akweteco01: Control over your Screenshots with Preview

Monday, August 22, 2011

Control over your Screenshots with Preview

You can take screenshots with keyboard shortcuts, the Grab application, or third-party applications. The Lion version of Preview takes screenshots now, too.

In Preview, select File » Take Screenshot, and select from the three options: From Selection; From Window; or From Entire Screen.

When you select your menu item, an overlay appears reminding you what to do next. You can use the Application Switcher (Cmd+Tab), Mission Control, or left-right trackpad swiping to get to the desired desktop and application. Then select the desired screen area or window and click to take your screenshot. You can't take a screenshot of menus this way because you have to click to bring up a menu. (For that, select the desired menu/submenu and use the good, old Cmd+Shift+4 » Space bar keyboard shortcut.)

OK, so why go to all this trouble when I can just use Cmd+Shift+3 or Cmd+Shift+4 to do the exact same thing with a lot less trouble? Well, frankly, most o ...