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Dave Starsky

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41. I just used it last night to sketch a quick diagram for someone.

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #36)

Tue Jul 25, 2017, 04:17 PM

Jul 2017

I use it all the time at work for screen captures for the help desk folks (Ctrl+PrntScrn, Ctrl+V into Paint).

Yeah, there are other free programs out there, but I don't have the time to research them or learn how to use them.

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I just used it last night to sketch a quick diagram for someone. Dave Starsky Jul 2017 #41