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                    HardCopy Pro V3.0.1 Readme
                      
                      Copyright (c) DeskSoft
                         www.desksoft.com
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Welcome to HardCopy Pro, the professional, easy to use screen 
capture utility for Windows! It can capture rectangular screen 
areas and whole windows. The captured images can be cropped very 
easily and the color depth can be changed to any desired value 
from monochrome to true color. Images can be printed, saved, 
copied to the clipboard, emailed, edited with any image editing 
program, etc. Many options allow the customization of all these 
actions to individual user needs.

All information about how to use this program can be found in the
online manual, which is accessible by pressing the F1 key, or
selecting it from the HardCopy program group.

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HardCopy Pro main features:
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* Captures rectangular areas, whole windows, the active window or 
  the entire screen 
* Easy cropping and adjustment of color depth of captured images 
* Mouse cursor can be captured 
* Images can be saved, copied, edited, printed, emailed and sent 
  to any destination (e.g. MS Word) 
* Supported file formats: BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, TIF 
* Timer for automatic captures 
* Now with full 64 bit support

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Installation and uninstallation:
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To install HardCopy Pro, simply run HCSetup.exe. The Setup program 
will guide you through all necessary steps. If you want to remove 
HardCopy Pro from your computer, select "Uninstall" from the 
HardCopy Pro program group or use "Add/Remove Software" in the 
Windows Control Panel.

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System requirements:
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Supported operating systems:

* Windows 2000
* Windows XP
* Windows XP x64
* Windows Vista
* Windows Vista x64
* Windows Home Server
* Windows Server 2003
* Windows Server 2003 x64
* Windows Server 2008
* Windows Server 2008 x64

For older operating systems (Windows 95, 98, ME and NT4), please 
download version 2 of HardCopy Pro from our website.

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Contacting DeskSoft:
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If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to 
send us an email or visit our website:

Email: support@desksoft.com
Web:   http://www.desksoft.com

If you experience any problems running the program, please make 
sure to include information about your computer configuration, 
hardware and software.

***** IMPORTANT *****
Please include the product name "HardCopy Pro" in the subject line 
of your email, or it could be deleted by our spam filter! 

We answer all emails within a maximum of 3 business days (usually 
even within a few hours), so if you don't receive an answer from 
us, there's probably something wrong with your email address. In 
this case, please send us your message again and make sure to use 
a working email address so that we can reply to your email!

The DeskSoft Team.

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