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Re: Screen capture and simple graphic editing tool. And finding our which tool was used to create a graphic
Subject:Re: Screen capture and simple graphic editing tool. And finding our which tool was used to create a graphic From:Caroline Tabach <caroline -dot- tabach -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"techshoret -at- yahoogroups -dot- com" <techshoret -at- yahoogroups -dot- com>, techwr-l mailinglist <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 23 Apr 2018 09:53:09 +0300
Thanks everyone for the answers.
I shall check out the tools mentioned.
On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 8:55 AM, Caroline Tabach <caroline -dot- tabach -at- gmail -dot- com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have started in a new position.
>
> There is a set of user guides which have diagrams and screen captures in,
> but no one seems to know which tool was used to create and edit them.
>
> The environment is Windows, the docs are currently in Word.
>
> I asked IT what licenses they had, and he does not know.
>
> My questions are:
> 1. Is there anyway to find out what a graphic was made in?
>
> 2. In the past I used an old version of snagit for screen captures,
> callouts, and simple graphic edting, what free or inexpensive tool can you
> recommend for this purpose? (Is PAINT.NET) any good)
>
> 3. Creating simple diagrams - what would you recommend?
>
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Caroline Tabach
> Technical/Marcom Writer
> e-mail: caroline -dot- tabach -at- gmail -dot- com
>
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Caroline Tabach
Technical/Marcom Writer
e-mail: caroline -dot- tabach -at- gmail -dot- com
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