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One thing I have also done in the past is screen record and then convert the recordings into GIFs. On windows, there is built in screen recording function in the "Game Bar" which you can pull up with windows key + G. After you have the clip, convert to gif using whatever video editing software. On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 7:22 AM Margaret Vail <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > If you have the budget, SnagIt by Techsmith is amazing. I use it for > everything > > Book an appointment with me https://stfx.libcal.com/appointments/margaret > > MARGARET VAIL MLIS, BCSc (she/her/hers) > SYSTEMS AND DATA SERVICES LIBRARIAN > Angus L. Macdonald Library > St. Francis Xavier University > Antigonish, Nova Scotia · Canada > T 902 867 4869 > [log in to unmask] > > Liaison Librarian for: > Computer Science | Data | Economics | Health | Human Nutrition | Math & > Stats | Nursing > > > > > I acknowledge that StFX is located in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded > territory of the Mi’kmaq People. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of charles > meyer > Sent: February 7, 2022 7:11 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [CODE4LIB] Screen Capture software of other applications functions > > Hi All, > > I'm trying to create still graphics of step-by-step instructions for both > Word and Excel 365. > > The challenge is when I hover the mouse over an icon in a Group once I > press the Printscrn button or use a Windows hotkey to try to capture that > word description over the icon disappears once you press a key on the > keyboard. > > Ex. Excel 365 (cf. other Word versions) you hover your mouse over the ab > down arrow c in the Alignment group and the Words Wrap Text (which appear > when you hover the mouse over that icon) disappear the second you press > Printscrn. > > Other Excel versions the words Wrap Text appear in the Alignment Group - > no hovering required. > > Same applies to Word 365 (maybe not other versions) > Paragraph group > > Sort - where that word only appears when you hover over it. > > How do you capture that hovering text? > > Any free screen capture software which will capture hovering over > functions in another software like Excel, Word, Libre Writer or Calc? > > Thank you! > > Charles. >