High Res screen capture for Excel

[da_alchemist]

Does anyone know of an efficient way of getting high res screen captures of excel documents and importing it into a page layout program such as InDesign, Quark or Pagemaker?

Its probably a third party add-on. I'll use a PC program if I have to.

Thanx.

 

[wrldwzrd89]

Does anyone know of an efficient way of getting high res screen captures of excel documents and importing it into a page layout program such as InDesign, Quark or Pagemaker?

Its probably a third party add-on. I'll use a PC program if I have to.

Thanx.

I suppose you could use the Grab utility or the built-in screenshot function to take a screen grab, then export it as a format that InDesign/Quark/Pagemaker can read. The resolution of a screen grab taken with this method is dependent on the resolution your display is set to and the size of the area you're capturing.

 

[fowler.]

Usually you can create a pdf from it and import that directly into Quark or InDesign. That keeps it in vector form.

 

[wrldwzrd89]

Usually you can create a pdf from it and import that directly into Quark or InDesign. That keeps it in vector form.

Actually, if you use the built-in screen grab tool (Command+Shift+3 for the whole screen, or Command+Shift+4 then select the region you want grabbed), it creates a PDF for you, all ready to import, unless you need to crop it first, which can be done in Preview.

 

[wordmunger]

Usually you can create a pdf from it and import that directly into Quark or InDesign. That keeps it in vector form.

Well, technically, it's not in vector form at that point. It's just a bitmap of the screen. PDF supports both vector and bitmap graphics.