Snapshots

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Snapshots

Tip: For more information on exporting a particular image from your PDF file, see Extracting images. For information on exporting entire PDF pages as image files, see Image output.

To take a snapshot of an area of a page and save it to a file, proceed as follows:

1.Choose the ribbon command Home | group Snapshot | Take snapshot icon_tool_snapshot.
2.Then use the mouse to drag a rectangle around the area of which you want to take a snapshot.
As soon as you stop dragging, the box will be fixed and the dialog box Save Snapshot will open.
dialog - save snapshot
3.Select the Resolution of the snapshot. The higher the value, the more details the saved picture will contain and the more disk space it will need.
4.Select the desired Format for the output (PNG, JPEG or TIFF).
5.Select the Color Depth for the snapshot.
RGB (red/green/blue) is full color, while all other options are black and white variations.
6.If you would like a transparent background for the snapshot, click on Retain Transparency.
This option is only available when selecting the PNG format with the RGB color depth.
7.Optional: You can copy the snapshot to the clipboard using the Copy button and then paste it into FlexiPDF or into another program.
8.Finally, press OK and enter a file name for the saved picture.