ -111,16 +111,16 @@ information on navigating user interfaces with only the keyboard.</p>
<table rules="rows" frame="top bottom" ui:expanded="no">
<title>Capturing from the screen</title>
<tr>
- <td><p><key>Print</key></p></td>
+ <td><p><key>Prt Scrn</key></p></td>
<td><p><link xref="screen-shot-record#screenshot">Take a screenshot.</link></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
- <td><p><keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>Print</key></keyseq></p></td>
+ <td><p><keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>Prt Scrn</key></keyseq></p></td>
<td><p><link xref="screen-shot-record#screenshot">Take a screenshot of a
window.</link></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
- <td><p><keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Print</key></keyseq></p></td>
+ <td><p><keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Prt Scrn</key></keyseq></p></td>
<td><p><link xref="screen-shot-record#screenshot">Take a screenshot of an
area of the screen.</link> The pointer changes to a crosshair. Click and
drag to select an area.</p></td>
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