Screen Capture Does Not Work As Expected

[Mork]

In Snow Leopard (and in Leopard before it), when you use the screen capture (to clipboard) key combination: SHIFT+(apple key)+Control+4 to capture part of the screen to the clipboard, it doesn't paste into many applications.

For example, using an OpenOffice document, the Edit...Paste menu is not highlighted (after doing a screen capture to clipboard), yet, I can paste the copied clipboard screen shot to Text Edit.

Since OpenOffice and other programs I've tried (including Thunderbird) do display graphics in their programs, why don't they accept the clipboard contents from the Mac screen capture program???

Thunderbird also will NOT accept a Mac screen shot clipboard "Paste".

What's going on here?

This lack of functionality breaks the idea of "cut and paste", which always works as expected in, gulp, Windows.

Snagit, for Windows, was wonderful, but I can't find anything to even come close for the Mac. (Of course, I'd be happy with just cut and paste working as expected for simple screen shots.)

What am I missing?

Thanks in advance.

-- M

 

[Skyhigh223]

It doesn't paste the screen capture into your clipboard, it creates a .png image on the desktop

You have to drag the image from the desktop into your document.

 

[Mork]

It doesn't paste the screen capture into your clipboard, it creates a .png image on the desktop

You have to drag the image from the desktop into your document.

Not true.

If you hold down the Control key it copies to clipboard. (if you don't hold down the control key, then, yes, it creates a png).

So the question remains.....why doesn't the clipboard "paste" as expected into OpenOffice or Thunderbird, but will paste into some program like TextEdit???

This "maybe it will paste" functionality seems broken...

Look forward to any replies.

Thanks.

 

[mysterytramp]

For example, using an OpenOffice document, the Edit...Paste menu is not highlighted (after doing a screen capture to clipboard), yet, I can paste the copied clipboard screen shot to Text Edit.

It looks like it's an issue with OpenOffice.

When you startup, it doesn't appear that Paste can be selected.

Go to another app and copy a graphic, OO doesn't recognize it.

Go to another app and copy text, OO does recognize it.

Go to another app and then copy a graphic, OO recognizes that.

Use command-control-shift-3, OO doesn't see anything on the clipbard.

OO has some issues with the clipboard, apparently.

The last one is kind of strange. That function mimics what Windows does, and since OO is cross platform, that's the area I would have least expected an issue.

mt

 

[johnyy]

I think OO and Thundbird can't support SnowLeopard fully.
Snow Leopard is th latest Mac system.
Oo and Thundbird havn't been updated for Snow leopard.

 

[juliankauai]

something is different in 10.6

he is right. in 10.6 it does not work.

doing command shift 4 dragging over a regision and then holding down the control key to put the screenshot in the clipboard works but it will not paste in apple mail. so something is broken. it used to work in leopard.

 

[Peace]

Man ya gotta be a contortionist to do that ?..Why not just put it on your desktop and save your fingers.

 

[mysterytramp]

he is right. in 10.6 it does not work.

doing command shift 4 dragging over a regision and then holding down the control key to put the screenshot in the clipboard works but it will not paste in apple mail. so something is broken. it used to work in leopard.

I can paste in Mail with SL.

mt

 

[Vandaman]

Preferences fix for ScreenCapture

Either your preferences file for screencapture is corrupt, or you just don't have one...either way...delete what you have located here:

/Users/YOUR USER NAME HERE/Library/Preferences/com.apple.screencapture.plist

AND THEN

Open the Terminal app in the Utilities folder.

Type the following or just copy and paste:

defaults write com.apple.screencapture type png

and then hit return after

As long as you are Admin for the account, you will have a new preferences file in your user folder and you can paste from clipboard...

good luck...van

 

[Mal]

he is right. in 10.6 it does not work.

doing command shift 4 dragging over a regision and then holding down the control key to put the screenshot in the clipboard works but it will not paste in apple mail. so something is broken. it used to work in leopard.

EDIT: Actually, just proved myself wrong. Carry on...

jW