#Screen snapshot to pdf pdf
#Screen snapshot to pdf install
#Screen snapshot to pdf full

PDF Studio (I highly recommend the Pro version over the standard one it's roughly the equivalent of Adobe Acrobat Standard with a few more features), though not open source and not exactly lightweight, is still a onetime purchase. I just looked at my copy of PDF Studio Pro and it does have a snapshot feature, right out in plain sight (having never needed it, I just never looked for it before ). I use a paid program, Qoppa's PDF studio Pro instead of a free viewer but even it can't accomplish what you want without jumping through more hoops than when using a separate, simple screen snapshot program. It is a large adjustment but it usually can be done you just have to think outside the Windows box. One problem many Windows refugees (including me) encounter is learning to accomplish tasks we used to do in Windows using different tools and workflows. When I need a snapshot of my entire screen, or just a portion of it, I just left click on Screenshot's little camera icon pinned in the panel, the window that AZgl1800 posted pops up, and I just follow the prompts from there. I have Screenshot (listed as Gnome-Screenshot in the repository) pinned to my panel.

Using a separate screen shot program to take snapshots of an area of a PDF displayed on your screen may seem to be inconvenient at first but, once you have done it a few times, it will become second nature. My PDF viewing, editing, and creation needs are greater than what free viewers handle so I use a paid program, Qoppa's PDF studio Pro instead of a free viewer but even it can't accomplish what you want without jumping through more hoops than when using a separate, simple screen snapshot program.Īlso, while it seems to be more convenient to do everything one wants to do within one program, it just doesn't always work out that way. Program developers also have to pay for luxuries, such as food, transportation, and shelter, just like the rest of us, so there will be limits to the amount of time that can be dedicated to a free program. It takes time to develop and maintain a program and, the more features that get added, the longer it will take to develop it. You may be asking too much of a free program. Back to my original question: Is there a lightweight FOSS pdf reader that has snapshot tool? The big bad Adobe, and almost all other lightweight alternatives like SumatraPDF have snapshot tools in win.

#Screen snapshot to pdf install

I'll install such a program anyhow after the suggestions because they would be useful in other ways also. Doing it that way would leave a bad taste in my mouth, but that's a personal take. Except-It's yet another mini-program I install, and it has access to the whole screen.

I could install a 'select and drag to snip only this part of the screen' program as suggested.

#Screen snapshot to pdf full

(I could import it into another program and clip it, but.) Also it extracts the data from what is shown on the full screen, and not the 'layer below that' (I don't know the technical term), which is directly from the (possibly zoomed) pdf. However, default screenshot gives the full screenshot, not a clipped part of the screen. Screenshots are useable in a pinch, and I do use them.