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barbhelm - Jun 24, 2007 - 2:57 pm

When you use Shift+Apple+4 to take a picture of a part of a screen, you get a.pdf. How can I change that to come out with a .jpg? I have searched HELP and the Missing Manual, to no avail.
Thanks.

Barbara

leonard.leotech - Jun 24, 2007 - 4:01 pm

Before I can answer, I need to know if you're using Mac OS 10.4 Tiger. If so, you can open the .pdf in "preview", the built in PDF and photo viewer. Then, click file>save as, and you can select ".jpg" as the format.

Let me know if this works or if you need any more help

-Leonard Slutsky

barbhelm - Jun 24, 2007 - 4:13 pm

The computer I need this for has OS 10.3.9 and I cannot do as you instruct on that one. On my computer which has OS 10.4.9 it works. ??

Barbara

leonard.leotech - Jun 26, 2007 - 4:27 pm

You could try an online solution like Zamzar-just upload your file and choose a format (jpg in your case) to convert it to.

The url is http://www2.zamzar.com/

Let me know how this works!

Leonard Slutsky

barbhelm - Jun 26, 2007 - 7:47 pm

Leonard, strangely enough, it does not offer jpg when converting from a pdf. I wonder why? Barbara

bobw - Jun 27, 2007 - 9:14 am

Barbara

Open Terminal in your Utility folder. Copy/paste this;

defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleScreenShotFormat .jpg


See if this works for you.

bobw
http://www.macosx.com

barbhelm - Jun 27, 2007 - 10:46 am

Bobw,

Just back from the other computer and, no, I still get pdfs. It seems to me that once, many moons aqo, I changed my own computer to create jpgs but I cannot remember how I did it. Drives me crazy and I appreciate everyone's help. Any more suggestions?

bobw - Jun 27, 2007 - 10:51 am

Barbara

Download TinkerTool (free)

http://www.bresink.de/osx/TinkerTool.html

This will allow you to set the format you want.

bobw
http://www.macosx.com

barbhelm - Jun 27, 2007 - 6:05 pm

Bobw,

I have downloaded and opened TinkerTool but do not see how that will help with translating a pdf to a jpg. Am I being just plain dense?

bobw - Jun 28, 2007 - 8:49 am

Barbara

TinkerTool v 3.7, under the General Tab, you should see 'Screenshot file format"

bobw
http://www.macosx.com

barbhelm - Jun 28, 2007 - 9:14 am

barbhelm - Jun 28, 2007 - 9:18 am

Bobw,

I do not see that statement under General tab or anywhere else. The only TinkerTool that shows up at the site you gave me and through VersionTraker is v. 3.7b. Could that be the problem? Beta version?

Barbara

bobw - Jun 28, 2007 - 9:29 am

Barbara

Could be.
Post your email address and I'll send v3.7.

bobw
http://www.macosx.com

barbhelm - Jun 28, 2007 - 12:21 pm

Thanks, Bobw.

ibbbh@mac.com

Barbara

bobw - Jun 28, 2007 - 12:27 pm

Just sent it.

bobw

barbhelm - Jun 28, 2007 - 12:31 pm

Bob,

Have it; now to try it on the other computer ..

B

bobw - Jun 28, 2007 - 12:34 pm

Ok, let me know how you make out.

bobw

barbhelm - Jun 28, 2007 - 1:31 pm

Bob, I think we need to give up. Enough already! It works like a charm on my Mac (10.4.10) and not on Larry's eMac (10.3.9) and I cannot seem to update his eMac.

He is a teacher and needs pdfs on Blackboard which will not take pdfs. I guess I will continue making the translation for him. I was hoping I could get out from under that chore.

Thank you all for your ideas and concerns. What a great site and terrific techs!


Barbara

bobw - Jun 28, 2007 - 1:39 pm

Barbara

There's some other programs you can try here;

http://www.versiontracker.com/php/qs...cosx&submit=Go

bobw
http://www.macosx.com

barbhelm - Jun 28, 2007 - 8:57 pm

Bob, that works on my machine but not on Larry's "lesser" version. You are a dear to keep trying but I have given up


Barbara

bobw - Jun 29, 2007 - 7:27 am

Barbara

Sorry. There must be something corrupted in the system itself if none of these things work.

bobw
http://www.macosx.com