Distinguishing screen shots from the background

[hedley_finger@xxxxxxxxxxx]

All:

The new Aqua look on Mac OS X is just lovely -- all those transparent
'boiled lolly' colours and clean, pale backgrounds.  Unfortunately, screen
shots look terrible in print because you cannot tell where the window or
dialogue ends and the paper starts.  This may also become a problem with
Windows XP shots, especially if Microsoft hires some graphic designers
sometime in the future.  8^)

In our reference tables (with the pale mauve background), grey screen shots
merge with the mauve, so once again they are hard to distinguish.

Here is a tip to separate screen shots from backgrounds.

To add a thin black border to a screen shot

1    Click on the screen shot.

2    Choose Graphics > Object Properties (Esc g o).

3    Set the values listed below:

     @    Color: Black
     @    Tint: 100%
     @    Overprint: From Color
     @    Border Width: 0.25pt

4    Open the graphics palette (click the set square symbol at the top of
the right scroll bar).

5    Click the border button (square with fuzzy outline) and click the
solid black square in the PEN pop-up menu.

     The screen shot should now be outlined with a thin black border that
separates it from the background.

Regards,
Hedley


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