screen shot to PDF

crossi · 08-07-2011, 02:50 PM

Any software that will take a screenshot and convert it to PDF?

Elfwreck · 08-07-2011, 02:58 PM

A screenshot is an image; most print-to-PDF software will easily convert images to PDF. However, that won't make the text searchable or editable (and for long pages, like the results of using Fireshot or other capture-whole-page plugins, makes for one big looooong PDF page).

FineReader 10 has something about screenshot-OCRing; I haven't poked at the settings enough to figure out how that works. (Also, FR is expensive, not worth buying for that unless you care about doing a *lot* of them.) Screencaps generally are very difficult to OCR, because the resolution is so low--75 or 92 dpi doesn't make for good text conversion.

Wordsworth · 08-12-2011, 05:06 AM

Press Prt Scr and then open a graphics program like Photo Filtre. (This is also free) Add the image and save in preferred format. Open Writer in Open Office and import the image; now you can export it as PDF.
A bit long winded but it works well and it won't cost you a penny!

CRussel · 08-12-2011, 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crossi

Any software that will take a screenshot and convert it to PDF?

You don't specify what platform you're on (Windows, Mac, Linux, ???), or how the screenshot is captured, so it's difficult to answer. But for Windows, almost any of the PDF software packages out there include printer emulations that allow you to "print to PDF". If you give us a bit more detail on what you're trying to accomplish, I can make some specific recommendations.

DebbyS · 08-12-2011, 11:11 AM

Try cutePDF It gives you a pdf driver that acts like a printer, so when you say "print this page" you can choose cutePDF and it will ask or suggest a name for the file and a location (which you can change), "print" the document, and there you go. I use this all the time on my home computer, to which I do not have a printer connected. Often if a printable version of the page is offered, I pdf that as it can avoid many or all the ads. cutePDF is free and I use Windows XP at home. I don't know if it works on Windows 7.

HarryT · 08-12-2011, 11:21 AM

If you have a recent version of Microsoft Office, it has a "PDF Printer" built in. Just do a screen capture, paste to a Word doc, then print to PDF.

sadievan · 08-12-2011, 12:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wordsworth

Press Prt Scr and then open a graphics program like Photo Filtre. (This is also free) Add the image and save in preferred format. Open Writer in Open Office and import the image; now you can export it as PDF.
A bit long winded but it works well and it won't cost you a penny!

And if you hit Alt & Prt Scr it will capture just the open window.

Carol

08-07-2011, 02:50 PM	#1
crossi Guru Posts: 997 Karma: 12000001 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Seattle Wahington U.S. Device: kindle	screen shot to PDF Any software that will take a screenshot and convert it to PDF?

08-12-2011, 05:06 AM	#3
Wordsworth Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Gravesend, Kent, UK Device: Ipaq rx1950 Pocket PC, Kobo Reader (wifi), Kobo Mini.	Use Open Office Press Prt Scr and then open a graphics program like Photo Filtre. (This is also free) Add the image and save in preferred format. Open Writer in Open Office and import the image; now you can export it as PDF. A bit long winded but it works well and it won't cost you a penny!

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Elfwreck Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,187 Karma: 25133758 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area, California, USA Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3 (Past: Kobo Mini, PEZ, PRS-505, Clié)	A screenshot is an image; most print-to-PDF software will easily convert images to PDF. However, that won't make the text searchable or editable (and for long pages, like the results of using Fireshot or other capture-whole-page plugins, makes for one big looooong PDF page). FineReader 10 has something about screenshot-OCRing; I haven't poked at the settings enough to figure out how that works. (Also, FR is expensive, not worth buying for that unless you care about doing a lot of them.) Screencaps generally are very difficult to OCR, because the resolution is so low--75 or 92 dpi doesn't make for good text conversion.

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DebbyS Zealot Posts: 115 Karma: 1472692 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Albuquerque, NM Device: Jetbook Lite; Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0)	Try cutePDF It gives you a pdf driver that acts like a printer, so when you say "print this page" you can choose cutePDF and it will ask or suggest a name for the file and a location (which you can change), "print" the document, and there you go. I use this all the time on my home computer, to which I do not have a printer connected. Often if a printable version of the page is offered, I pdf that as it can avoid many or all the ads. cutePDF is free and I use Windows XP at home. I don't know if it works on Windows 7.

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HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	If you have a recent version of Microsoft Office, it has a "PDF Printer" built in. Just do a screen capture, paste to a Word doc, then print to PDF.

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