Capturing screens

You can capture, edit, and attach a screenshot to an item from Helix ALM. For example, if an unexpected error is displayed when you are performng a manual test run, you can capture and attach a screenshot of the error at the same time you add the new issue. You can also capture and insert screenshots in multi-line text fields.

1. Minimize Helix ALM and make sure the screen to capture is visible.

2. Maximize Helix ALM and click Screen Capture.

The screenshot opens in the Edit Screen Capture dialog box.

3. Click a toolbar button to make any changes.

Button	Use to:
	Move or resize the selected item.
	Select an area to crop or copy.
	Undo the last change.
	Redo the last undone change.
	Crop to only the selected area.
	Copy the selected area to the clipboard.
	Add text. You can change the text font, size, color, and style.
	Draw on the image. You can change the line style, width, and color.
	Draw a straight line. You can change the line style, width, and color.
	Draw a line with an arrow. You can change the line style, width, and color.
	Draw a rectangle. You can change the border style, width, and color, and fill color.
	Draw a rectangle with rounded corners. You can change the border style, width, and color, and fill color.
	Draw an ellipse. You can change the border style, width, and color, and fill color.
	Scale the image to fit the window the next time you view an image. Clear the checkbox to render the image at its original scale the next time you view an image.
	Zoom to actual size, in, out, or to a specific percentage.